This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 18, 1919
Page
7
An old advertisement touts Dr Hamiltons Puls Por wind relief claiming sleep works, no taste, no dizziness, and relief from constipation. It promises improved appetite, digestion, energy, and a return to youth with regular use. It urges buying 25 cent boxes from the drug store.
Dave and Conward slip away after a theater performance and enter a bachelor apartment with two chorus girls. Conward introduces a stage persona, serves drink, and Dave, wary and abstinent, drinks a tainted toast as the women chatter around him. The scene ends with his hazy, drifting mood.
In a spring morning scene Elden and Dave awake to a foul air and lingering shame after a drunken night out. Conward reveals how he assisted the night's events, while Dave recalls the escapade and plots to return home. The chapter closes with Dave's remorse and a tease of continuation.
Budapest reports Romania harvests the largest crop in 20 years as German buyers bid 20 000 marks per twenty ton carload of wheat. Police surveillance expands with many detectives as public promises go unkept.
Government legend on every can guarantees the purity of Clark's Pork and Beans and other good things. W. Clark Limited, Montreal, markets the product to consumers.
Guns presented to the town of Mons by Canadian forces with elaborate ceremonies on armistice day November 11. Colonel Bovey praised the cannons as a symbol of the natives kindness to soldiers. The Mons mayor lauded Canadians for selfless sacrifice in Belgium's liberty struggle.
The Moth and the Clothes Society Woman quip about fashion press labels and wardrobe habits. Her Husband jokingly suggests moths would suit her better given her habit of changing outfits.
An alert on genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin notes only pills marked with the Bayer Cross are real aspirin and that others are acid imitations. It stresses Canadian production, Bayer trademark status, and availability in drug stores in tin boxes of 12 or larger packages.
A Sunday school lesson argues against a single end time judgment and outlines multiple judgments. It cites Luke 1 31 33 John 3 24 Revelation 20 11 14 and Matthew 24 14 to describe timing place and subjects of judgment. The text emphasizes a literal throne in Israel and a separation of nations into sheep and goats based on kindness to Christ's brethren.
The Minister of Labor cites a Calgary fair wage officer message that nearly all District 18 coal mines are back in full operation. About 8,000 workers were affected by the strike that halted roughly 170 mines, with only 14 still not operating.
The Yorkshire miners strike drained funds and harmed industry with $10,000,000 in mine damages and $15,000,000 in coal losses. Indirect losses reached $12,300,000 while the miners’ $1,400,000 relief fund exhausted after four weeks. Local relief systems provided limited weekly aid to families, averting much suffering. A dismissive final line notes world weariness.
An old advertisement touts Dr Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry for bowel complaints including diarrhoea dysentery colic and cramps. It claims rapid and lasting relief and cites a Toronto company price of 35 cents per bottle with customer testimonial from Mrs Daniel Hartwick in Mountain Grave Ont.
Three aircraft opened the London Paris air express with the round trip under six hours. Airco 41 of Aircraft Transport and Travel Limited carried one passenger and goods, Airco 16 piloted by Major Patterson carried journalists and newspapers at 140 mph, and a Handley Page carried 11 passengers but was delayed in Paris. All three were cleared by customs at Hounslow and Le Bourget.
British ships will load at Hamburg and Bremen signaling resumed commerce with the Central Powers despite limited shipping capacity. The Aberdeen Journal notes its 20 000th issue since April 18 1746 recalling the Culden battle eyewitness account. Some men always do their best to find their best friends.
An ad touts Catarrhozone as a breathing vapor remedy for chronic catarrh affecting nose throat and bronchial tubes. It claims rapid relief by reaching air cells and mucous membranes with different sizes priced at $1.00 large, 50 cents small, and 23 cents trial.
The Manitoba department of education ordered Hutterites to educate their children or face prosecution. Deputy minister Robert Fietcher announced during a visit to Eli and noted a school is being built with trustees appointed and a teacher assigned, since Hutterites do not participate in elections.
R. A. Rigg, organizer for the internationals in the West, declares the One Big Union movement defeated in Regina Saskatoon and Moose Jaw. He says very little O B U sentiment exists there and unions largely back the internationals.
An advertisement-style claim offers a lemon juice and orchard white lotion to remove freckles tan and sallowness. It describes mixing juice from two lemons with orchard white to make a quarter pint, and urges daily facial massage for clear skin. The piece ends with a humor quip from a fortune teller and a note about a street doctor.
A reader from Philadelphia describes weakness fatigue and back pain and reports improvement after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter notes stress from family duties and urges others to consider the remedy amid health concerns.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.