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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 04, 1919
Page
3
The London Free Press describes a granite statue in a Huron County Ontario schoolyard honoring three young farmers who died in the great war. The monument lists the fallen, the enlisted, and the wounded, linking the tribute to the boys once students at the local white brick schoolhouse.
Former German chancellor Prince von Buelow recounts his years in office and explains that war could not be avoided. He states Bethmann-Hollweg desired peace but lacked political art and criticizes the grave weeks before the war for diplomatic mistakes unjustly blamed on the people.
London announces 250 miles of British war medal ribbon to be issued to eligible men and women under recent royal edicts guidance by the King.
Details purport to describe the murder of Persian consular agent Ibadulla Beg at Armavir on July 27 and the killing of 310 Persian subjects including 270 Muslims and 40 Christians by Bolshevik troops, with bodies buried in a consular graveyard and a common pit.
In Hornell New York light snow briefly fell for five minutes despite bright sun making it the earliest recorded snowfall in the area. The brief flurry melted quickly as it contacted the ground.
A man refuses to cash a $25 money order until the clerk is identified. He notes he owes a single in-town man $920 and laments the recurring challenge for a married man to explain his absence from home.
Ukrainian authorities report the national government has taken measures to prevent persecution of Jews in areas occupied by troops. Advices received indicate steps are in place to protect Jewish residents amid ongoing military actions.
An advertisement touts a Cincinnati invention for painless corn removal. It claims a quarter ounce of freezone from a drugstore can dissolve both hard and soft corns, with a few drops shrinking the corn and lifting it out with the fingers, while drying the surrounding skin.
France plans rapid forest restoration after war as part of rebuilding efforts. Government aims to replant wherever forests existed, highlighting practical national welfare and learning from wartime sacrifice. The piece discusses conservation and future-oriented policy for postwar recovery.
Money circulates as a medium of exchange while worms irritate the stomach and intestines, depriving infants of nutrients and causing malnutrition. Miller’s Worm Powders claim to destroy worms and fix bowel conditions to ensure full nourishment and overall development.
The 31 leading mines in District 18 near Fernie and Edmonton, Alta are operating, about 60 percent of total output. Opposition within the United Mine Workers to the One Big Union movement is waning, with Hon. G D Robertson returning from a personal inquiry into the difficulties.
An Ottawa conference opened in the office of J A Campbell to discuss spending the 20 million dollar highway grant voted by Parliament last session. Provisions allocate 80 thousand dollars to each province upfront with further aid based on population. Manitoba’s A McGillivray Ontario’s Mr McLean Saskatchewan’s Mr Carpenter attended representing provincial highway departments.
An advertisement promotes Genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross within Canada and warns against non Bayer products. It states Aspirin safety and lists uses including pain and fever. A separate dispatch reports Japan’s cabinet insisting on excluding Manchuria and Mongolia from a China finance consortium and mentions Regina Plow Works Ltd being incorporated with capital of $29,000 in Ottawa.
An old farmer shares a humor about chalk used for milk, joking that his chalk box has grown from comical chalking at neighbors to needing another box. The scene unfolds as the last train fills with laughter among the passengers.
A plain advertisement promotes Catarrh zone inhaling as a quick fix. It claims colds and catarrh spread through the body and urges use before it reaches the lungs.
A promotional notice touts Catarrhozone as a permanent cure for catarrh bronchial and throat weakness. It claims headache relief purified breath and discharges cured. two months treatment priced at $1 large size 50c trial 25c with doctor endorsed safe remedy sold by dealers nationwide.
Gazetted decorations honor the R-34 airship flight crew. Major G H Scott receives a commandership in the Order of the British Empire. Brigadier General Maitland, Captain Cook, Lieut Harris, and Lieut Shotter awarded Air Force Cross. Six sergeants receive Air Force medals. Canadian wounded transport closed for port of Liverpool to Halifax trips noted.
A historic letter from Dr Jos. August Siirois of St Isidore P Q dated August 18 1894 praises Minard's Liniment Co Limited product. He reports frequent use for patients with gratifying results calling it the best all round liniment available.
Belgian authorities announced official possession of Malmedy as part of postwar realignment under the peace treaty article 134. The report notes rapid telephone construction in Saskatchewan with authorizations totaling 357 165 dollars for 27 new firms, extensions, and bond sales of 92 550 dollars for eight companies. School debentures totaling 39 300 dollars were authorized across seven districts.
Georges Gaston Quien faces the sixth Paris court martial charged with betraying Edith Cavell. Prosecution says he used English funds to become a German agent via Holland and Brussels. Defence seeks postponement until the Kaiser and others are tried internationally.
Siberian forces retreating on the east Russian front plan to make a stand along the Ishim River where it crosses the trans Siberian railroad about 175 miles west of Omsk. Earlier reports said the line would end near Tobolsk 90 miles farther west.
Summer complaints kill little ones. At the first sign of illness during hot weather give Baby's Own Tablets to the well child to prevent troubles and relieve sudden onset. Keep in every home with young children. guarantee of safety from a government analyst. Sold by medicine dealers or mail from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont for 25 cents a box.
Inspector Phillips of the Herschell Island detachment leads Sergeant Doak and Constable Cornelius on an eight mile trek over ice after their boat sinks in Arctic floes. They swim 24 open leads in icy water with clothes on before reaching safety. All three recover after weeks of peril.
Washington reports a new pact sets the U S A to pay Great Britain 81.75 dollars per man transported overseas on British ships. Brigadier General Hines of the War Department and Lord Reading signed the deal, with Secretary Baker approving. The British tonnage cost is estimated at 83,757,250 dollars for 1,207,200 men carried. Similar talks are under way with France and other powers.
The exchange shows Prudent Girl Jack questioning if she told Ethel to keep quiet as she avoids making the remark seem worth repeating. Ethel explains she kept silent to avoid implying significance.
The board of trade outlines a profiteering law with a central committee to investigate costs and profits in production and distribution and local committees to hear public complaints on railway goods pricing. Local authorities may form local committees, all panels to advise rather than hamper legitimate commerce.
An ad describes catarrh as an acute attack of nasal mucus and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine to build up the system and cleanse the blood. It asserts internal action through the bloodstream on mucous surfaces and notes a 75 cent price with testimonials available from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
The Ministry of Shipping assigns several vessels to remove civilians from northern Russia before British withdrawal. Thousands of children and the aged or infirm will be taken to Murmansk coast points, then moved south into Russia.
The article urges using Parmelee's Vegetable Pills to ensure bowels are open and functioning, describing them as specially composed to act on the bowels alone. It claims they are the best medicine to maintain digestive health and prevent ailments through healthy bowel action.
A wife’s yearning capacity is often far ahead of her husband’s earning capacity, reflecting gaps between desire or expectations and financial means within a marriage.
A news agency report says smugglers and detectives in airplanes pursued the 20 million mark smuggling operation across the German Swiss frontier. Authorities are said to have been utterly victimized as the smugglers and the pursuers reportedly reached Switzerland with the booty.
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