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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 05, 1922
Page
7
An inventor promotes a new air lamp claiming 94 percent efficiency, brighter and safer than gas or electricity. Tested with universities and government, it promises odorless operation, no pumping, low cost. Johnson offers a free trial and agency, inviting inquiries for monthly earnings.
Alderman Joseph Hoskin died in Vancouver and played an active role in the Klondike gold rush. About 250 Friends of Soviet Russia staged a demonstration in Winnipeg that ended in a street parade. The World’s Daily Congress will meet in Philadelphia next October. Seven workmen died and one hundred were injured at Gravesend when a work train was struck by a passenger train. Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney has designed a heroic figure of Buffalo Bill Cody. The Marine and Fisheries Department distributes 1,000,000 Kamloops trout eyes to British Columbia waters this season. War trophies of Major Sir David Watson were donated to Canada’s Royal Stiles and installed in the Garrison Club, Quebec. The British light cruiser Vindictive escorted H-24. they damaged a ship in the Mediterranean after repairs. In a court case Father Adelsed Delorme is deemed insane. Premier Tanchereau says no interference. A daylight jewel robbery occurred in London at Mrs. H Chrimes’s residence. Electrification talks for the Canadian National Winnipeg Grand Beach line. Manitoba Power Co offers rail power rates to test feasibility.
Mid ocean en route to New York the United States liner President Tat sighted a Portuguese barque in distress. The liner launched a boat with a doctor and supplies for immediate relief. crew towed to the ship, meeting a courteous Portuguese captain who expects two relief helters for relatives in New York.
A period piece plea promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills to keep women healthy and strong, citing Mrs. Cora Conrad of Broad Cove Nova Scotia who reports relief from headaches dizziness and fatigue. It advertises pills at 56 cents a box, six for $2.50 from Brockville Ontario. Also mentions Dr Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy and notes two hundred demobilized Indian officers may settle in British Columbia.
An old remedy promotes Nepvitine as a treatise for sour stomachs bloating and nausea. The ad claims twenty drops in water ease distress and notes wide home use and availability in large bottles through general dealers.
A described custom across West and Central Africa uses ordeal tests for the accused. A suspect swims in crocodile-infested water, or smokes a peppered tobacco pipe, with innocence declared only if no injury or spitting occurs. The piece also notes carbolic acid for wounds and promotes Dr. Thomas electric oil as a quicker, gentler remedy.
During the week ending August 6, at least ten cars of nickel matte were shipped from the International Nickel Company plant near Sudbury. The renewed demand is expected to trigger the blow ing of at least two furnaces in the coming weeks. A Bangkok hotel posts a notice offering an emergency light postcard service if the electric light fails. A humorous exchange hints at a domestic quarrel over driving.
A trainload of 36 cars carried livestock from Peace River to Edmonton over the Edmonton Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway. The run set a record for speed and weight, the heaviest shipment of cattle yet from the north country.
An advertisement touts Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor promising painless corn removal and skin smoothness. The ad claims widespread availability with 25 cents pricing and asserts success across markets. It also notes mining activity in Kenora District Ontario with 16 prospector licenses issued and claims tied to financiers in Toronto and Montreal.
Catarrhal deafness is described as caused by inflamed Eustachian tubes and blocked hearing. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to act through the blood to reduce inflammation and restore normal conditions, with free circulars offered by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
An advertisement extols Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as a standard remedy with years of use enhancing its reputation. It urges mothers to protect children from worms using the product.
The queen purchased a four panel screen from Ex Sergeant Ellis of Fulham who fought in major WWI battles including the Marne Verdun and Ypres. Ellis survived multiple campaigns but was later paralyzed from the waist down due to exposure. He formerly lived in Kilmarock and played rugby for Cardiff Corinthians.
Provincial report shows total homestead entries in Saskatchewan reached 2 729 in 1921, up from 1 726 in 1920. Nationalities filing included Americans 567 Australians 1 Austro Hungarians 219 Belgians 15 Chinese 2 Danes 18 English 272 Finns 6 French 22 Germans 11 Greeks 1 Dutch 7 Icelanders 5 Irish 33 Italians 7 Norwegians 74 Poles 28 Romanians 29 Russians 77 Scots 81 Swedes 78 Swiss 2 Syrians 1.
Ontario gold mines produced about 1 775 000 dollars in July, a new high for the history of Ontario mining and 10 000 dollars above June. Except Kirkland Lake Proprietary, all mills ran at full capacity handling roughly 175 000 tons of ore.
Saskatchewan farmers and threshers must post a card detailing Section 23 of The Noxious Weeds Act on their threshing machines at all times. The Threshers Liens Act amendment does not affect this requirement, and threshers should obtain the card from the Field Crops Branch in Regina and attach it.
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