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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
2
The article argues that grain stored in open cribs is wasteful as grain prices rise. It urges permanent, dry, ventilated, rat and mouse proof storage on farms and early sales after threshing to minimize losses.
The Union County draft board of Levisburg Pa declares a possible exemption case for a drafted man who cites multiple ailments including rheumatism heart trouble impaired hearing from scarlet fever and measles digestive issues and episodes of fainting. The board says it will not refer this case to the central board of appeals.
Government urged conservation of cotton with stark stats on weapon and textile use. Distemper cures and toothache remedies are advertised, while Pompeii findings show Romans used glass and waxed paper in windows. early substitutes described.
The 15th battalion's 4th Army field division displays captured German artillery including 219 guns and notable high velocity 45 caliber naval guns used near Amiens. Thousands of machine guns and rifle-quantity loots flood the base ordnance, with many guns still serviceable though some fire German ammunition. Asthma relief ad closes the item.
Dominion government weighs permits to graze reindeer over 76000 square miles in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Officials say reindeer suited to the region could boost meat supply and aid transportation for exploration of inaccessible areas.
A correspondent visits six French bakeries turned for war use, once German jute mills, detailing escalator flour handling and the role of Chinese laborers moving sacks while British Tommies, Australians, and U S soldiers bake across multiple floors under a master baker.
A damaged ad touts Dr Hamilton's Pills as a safe mild rebuilding tonic promising rapid improvement and better color. It claims forty years of popularity as America's highly valued family medicine and offers 25 cents per box at local sealer retailers.
An investigation finds tin and iron traces in opened cans of tomatoes string beans sauerkraut apples pineapple and pumpkin. It concludes keeping foods in cans after opening is not harmful but warns against leaving foods in open metal containers or exposed to air.
A sea salvage tale describes villagers along the coast finding wreckage from U boat attacks. Nut cargo from a margarine shipment and other goods like rubber oil tobacco and foodstuffs were recovered and reported to the wrecks receiver with salvage rewards. The piece recasts a maritime villain narrative.
General Gouraud led a remarkable retreat in Champagne on July 15 1918 after coordinating a ground holding defense with hidden machine gun nests. The action halted German advance to Paris and set the stage for Mangin and De Goutte’s counteroffensive that reluced Ludendorff’s momentum and shifted initiative to Foch.
Save the Children notes mothers can prevent summer stomach troubles by keeping Baby's Own Tablets on hand. The tablets, guaranteed harmless by a government analyst, help regulate bowels and maintain a pure stomach. Sold by dealers or mail order at 25 cents per box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
In 1632 Gov Winthrop of Massachusetts Bay issued the first public proclamation for a day of thanksgiving. He urged Plymouth Colony to join, though records of joint observance are unclear. Boston kept the day June 19, 1632, per Winthrop’s journal. The precedent influenced later Thanksgiving observances across many colonies.
English inventor Robert Whitehead born 1823 in Bolton le Moors died 1905. He established engineering work in Milan then served in Austria at Trieste 1848 and Fiume 1856 where his first torpedo was created in 1866. The Austrian Navy adopted it later and the British Admiralty approved in 1871. He later opened a branch in Weymouth, England.
Fragmentary notes describe King Aliossois ruling in La Granjs San Adelonso. A Bourber reportedly created a new landscape akin to a Versailles style under Gilag. The chronicle mentions troubled seas and the monarch's spending, amid a imagined era of grand redesigns and pretended tests.
A historical tally notes Victoria Crosses awarded across wars from the Crimean War to the present, with 1 000 total by September and Driver Dalziel as the 1000th recipient. It also remarks many recipients from recent years may be deceased. An aside recalls a clergyman warned about standing bareheaded at a funeral.
Philadelphia mother Dr. J Worthlin reports relief after using a tonic that she says restored health and appetite. She notes many women overexert themselves causing headaches backache irritability and weak mood. The letter claims the remedy cured her nervous condition and improved well being.
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