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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1919
Page
4
A reader from Algoma Mills Ontario credits Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills with ending six years of fainting and weak spells. She recounts a friend provided a box and she has been spell free since, praising the pills and urging others to try them. The ad notes the pills cost a box and are available from The Milburn Co. Limited in Toronto.
An editorial argues governments must focus on public health beyond individual care. It notes mass medical examinations reveal hidden disease burdens and cites influenza as a wakeup call. Britain creates a health ministry led by Dr Christopher Addison to build a medical intelligence department.
The piece argues for stronger health laws, hospital nets in rural areas, district nursing, school dental clinics, and mandatory disease reporting. It cites Saskatchewan figures showing typhoid declines from 151 deaths in 1910 to 54 in 1918, urging government action, municipal enforcement, and individual home hygiene to prevent future outbreaks.
The prairie provinces could become among the healthiest regions in the world through basic, necessary precautions and steady exercise of elementary health measures.
To guard the baby against colds the mild laxative Tabletiets keep the stomach and bowels working regularly. It is claimed that good stomach and bowels prevent colds and aid thriving. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Petrograd dispatch reports Leon Trotzky has revived the old czarist military laws in the Red Army, undoing reforms abolished by the former regime. The move signals a shift toward stricter discipline and centralized control within Soviet military structure.
A reader in Rounthwaite Manitoba reports severe kidney trouble with backache fatigue and frequent urination. The ad touts Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills as the remedy, claiming relief after one reader trial and urging purchases from Edmanson Bates Co Toronto.
A French court martial sentenced life imprisonment to German Holts and Austrian Karmelich for 1917 attempts to invade French Somaliland from Abyssinia with native troops. Holts led Abyssinia legation work. Karmelich assisted. French troops captured the leaders.
A mob of strikers attacked the Lima arsenal but troops repelled the assault. Clashes occurred citywide as strikers targeted Callao Station. Hotel workers joined the strike closing many hotels and restaurants amid an escalating food shortage.
Canadian representatives J A Maharg and Dr Magill travel overseas to negotiate with British authorities over the 1919 wheat crop. Officials report no definite agreement yet as Dominion government backs special agricultural representatives to secure a satisfactory arrangement with the British government.
A German wireless message says civilians will be armed to defend Berlin. Gustave Noske announced troops collected for eastern troubles were instead used in Berlin and would remain enough to guard elections. He pledged continued duty to brethren in the east and protection against Polish despotism.
The annual report shows Union Bank of Canada assets over 153 million, a 10 million rise, with four years of wartime growth near 75 million. Net profit 824,174, plus 106,000 carried forward makes 930,000 available for distribution. Deposits total 127,242,000, up 10,000,000. note circulation exceeds 12,134,000. Current loans rise to 74,000,000. liquid assets exceed 72,368,000 with strong gold and government securities.
General Brancker plans to leave the air ministry to focus on commercial aviation and predicts a May transatlantic flight. He notes several airplane types could achieve the crossing and envisions airplanes as common as cars. The Evening News reports a regular English airship mail service to the United States in summer 1920 is considered certain by airship builders.
Druggists refund money if PAZO Ointment fails to cure piles, itching, burning, bleeding or protruding hemorrhoids. Soothes irritation and provides rest after first application. Price 60 cents. Also note arrival of Austro-Hungarian battleship Salzburg, requisitioned by France, at Toulon.
The cabinet ordered German war prisoners to be used for reconstruction in liberated areas. The plan aims for at least 200,000 prisoners to be employed in devastated districts by March 20.
An advertisement claims Putnam's Gorn and Wart Extractor ends corns swiftly with a painless, acid-free formula. It urges readers to buy 25¢ bottles from local Idealers, asserting the offender must die to cure corns.
Norway plans to present its claim to Spitzbergen at the peace conference. Norwegians cite historical discovery in 1200, naming as Svalbard, long hunting and mining activity, and intensive coal production. They argue proximity and seafaring expertise make them best suited to settle and govern the islands.
Minard's Liniment touted as a cure amid an upheaval in Luxemburg where a Grand Duchess abdicated. A population around 200,000 is deeply split over whether her sister should rule or a republic should be established according to a Daily Mail despatch.
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