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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 13, 1923
Page
7
A Montreal mail-order remedy claims to stop colds in ten minutes using a pine tea compound. It advertises CATARRHOZONE as a safe, speedy treatment for sore throat cough and catarrh, priced at one dollar with a two months guarantee and available from The Catarrhozoner Co.
Rehabilitation work on the Hudson railway is now progressing. The Prince of Wales has accepted the presidency of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley next year. A temporary chotagh to the memory of Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins was unveiled aligning the Government buildings in Dublin. Training school for Egyptian women doctors and a hospital for poor women will open in Cairo in December as a memorial to Lord Kitchener.
The Saskatchewan butter industry shows rapid growth with exports increasing over the past year or two. Saskatchewan Cooperative Creameries recently shipped 25,000 pounds of butter to China, highlighting the surge in overseas demand.
In Woodbridge Ontario Mrs Epcar Simmons reports relief from headaches backaches and drag- ping sensations after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says it helped her work and urges neighbors to try it. The testimonial extols the product for female ailments and invites others to test it.
A damaged report describes a machine called the Invention of W. J. Fhoupson crafted by an Edinburgh gas fitter. It allegedly performed actions from arming weapons to writing and rewriting with fixed tools, likened to a robot.
When back pain haunts you from morning to night and you feel depressed and out of sorts, Dr Hamilton's Pills are advertised as mild vegetable restoratives. Containing mandrake and butternut, they claim to rejuvenate the liver and kidneys and ease back ache, restoring vigor. Available at all dealers.
Summary of estimates from the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome ranks Canada and the United States as top wheat suppliers. Projected exports list Canada 294 million bushels United States 49320 million bushels, Argentina 120 million, Australia 49, India 30, Russia 20, Balkans 10.
Mothers keeping a box of Tal's Own Tablets at home can guard infants against summer stomach troubles. The product claims to relieve colic diarrhoea and cholera infantum, with a government analyst's seal of safety. Sold by dealers or mail order for 25 cents per box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brackrile Ont.
The Natural Resources Bulletin notes Saskatchewan's diverse mineral wealth including gold silver iron and copper in metallic ores and gypsum ochres peat quartz salt natural gas and mineral waters in non metals. It cites coal production up to 1920 totaling 335 492 tons with a large potential area suspected to hold further reserves.
North Alberta reports cattle numbers over 30400 in a growing livestock sector alongside a rising swine industry. The text notes regional expansion and includes an aside on the origin of the word vestibule from Latin meaning a plate for residents or coats.
A teacher asks which is the biggest diamond in the world and a sharp boy answers The average bangles phrase suggests a mishearing of a pun. The fragmentary text hints at a humorous exchange without clear names places or dates.
A letter argues cancer treatment at home using potassium and a rational natural diet can prevent disease and promote pure blood. It blames wrong feeding and drugs for most illnesses, warns against artificial food methods, and promotes natural cuisine for better health. signed by Charles Walter of Toronto with product plugs for Holloway's Corn Remover.
The 1912 visit by Chancellor Stresemann to Canada marked an abortive effort to end the wartime customs between Germany and Canada. The report cites H. Fielman of the Canadian Translation Bureau as the source. Also advertised are Miilee's Worm Powders, sold by chemists for worm relief in children.
More than 650 Swiss immigrants have been placed on prairie farms in the last three months, per Thomas Gelley Dominion Immigration Commissioner at Winnipeg. Many are located along the lines of the Canadian National Railways in the three prairie provinces.
Canada and Germany plan direct parcel post exchanges to supplement routes via England. Direct shipments to Germany will originate in Montreal in summer and St John or Halifax in winter. First direct dispatch left Montreal on Saturday August 15. Rates range from 23 cents per pound to 31.37 for 11 pounds with packing and customs rules unchanged. Frequency is lower than England route so buyers should choose route.
A 1900s notice warns mothers that cholera infantum is a deadly summer bowel illness. It details symptoms such as profuse diarrhea vomiting and rapid decline and promotes Dr Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry sold by The W Milburn Co. Limited Toronto Ontario with a testimonial from Mrs. W. A. Harn of Halifax.
Argentine labor recruiters allegedly lure men and families to remote villages with promises of high wages. Workers are transported in poor flat cars, housed under open skies with little food, and paid mostly with store credit. Excess balances tempt liquor purchases, while the National Department of Labor cites the practice. Asthma text follows with promotion of Dr Kellog's Asthma Remedy claiming quick relief.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada’s 1921 census shows 8,783,483 people. Of these 8,572,516 or 97.6 percent belong to Christian denominations, 273,133 or 1.9 percent follow non Christian faiths, including 15,190 Jews, 497,727 Oriental religions and 7,226 Pagans. Only 0.5 percent profess no religion. The African Church in Canada is growing fastest due to immigration.
A comic exchange in a department store ends with the shopper blaming a lost job after asking for stationery. The floor walker replies simply no, prompting a humorous misunderstanding.
The Dominion Division of Botany at Central Experimental Farm Ottawa invites farmers to return a weed survey form with names of weeds on their land and details on abundance soil drainage crop rotation and suppression methods. The form lists common weeds and requests identification of unknown varieties.
Pulpwood exports from Canada to the United States last year exceeded 100 000 cards valued at nearly 16 000 000. The trade has doubled since 1912 with a steady year by year rise. Tokyo has transformed into Greater Tokyo and ranks as the world’s third largest city with 5 164 000 residents.
One of the world's greatest iron ore regions lies in Brazil's interior with pure beds and abundant ore. Natives smelt ore into utensils and farming tools by crude methods. Waterpower could power electric furnaces to unlock development as Brazil imports iron and sheet from abroad.
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