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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 02, 1919
Page
3
Advises against cathartics for the elderly and promotes Dr Hamilton's Pills as a near natural laxative. Claims the tonic helps regulate daily bowel function and cites relief from headaches and stomach discomfort. Also mentions price and availability at 25 cents a box.
Dave rejects a harsh religious creed seeing its cruelty and a callous sacrifice as wrong. He leaves the church, seeks guidance by the river, and discovers a craving for a new path amid a Socialist meeting full of working men and raw talk.
An ad touts Catarrhozone a pine air balsamic inhalant from Blue Gum Australia. It claims to clear catarrh and throat troubles without stomach drugs. Inhaler portable, two sizes offered at 1.00, 0.50, or 0.25 dollar sample.
A young man confronts new ideas and a hunger to learn, feeling the pull of the world of reason. He reflects on church service, music, and a distant landscape while recalling Reenie Hardy, a figure who echoes his memories of a far-off land.
In a village tale, Elden delivers coal to Mr. Melvin Duncan. Duncan praises Elden’s skill with horses and shares his own regrets about chasing education. The two men discuss life choices, work, and the lure of education versus other pursuits.
A man proposes to fund a student’s education by offering evening tutoring instead of regular wages. He recalls his teaching past and suggests pairing study help with driving his wife for Sunday and weekday excursions, hoping the arrangement will cover costs and provide value to both sides.
The King and Queen hosted a private garden party at Buckingham Palace for royal household servants their wives and families and palace staff. The event featured the Royal Horse Guards band Southern Syncopated Orchestra and a negro jazz band with tea in marquees and a Punch and Judy show.
The article argues thrift and personal sacrifice in production are essential to lower costs. It urges individuals to assess their own contribution to production, likening it to wartime self discipline. It contends real remedies come only with increased production, beyond economic theories.
Industrial expert J A Barkley of Java visiting U S trade centres reports a rise in Java world trade from 4 million annually before the war to 80 million a year. He notes Java escaped high living costs and cites women laborers earning 10 cents a day but managing to get by.
In Wellington the New Zealand Club heard Brigadier General Richardson describe British staff college lectures predicting a 1914-18 war timeline. The forecasts foresaw Kiel Canal deepening triggering conflict with France, Paris potential capture, and Britain needing a 1,000,000 man army.
The article recounts Camenas proposing an aerial ship designed to carry 200 persons for Napoleon to strike enemies and return to Paris within 24 hours. Napoleon refused but notes early war aircraft used for scouting by both sides, leading to aerial battles once pilots engaged.
The supreme council of the peace conference reports that on September 1 Romanian troops requisitioned 71 420 pairs of shoes from the Budapest orphan asylum. Most were sent to Romania, leaving 8000 pairs at the orphanage. The orphanage society fears further looting and winter shoelessness for the orphans. Other looting cases were reported to the council.
The piece argues that wartime waste demands a new era of over industrious effort and strict frugality. It urges conserving food clothing and shoes and rejects higher wages for lavish spending. It calls for harmony and less energy wasted on class hatred to achieve lasting progress.
A narrator notes how some women follow prayer practices and other actions due to a minister's guidance. The reflection suggests influence of religious authority on personal conduct and decisions.
Philippe Roy, Canada in France Commissioner General, says Paris could buy up to forty tons a day of Canadian butter. Samples arrived after 36 days in good condition. France, cut off from Siberian supplies since before the war, may not have butter for five years. Some unrelated lines appear as filler.
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