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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 08, 1923
Page
5
An old advertisement touts CATARRH ZONE as a cure for colds and catarrh. It claims quick delivery to the trouble source, relief from headaches and breathing issues, and removal of soreness and throat weakness with a months long treatment priced at $2.00, available from The Zone Co. Montreal.
The narrative follows Murray’s decline with stomach trouble and pleurisy while staying at home, the narrator’s fear, and Dr. Sutherland recommending hospital care and eventual retreat from city work. Teddy and Murray discuss future farming as a remedy, with siblings planning a family move to a remote area near Edmonton for oil, coal, and copper prospects.
An old advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as a remedy used for over 34 years to relieve constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhoea in babies and children. It claims to regulate stomach and bowels aid digestion and promote natural sleep without quinine. The genuine bottle bears a signature.
A narrator recalls old plans to buy land in the Okanagan and Vancouver Island for orchard work and a rural life. Two neighbors discuss risks, climate, and finances, weighing a Winnipeg district option against speculative plots near Victoria and demand for cash payments.
Murray plans to leave the city for a temporary farm venture with his wife Margaret Anne and their twins. Doctors warn of health risks from TB and stress, and the couple seeks a camp site while navigating finances, a careworn English guest Dickie Herrington shares wartime tales, and the search for a workable homestead continues.
Six Bend youths under twenty two scaled Mount Washington Oregon sealing August 26 1923. A climber lost footing hung over an 00 foot abyss while a rope fixed to the summit held the party above danger. A tube with their names climb story and personal effects was left at the top as proof.
An incomplete handwritten line mentions baking a loaf for many people and describes lifting with three men and a horse to move a heavy weight. Names and specifics are obscured, leaving a vague measure of pounds and tasks.
An old advertisement promotes California Fig Syrup as a harmless laxative for babies and children, claiming it regulates the bowels without griping and contains no narcotics. It urges readers to insist on the genuine product with directions. A separate note mentions Palestine with swallows allowed the freedom to build nests in mosques and homes.
Testimonial from Mrs Thompson of Winnipeg praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women aged forty five to fifty five. The ad claims relief from irritability melancholia hot flashes headaches and dizziness and offers a free private text book from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Ontario Canada.
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