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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 13, 1923
Page
3
Mrs J J McPhee of Welss kiwin Alberta testifies Tantac helped her eleven year old daughter Mary who had poor appetite fatigue and digestion issues last spring. She says the product restored energy and school performance and claims over a million bottles sold worldwide.
World Happenings brief notes a Vancouver Island bird sanctuary to be named Victoria Harbor Bint Sanctuary. Canada Gazette reports Britain abandons immediate inquiry into US France talks and UK plans war debt payment on Liberty bonds. Canadian Merchant Marine to send twelve ships in 13 days with full cargoes. Future buffalo relocation and deer management outlined. Domestic service trend among educated women cited. Sir Arthur Currie calls for unity and nationalism in Canada. Dr Thomas' Electric Oil promoted as remedy for sore throat and inflammation.
A British manufacturer notes the appeal of light motor planes with engines under ten horsepower. They claim production costs around £100 and low maintenance, offering easy piloting, good climbing, field takeoffs, and operation at slow speeds.
H. Meton of Brooks County raised a giant turnip described as a curiosity. The leaves span seven feet six inches in diameter and the root reaches three feet around its smoothest section, measuring 16 inches long and weighing 32 pounds with leaves and turnip totaling about 40 pounds.
A conservative safety milestone reports that last year railway travel in Great Britain had a high safety standard with only a fraction of the total passengers killed. The text cites an enormous total carried and a risk of about one death per 200,600,000 journeys, highlighting exceptional safety by comparison to huge passenger volumes.
Premier Mussolini argues a well organized nation must avoid large groups lacking life’s necessities. He defends aspects of communism logic while warning Russia’s consequences of applying it blindly. He urges alignment with a practical social order to prevent disaster and ensure prosperity.
Miss Hertha Charrette of Regina writes of improved health after using Milburn's Tivart and Nerve Pills. She describes past heart-related fatigue and dizziness, noting three boxes reduced symptoms and enabled daily work with no after effects. She endorses the medicine to others, with price five shillings per box from The Typographical Company.
A statement to the British House of Commons by Sir Wilkin Joynson-Hick tals argues Canada remains the top destination for migrants from Great Britain, with Australia a distant second. Last year Canada welcomed 2,606 newcomers from Britain, Australia 87,772, New Zealand 1,651, and South Africa 396, while 13,491 went to British North America in 1420, compared with an average across other Dominions.
An advertisement touts Bayer aspirin as the genuine product to protect against imitations. It notes Bayer tablets are packaged in twelve and twenty four counts with the Bayer Cross stamp and warns buyers to look for the Bayer name. The piece also provides a census update for Quebec City with population figures for Roman Catholic French-Canadians and Protestant French-Canadians.
Canadian Pacific Railway reports a sweeping rise in grain transport from September 15 to October 31. Record totals show 109,683,742 bushels marketed at country elevators, 58,711 cars loaded, and 86,011,615 bushels inspected on the line. October alone saw 42,093 cars loaded, roughly 1,550 per day, with inspections near 82 million bushels on CP lines and 86.4 million at Minneapolis Duluth Chicago combined. Eastward from Winnipeg 63,704 cars moved, Vancouver deliveries reached 2,681 cars totaling 9,915,720 bushels.
About ten thousand Washington DC youths work through college as civil service employees. Several colleges offer after hours courses, some till 10 pm. Student clerks earn at least 1214 dollars yearly and pay tuition under 320 dollars monthly. The program has not produced the best law schools in the country.
Canadian fall weather is hard on babies with sudden warm and cold days causing colds cramps and colic. Keep the baby's stomach right with Ves Own Tablets sold by medicine dealers or at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Canada ranks seventh in per capita export trade with about 57.95 dollars, trailing New Zealand Australia and others. From 1840 to 1998 export growth shows Canada not second, and Japan leads narrowly at 108 percent increase, per figures from the Department of Trade and Commerce.
Canadian Pacific announces an excursion to Eastern Canada from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta starting December and running daily to January 1924. Tickets valid for three months from issue, with full details at any CP ticket office.
Saskatchewan's 1923 crop value is estimated at 276,24,650 dollars based on yield reports and an average expected selling price for the season.
Vancouver reports indicate Japan's Reconstruction Bureau will buy about 100,200,000 feet of lumber from Canada and the United States for temporary structures in Tokyo and Yokohama. Millionaire Takao Takata of Iwal and Company, arriving via the Empress of Russia, travels to Seattle, Portland, and New York to supervise this direct bureau purchase while enlisting established traders for execution. Takata expects to stay in America three to five years to complete the program.
A report notes headaches disappear and the stomach grows stronger, with the whole system gaining vigor and appetite increasing. The summary reflects observed improvements in wellness, highlighting headaches relief, digestive strength, overall vitality, and rising appetite.
Advertises Dr Hamiltons Pills claiming quick relief for ailing men and women. Billed to boost spirits, relieve headaches, improve appetite, purify blood, ease spinal pains, and revitalize nerves and energy, with a price listed as 25¢ at stall dealers.
A flock of sparrows and other birds roamed the Cunard liner Samar off Newfoundland en route to Liverpool. They perched in the lounge, fed from passengers’ hands, and one owl was captured, while a stray advertisement for asthma remedies and a stray library fact from Great Britain appeared in the same text.
An old testimonial touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as highly beneficial for recovering strength after motherhood. Mrs Harvey Dishman claims renewed health and blood, urging weak women to try the remedy. The ad directs readers to ask a local druggist or write Dr. Pierce's Laboratories in Bridgeburg Ontario for a trial, offering a free booklet.
A Toronto advertising convention speaker cites Bernard Lichtenberg of the Alexander Hamilton Institute urging honesty in ads. He warns against extravagant claims and credits lasting success to promoting superior goods, putting one’s name on products, and informing the public for years.
A government terminal elevator with 2,560,000 bushels capacity will be erected at Edmonton Alberta to handle the 1924 crop. Hon Charles Stewart announces start of foundation tests and contracts, with completion before next crop. Cost estimated at 1 to 1.5 million dollars. The project aims to improve Vancouver shipments via Pacific routes and support CN Railways cleaning facilities. Bees seized a Paris pastry shop for three hours.
A consignment of 68 crates containing 136 silver black foxes valued at about $34,000 moved through Montreal en route from Prince Edward Island to Western Canada and the United States. Each animal has a pelts value near $260 and a market value around $600 when ready for sale. Some foxes are set to become foundation stock for Western Canadian ranches while others head to distant U S destinations including Colorado.
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