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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 09, 1919
Page
7
An 19th century style advertisement touts Dr Hamilton's Fills as a universal remedy for headaches and dizziness. It promises cleansing of the intestinal tract, kidney and liver stimulation, and regulation of bowels to prevent ailments, claiming safety for children and women, with a price of 23 cents per box.
Dave meets the Duncan family as he begins training for driving lessons. He admires their comfortable home and senses a rightness in the atmosphere, while Mrs Duncan welcomes him and Edith is away tennising. The scene sets a contrast to his ranch life.
Dave, a winter coalworker, learns coal is essential to progress as Mr. Duncan extols the resource. A guest Edith Duncan arrives and Dave confronts longing and rivalry with Alan Forsyth while Miss Duncan sings, leaving him overwhelmed by loneliness.
The passage references using Bayer marked aspirin for colds pain headaches neuralgia toothache earache and related ailments. It stresses that only Bayer aspirin is acceptable and mocks miswritten forms and trademark details, noting aspirin as the sole product.
An aged veteran credits a miracle cure from The Inner Mysteries of Rheumatism with ending his pain and enabling him to work again. The notice urges readers to request the pamphlet from ILP, Clear Water, 615 A Street, Hallowell, Maine, promising free distribution and no charge.
A narrator recalls evenings with Mr. Duncan guiding Dave through parlor manners and writing. They discuss life truths, with Duncan asserting happiness as the true measure of success and wealth as a means to aid others. Dave debates whether wealth first serves happiness or personal gain.
The Western grain standards board finished its year with rust covered grain standards. Three grades fur five and six special were adopted again for rusted 1916 crop. Samples across the three prairie provinces showed less rust damage than 1916. Russia possesses the longest canal from Petrograd to the China frontier.
The Canadian Wheat Board will buy all wheat at set minimums for delivery in the 1919 season. Prices are based on Fort William Port Arthur store values with surplus shares issued as participation certificates. Grades listed include No 1 Hard No 2 Northern and various Alberta Red Winter rates, with later announcements expected for other grades.
An old advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children. It promises a fruity taste and clear dosing directions on every bottle, urging mothers to use it confidently.
The Belgian Government offered a site at Menin Gate in Ypres for a Canadian Hall of Records to memorialize Canadian action at Ypres. France also offered Vimy Ridge land. The Vimy mayor says he has no word on Canadian acceptance, and it is unclear if either gift will be accepted, risking British control if delayed.
The supreme council will send a note to Germany asserting the peace conference disregards German control of General von der Goltz troops in the Baltic and holds Germany responsible for their withdrawal. Marsha Foch attended the council as an adviser on the Baltic situation. Two thousand three hundred silk forms are needed to practice two pounds of silk.
London reports quarterly shipbuilding figures from Lloyds showing United Kingdom total at 2 524 050 tons at end June, up 269 000 tons. Clyde leads gains with 893 467 tons under construction while total building abroad sits at 5 493 777 tons, down from March in U S wood tonnage. The world total reaches 8 017 767 tons, about 21 000 higher than March.
General von Falkenhayn, former German chief of staff, argues in a forthcoming book that 1915 peace talks with Russia were doomed by government rejection of his proposals and delays in starting submarine warfare which deprived the German people of a decisive weapon.
The appointment is gazetted of Sir Edward Kemp and Sir George Perley as plenipotentiaries of the Canadian government with power to conclude and sign treaties covenants or agreements in respect to no peace congress. They are effective from January 1 1919.
The Dvntsh steamer Weinar carrying general cargo has reached Hamburg. It marks the first British vessel to enter the port since the outbreak of the war.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle laxative that cleanses liver and bowels to relieve head dizziness coated tongue bad breath and sour stomach. It claims no griping or sickness unlike salts or calomel and promises effects while you sleep.
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