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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 19, 1922
Page
2
An early 20th century ad touts Catarrhozone as a home remedy for catarrh, claiming it reaches the lungs via direct vapor and dissolves germs, easing sneezing and coughing. It markets a 20 month treatment or small size, with Montreal as the company location and wide dealer distribution.
In a tense drawing room scene Miss Flora pleads with Mr Smith while Miss Maggie supports a bold charity idea. Flora and Maggie spar over a letter and a post office box gift as Maggie vows to share wealth with the less fortunate, haltingly finding purpose.
Miss Flora keeps sending money and gifts after a Boston man sent a first letter seeking help. New requests flood in from many subscribers with various needs, some real and some fraudulent. Miss Maggie and Mr Smith decide Flora must stop sending money and Mr Smith offers to handle the letters as secretary yet vows not to spend a red cent.
United States commerce reports note a shortage of buildings fueling a market for portable houses in the Levant. The Spanish Government is also seeking ready cut houses primarily for workmen dwellings. The second sentence urges self acceptance rather than anger at others.
The Heligoland lighthouse is described as having the most powerful light in the world with 10,000,000 candle power. The text notes lemons growing wild on Norfolk Island in British possessions in the South Pacific. It also mentions that buyers prefer charged batteries even when paying cash.
More than half the world lives in Asia and many chew betel nut leaving red teeth. The piece urges sanitation, warns against neglecting green stains on children's teeth, and stresses removing stains to prevent caries. It advocates maintaining normal tooth color to earn an encore when smiling.
A Lacombe Alberta settler writes to the Immigration Department praising Canada’s lands and opportunities while acknowledging hard times for farmers. He details striving to improve his homestead amid low prices and high costs, vows self-reliance, and notes eastern arrivals astonished by the West’s beauty and resources.
Air Ministry runs tests on twenty six petrol tank designs to cut fire risk in crashes. A $10,000 prize fund is offered for designs meeting the safety goal. Fat Man's Club of Paris grows to fifty eight members including three women with a 290 pound president.
Alythe Perth of Winnipeg, a stenographic office operator, recalls severe breakdowns three years ago with insomnia, nervousness, stomach pain, and kidney troubles. After two bottles of Tanlac she reports full recovery and renewed energy, praising the medicine as grand and effective. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists.
A British firm displayed an eight ton motor road roller powered by a 1,000 rpm all horsepower engine using crude oil after an initial steam drive. The three wheel machine offers three speeds with a single lever for forward and backward motion. The article notes Scotland’s 1911 population as 4,452,288 with women outnumbering men by 185,482.
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