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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 15, 1920
Page
4
The essay argues that after World War I the duty to work for the public good persists. It warns against a return to selfish effort and price-driven laxness, urging sustained productivity. It highlights personal benefit from steadfast effort and warns of national loss if effort slackens.
A new broom takes edge in card game analogies as a clean sweep nears straight flush potential. Local chatter compares changes to a fresh start, implying improved efficiency and outcomes.
An old advertisement urges girls to use Danderine as a hair tonic and dressing to cleanse dirt and grease, leave hair soft with a glossy finish, restore youthfully bright highlights, curb dandruff, and stop hair loss, all for a few cents at drug or toilet counters.
Folklore held sneezing as a sign of fortune with varying daily meanings. Some linked luck to noon, while midnight to noon was seen as unlucky in contrast to noon to midnight good luck.
Ottawa dispatch notes a balance settlement between the imperial and dominion governments. The Canadian federal debt to Great Britain, aside from other accounts, is wiped, leaving 214,684,439 dollars owed by Britain to Canada. Britain funded wartime munitions and meals. Canada paid many munitions costs and much foodstuffs on British account. Prior adjustments include 251,976,738 dollars Canada owed Britain and 466,661,177 dollars Britain owed Canada.
Canadian mothers including Mrs David A Anderson of New Glasgow Ns laud Baby's Own Tablets for gentle relief of constipation indigestion and teething ease. The product marketed by The Dr Pentherns Medicine Co Brockville sells at 25 cents a box and is available from medicine dealers or by mail.
The United Grain Growers and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada announce a two million dollar issue of six percent twenty year gold bonds secured by Grain Growers elevators and real estate across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Sun Life has purchased three quarters of the issue with other shares to be offered as needed. The cooperative firm, based in Winnipeg, has over 30 000 farmer shareholders. Sun Life head offices are in Montreal.
Minard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia. Food shortage in Egypt is severe with natives unable to obtain wheat flour. Discontent grows as imports falter. For years Egypt prioritized cotton due to its fabulous value, neglecting food cultivation.
A social observation notes that women are more persuaded by flattering photographs than by their own mirror image, suggesting image standards influence self perception and confidence. The remark implies the photographer’s art shapes beauty ideals and personal self view.
Manitoba plans road tenders within two months for about 800 miles of grading to be let in contracts from two to 75 miles each. Under The Good Roads Act, 1,200 miles graded and 400 gravelled so far. Over 100 concrete bridges planned including a 650 foot steel bridge over the Red River and several 100 foot concrete arches. To date 384 bridges built, 271 concrete. Over 4,000 miles of grading expected in four years with much graveling.
Records show ships loading at the Duluth Missabe and Northen docks at extraordinary rates. The N B Ream logged 11 880 gross tons in 3 hours 45 minutes from port to harbor with 55 minutes at the dock. H D Williams later loaded 12 786 gross tons in 45 minutes at the dock and 3 hours 50 minutes in the harbor. D G Kerr took on 12 689 gross tons in 35 minutes at the dock.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to choose California Syrup of Figs for children noting its fruity taste and full dosing directions on each bottle. It advises saying California on the package to ensure a harmless laxative for the stomach liver and bowels.
An Australian war clerical worker recalls a batch of enlistment forms with one reply strictly sober to the question of enlistment state. An Englishman tests Pat on arithmetic asking how many shirts fit in a yard, and Pat replies that it depends whose yard you get into.
A terse maxim notes that persistent lecturing cannot change a husband's habits. It reflects a common marriage adage about ineffective methods and gendered expectations in domestic life.
A major British iron and steel company plans to locate a full production plant in British Columbia to produce all industry products. The firm, capitalized at five million pounds, will base operations in BC with an existing coal company and use native BC ores. Preliminary steps for flotation and western Canada activity have begun in Vancouver.
A local company in Lethbridge Coaldale area buys an alfalfa mill for 15000 dollars to grind the entire alfalfa plant into meal. The unit, expected to prove the most economical feed, signals a new industry in the district as yields are seen as just the start.
A concise remark explains that larger smoke often signals a smaller blaze, offering a cautious perspective on apparent danger. The proverb implies that visible signs may exaggerate risk and invites measured response.
A group of willing workers seeks suitable placements as employers adjust labor demand. The scene highlights active job seekers and firms evaluating candidates, with emphasis on collaboration and timely opportunity in a tight labor market.
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