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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
4
Detroit Free Press reports heating struggles as households cope with fuel shortages and supply delays. Residents seek coal and alternative heat sources amid rising prices and cold snaps across the city.
The readable text includes an ad touting Freezone for corns and calluses, with claims of rapid removal and no burns, alongside unrelated items about immigration to Western Canada, mining canaries in WWI, a Canada planning report, and a patient-humor vignette. The mixed content shows product pitches amid broader wartime and public notices.
A seventeen-year-old Scots lad and his fiancée left quarters to marry but a Glasgow police court Baillie denied the marriage. Both parties expressed desire for nuptials with witnesses, and the court granted permission to proceed after the legal declaration at the county haudeness, bridegroom awaiting escort at the police station.
Jat Delacour of Alberta Ktook produced 300 bushels of clean potatoes from three quarters of an acre. The harvest weighed over seven hundred pounds in total with one hundred bushels weighing more than a pound and a half each. The potatoes were displayed at a Calgary store, drawing public interest.
Rural New England weekly ad seeks a steady respectable young man to look after a garden and care for a cow. Cow is noted for a good voice and is accustomed to singing in the choir of the Christian Register.
The article argues rheumatism is a blood disease cured by killing the blood poison with Dr Williams Pink Pills. It claims many elderly and young sufferers found relief, noting symptoms of poor blood and advising purchase from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario at 50 cents a box or six for $2.50.
The Sas katchewan Co operative Elevator Co erects thirty one more elevators this year with six under construction, totaling thirty seven and a projected 3500000 expenditure. Alberta’s United Grain Growers plans 143 elevators to handle this year’s crop after last year's 16068000 bushels through 103 units. Dr Thomas Electric Oil touted for nerve pain and back trouble offers rapid relief and a sense of ease.
Cattle receipts show 38 579 stockers arrived at Winnipeg yards in the nine months ending September 30. Of these, 20 267 were sent back to Western farms to be finished. The period saw 13 948 more stockers pass through Winnipeg than in 1916, while U S receipts declined as a share of the total.
Claims of relief from rheumatic gout acute bronchitis and acute rheumatism surface from Halifax Sussex Markham and Lakefield dated October 9 1907. Testimonials credit Minard s Liniment to cures by Andrew King Lt Col C Crewe Read C S Billing and others with regional endorsements.
Dr Hastings of Toronto urges people with colds to avoid crowded places and kissing, not share drinking cups, and destroy secretions by boiling or heat. He advises bed rest when fever or aches occur and warns individuals against spreading colds, noting personal responsibility to avoid transmitting illness.
From the Saturday Evening Post, the piece criticizes obstruction in Congress and war-time politics. It argues labor and capital clash, condemns demagogy, and praises broad support for government efforts. It highlights patriotism, public mood, and the mass movement toward unity and victory.
British wartime sentiment counters German naval penalties and extended wartime restrictions. The London Daily Mail asserts resolve not to endure another crisis, warning Germans of ongoing sacrifices, no peace talks, and unwavering national determination.
The board of grain supervisors announces November 1 1917 to August 31 1918 price levels for No 4 No 5 and No 6 wheat at 2.08 1.95 and 1.87 per bushel respectively. Prices apply to store public terminal elevators at Fort William and Port Arthur.
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