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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
4
The passage cites Dr Hamilton's Pills as a tonic claimed to purify blood and prevent exhaustion. It mentions common use, a yellow-covered box, and a price of 7 25¢, while casting doubt on mineral origins and noting dubious credibility behind the claims. A subplot follows legal intrigue and a plan to thwart a marriage by exposing fraudulent mining connections.
Barrister narrates tangled sequence surrounding Tom Burbury kidnap plot and Jasper Morgan alibi. Kenyon, a keen observer, tracks events from Merlin Farm to Story and rectory, while Clegg and Tony West illuminate motive and police pursuit. Key figures include Trevelyns, Mavis Comlyn, and inspector, with Morgan's secret profits looming as the case stalls.
Amsterdam reports the Dutch minister arriving in Petrograd condemning Bolshevik rule. He says high wages for no work, theft of others property without punishment, and no taxation. He portrays unemployment as terrible, citizens exhausted, and freedom absent. He warns Russia will be ruined if left as is.
Since March a new fishing industry on the Pacific coast has developed with three and a half million pounds of Pacific flatfish sold in Canada. Previously considered worthless, the fishery now proves a permanent industry as public reception exceeds expectations. A British Columbia firm shipped 100,008 pounds to market in one week.
Winnipeg November 23 1918 Dear Officers The days of waiting are over as the great world war ends. Returning officers and scouts will lead and guide the province and Dominion into a peaceful future. The call is for one hundred percent effort and leadership to support boys and the grand future of the Boy Scouts Association. Signed H C L Broadhurst Assistant District Commissioner.
A mid winter mail order drive urges support for local merchants to strengthen the community. It argues home shops match mail order prices, pay freight, offer guarantees, provide immediate delivery, and back local roads and schools. The piece stresses personal ties and mutual benefit, warning customers forget the local option.
In Private Quarters Amsterdam, British troops, according to a telegram from Cologne, have declined to use public buildings offered to them and have occupied private quarters.
The prairie provinces anticipate strong demand for building materials in coming years as farmers and others resume delayed improvements after the war. A Milestone Saskatchewan lumber firm buys a saw mill and large timber holdings in British Columbia to manufacture and ship to prairie markets, with operations to run round the clock.
A remark by a householder prompts laughter as a woman notes a spouse's pen name And the cook adds that her husband also uses a nickname Glycer in George references a jail or pen related alias Judge confirms the humorous exchange
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