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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 04, 1919
Page
7
An advertisement targets wives and mothers suffering backaches and nervous exhaustion caused by kidney issues. It claims Dr Hamilton's Pills reach the trouble seat, restore vitality, aid the bladder and blood, and suit girls and women of all ages. Price listed as 25 cents per box with a caution against substitutes.
Dave's routine work shoveling coal and backing under chutes is framed by the sharp social cruelty of a coal yard foreman and the Metford boarding house. The narrative contrasts labor discomfort with a mother's fatigue, squalor, and muted resistance, painting a grim portrait of life for eight lodgers.
Dave, isolated at Metford Ranch, joins friend Conward for a city theater visit. He is drawn to a shimmering chorus girl, experiencing a mix of awe and jealousy as he notices the attention shifting to Conward. The night ends with unresolved shifting affections.
The new Bodenzee Zeppelin on its maiden trip from Friedrichshafen to Berlin covered 700 kilometres in just over six hours at a maximum speed of 120 kmh. The 120 metre long airship carries 35 passengers, features wireless, a cabin with running water, and will enter daily service alongside prominent passengers including three women.
The Edinburgh Evening News reports former Prime Minister Herbert H. Asquith plans to seek a return to active politics and aim for a House of Commons seat at the first suitable opportunity.
A prior Berlin report said authorities claimed all persons involved in the conspiracy were under arrest or detention when the aircraft carrying the loot into Switzerland was intercepted near Nuremberg Bavaria.
Miss Royden argued that restoring prewar practice would push women out of jobs, especially in engineering. She noted 430,000 had replaced men and praised women’s role in expanding industry and aviation. She urged equal pay by law to avoid injustice and supported sorting work by suitability while granting married women equal dignity in the labor market.
The Saskatchewan highways department reports 500 contracts with rural municipalities totaling 662000 dollars for new road work and improvements. The program, part of a provincial initiative with municipal councils, aims to create a coordinated main highway system connecting market centers, with work based on annual preventive reviews over six years.
Admiral Sir John Jellicoe told a ministerial luncheon in Wellington that Britain lacked docks destroyers and other naval accessories in the war’s early stages. He urged schemes to make Dominions less dependent on the British Navy for security and called for broader preparedness.
Dr. Rutherford is appointed to investigate Ottawa's racing situation with racing interests expecting a square deal. The commissioner's report will guide permanent legislation next session, fulfilling a promise by Sir Thomas White. Projections anticipate a return of racing with track limits and receipts shared with the government.
Dr. B F Trow of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station estimates the state's wheat harvest this fall at 50 million bushels. The projection reflects statewide conditions and production expectations for Fargo and surrounding areas.
Berlin Germany reports that German sugar production for 1919 drops by nearly 2 000 000 double centners compared with 1918, reflecting wartime shortages and adjustments in industrial output.
The text outlines a Sunday School lesson for September 7 focusing on the Parable of the Mustard Seed and the Leavened Meal. It discusses Christ’s humble beginnings, his expansive influence, and the dangers of false doctrine represented by certain teachings and by imagery of birds and leaven.
The Actors' Equity Association walkout shuts two more venues, Casino and Liberty, amid a citywide strike that has closed 23 playhouses. Vaudeville dominates Broadway as three legitimate houses stay open, two unaffiliated with the Producing Managers Protective Association.
Dr Tolmie and ministers Tolmie Calder Meighen spoke at a Calgary board of trade luncheon. They urged more mixed farming and cattle industry focus, expanded dairy cattle markets, and better British and Pacific markets. Calder noted Alberta's drought concerns and irrigation potential while criticising wartime spending and railway policy.
A London dispatch reports Britain may cede Cyprus to Greece after long shifts of control by Persia Egypt Alexander the Great and later Roman Byzantine Turkish and British empires. Athens delegation reportedly in England to finalize negotiations for the transfer.
Reports from Helsingfors claim German troops in Courland have not evacuated. They are assembling large Russian prisoners in Germany to force them into an attack on the Bolsheviks.
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