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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 14, 1919
Page
3
An 19th century health ad touts Dr Hamiltons Pills as a mild laxative to prevent constipation and support overall wellness. It claims the product strengthens stomach muscles, protects bowel lining, aids digestion, and promotes a bright complexion, with a price of 25 cents.
Darthea grows unsettled as a Balkan guest negotiates shoe sale with Ruggles at the Hotel de France et de la Serbie. The visitor, a Chicago native in a reserve corps, orders send for his shoes while Darthea clings to a post and requests air, disturbed by the aroma of the shop and unsettling surroundings.
Miss Challand worries Dorthea shows feverish red cheeks after the crowded shop visit. Dorthea blames stuffy air and fatigue from long hours at her easel. Miss Challand hopes Sunday weather allows an open air outing and notes Ruggles’s cheerful influence lifting Dorthea’s mood.
Sunday morning in Paris finds Ruggles torn between church with Miss Challand and visiting Lorenz. A letter from Darthea West Brooke condemns his American status, revealing a social divide and ending their acquaintance, as Lorenz’s countenance remains a troubling mystery.
The oldest simplest and safest remedy for diarrhoea dysentery colic cramps and pains in the stomach summer complaint cholera morbus cholera infantum sea sickness and all unnatural movements of the bowels is presented in this notice with emphasis on its trusted efficacy and long standing use by families and physicians alike.
The ad urges consumers to avoid unnamed substitutes and buy Dr Fowler's Extract Of Wild Strawberry from The T. Milburn Co. Limited of Toronto. It boasts a 74 year track record and wide Canadian reputation while warning against dangerous imitations. Price is 35 cents.
In a tension filled scene, Ruggles judges Darthea’s judgment of his wealth and career while plotting to explain his true work. He seeks Lorenz, who is packing to move from a shabby hotel in Neuilly, revealing shared discontent with their current lives and uncertain futures.
A fragment shows Lorenz muttering he will live with relatives as he moves, while voices complain about air and a loud racket with pails. The scene hints at a continuation, ending with To Be Continued.
A test on the London Paris night route demonstrates wireless telephony aiding ground to air communication. A Handley Page aircraft spoken to Kenley ground station from about 35 miles, with clear reception at 50 miles, and continuous contact until landing in France. An airline set now converts quickly for voice or Morse transmission.
Sir George Perley notes Canada’s wartime strength and unity, praising Allied ties with the United States and the British Empire, and honoring troops and women who supported the front. He calls for pride in Canada’s achievements, enduring patriotism, and lasting inspiration for future generations.
The article argues that improving farm homes requires good roads, better schools, and active churches to prevent a rural decline. It notes rural transportation and social links affect farm life and urges backing the farm as a vital national asset to support future food crops and citizen welfare, per Philadelphia North American.
Marshal Foch paid a remarkable tribute to Field-Marshal Haig after Paris liberty day honors in London. He spoke of their close brotherly bond across fronts and fatigue, recalling joint efforts to hasten victory and a November telegram urging relentless drive to secure decisive gains. He urged honoring the fallen and preserving their memory as a pledge.
The August 1 report from the fruit commissioner's branch notes improved apple prospects in Nova Scotia and British Columbia, with Nova Scotia now estimated at 1,250,000 barrels for export and 200,000 for local use. Total crop near 1.5 million barrels, excluding evaporators and canning factories. The Okanagan Valley is up 30 percent from last year, versus a 25 percent rise previously forecast.
In 1918 farmers and drovers held 37,718 of Ontario’s 109,374 motor vehicle licenses. The Globe notes this contrasts with recent calls to denounce road expenditure as waste, stating the demand came only a few months earlier.
Fremont Ohio resident Mrs M Goppen shares how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her pass the menopause transition. She reports heat flashes, nervousness, backache and blues faded after use and urges other women to seek this root and herb remedy for similar symptoms.
Advices from semi official Polish sources recount a massacre in the Jewish quarter of Odessa by troops under General Gregorieff. The quarter was surrounded for three days and nights with no one escaping, and Jews in Ukraine and Bessarabia proclaimed a fourteen day mourning period.
A vintage advertisement explains how to identify genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin by the Bayer Cross mark. It notes aspirin’s Canadian production, ownership by a Canadian company, and lists common uses from pain to rheumatism with packaging options and the Bayer trademark registered in Canada.
A large German airplane from an airship works crashed near Rati bor in Upper Silesia, killing seven including the pilot Bindereiff. The craft carried three million rubles in Ukrainian money and a sack of Russian money, plus important documents for the Ukrainian government.
Post office has postage stamps marked Aerial Mail for use in the trial aerial mail delivery from Toronto to New York and back during the Canadian National Exhibition. Several machines for the flight, some captured from the Germans, are at Seatide flying grounds.
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