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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1922
Page
6
A reader describes using Dr Hamiltons Pilg to treat ailments affecting the liver and kidneys. The product is advertised as bringing health and vigor, claiming quick recovery after several boxes and noting it is sold everywhere or by The Catarrhezone Co in Montreal.
In Carbon City on July Jiat 19 the writer notes mood shifts and adjustments after moving to the ranch. Mrs. Bingham mentions a refined English visitor, a remittance man named Paget, who offers advice on the ranch but often ignores it. Sunny announces Don Livingstone’s arrival, revealing he is Bingham’s partner and Sunny’s self-styled “Uncle Don.”
Headache relief from powders is costly to the nervous system and health. Restore nerves to prevent future headaches.
Pimzie and Pye learn how salmon develop through parr and smolt stages. Pearl explains the pink flesh and life cycle from eggs to Grilse, then why the Grilse returns to its native river. The Mermaid describes instinct as God given knowledge guiding the fish home.
Pimzie marvels at Salmok fish that leap over waterfalls and bend their tails to jump great distances. The creatures’ extraordinary abilities set them apart from other fish in the tale.
The narrator travels from a town into a western canyon with Mrs. Bingham and Auntie Elinor, meeting Uncle Don and Sunny. They encounter a wary ranch path, a wary mother wolf, and a wary eagle while learning the Carrols were duped into a bad farm venture by a deceiving agent. The English family adjusts to a harsh Canadian lie of land and poverty as Mrs Carroll’s shack becomes a painful symbol of lost fortune.
The narrator and Sunny travel across plains toward the Rockies with Jack and their dog David. Sunny points out Old Chief, a big mountain, and the group admires distant peaks shimmering like steel. They arrive at a house where Lee the Chinese cook welcomes them and a sumptuous meal awaits. the narrator muses about a dairy farm turning to journalism.
A pilot steered a Paris to London flight using only the rudder for about two hours as the aircraft flew level without manual control. The 24 mile route remained on an even keel despite no hands on the wheel.
British demand favors Canadian cattle with prices up to 14d per pound for live weight while Irish cattle lag. The Dominion Livestock Branch notes Irish bacon 159–167s per hundredweight and Canadian 136–140s, with US at 115–120s. Saskatchewan’s 1922 agricultural value totals 444.9 million dollars, led by grain and live stock. 1921 livestock numbers include 1,179,389 horses and 1,563,332 cattle.
Agriculture ranked second in British Columbia with a production value of 59 742 994 in 1921 per a report by Hon E Barrow Minister of Agriculture. Forest products led at 64 970 000 and minerals at 28 066 641. The 1921 fruit crop set a record value of 6 504 850, up 15 percent from 1920. Dairy butter rose by 46 558 pounds and eggs by 200 677 dozen.
The Harbor Board reports 343 deep sea ships entering Vancouver port in the first six months, a higher figure than all of 1920 and about 60 percent above the same period in 1921. A San Francisco man has invented a mechanical teacher for instruction.
An 1890s advertisement touts Dr. Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry as a treatment for cholera symptoms. It includes a testimonial from Mrs. Isaac Smith of Campbellton, NB, claiming rapid relief after use and cites a long reputation and a price of 66 cents per bottle by The T. Milburn Co. of Toronto.
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