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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 20, 1919
Page
2
A promotional sales pitch extols Dr. Hamilton's Pills as a tonic to regulate digestion and renew vitality for pale complexions and run-down systems. The text claims benefits for insomnia and nerves, urging use by all ages and noting 25 cent boxes sold by dealers.
Kenyon returns to his chambers as two visitors seek him at the vacant law house. They are messengers from Mortimers of Lincoln’s Inn, needing Kenyon to defend Sir Anthony West who faces a Marlborough Street police court appearance tomorrow. The request arrives late, with a brief ready amid the Strand’s distant hum.
Kenyon confronts two intruders in his chamber after they tail him from the outer door to his living room. He orders them to disarm and search, then recovers their pistols and a telegram as he weighs whether to call the police. He opts to delay arrest to keep his suspicions uncertain and preserve his holiday.
An advertisement-like piece promotes freezone ether compound to remove corns. It claims instant relief when applied to a tender corn, with the root finally lifting out. The Cincinnati inventor says freezone dries quickly and does not irritate surrounding skin. A call to clip and try to save a father from infection.
The three prairie provinces show rapid growth in rural lines with 41,096 rural subscribers served by government rural telephones as of April 30, 1918. A total of 44,36014 miles of line are in operation after adding 4,92214 miles this fiscal year, with 958 rural telephone companies operating under the act.
Northumberland Miner's Association sent a cheque for 10000 dollars subscribed by pitmen nationwide for the relief of distressed Belgian miners and their families. Earlier in the war the union raised 5000 dollars for suffering Belgian trade unionists.
Medicine Hat contractors say building prospects look exceptionally good for spring. A remodel of W Foster residence is complete with two extra rooms added. A contract to rebuild the Martin and Phillip foundry, damaged by fire, has been awarded. Saskatoon Red Triangle plans a hut for returning soldiers and a 17000 dollar site request reached city council March 3. The council awarded ground at Twenty first street and Third avenue for the building.
The British Columbia university has petitioned the provincial government for one million dollars to authorize immediate construction at the Point Grey site. The request aims to accelerate the erection of new buildings on that campus location.
The Imperial Oil Company will add a large expansion to its Medicine Hat branch this year. Plans drawn show five buildings to be built this spring and summer, with an approximate total cost of 20000 dollars.
More than 30000 dollars including fittings will back the Hudsons Bay store addition at Nelson British Columbia. Regina building permits issued in February total 37300 dollars the largest for the period in five years. Remarks note rising residential construction with several issuance for houses or alterations to suitable dwellings.
The Saskatchewan government plans to erect new provincial police headquarters this year on the site of the old telephone office in Regina. The provincial architect’s office is busy preparing plans and specifications for several public buildings funded in the current estimates, with work set to begin as soon as possible this spring.
Vlach McKellar secretary of the Moose Jaw board of trade argues for four permanent housing blocks to aid those unwilling to take large houses and to assist newly married couples or families with one child. The plan aims to pay off while easing Moose Jaw's housing shortage. Regina sees spring development with Bank of Montreal expanding, Robert Bell Engine building a warehouse, and Regina Trading Co purchasing the old post office site for a four story fireproof store at $60,600.
Working drawings of the buildings shown on this page may be obtained from the Editor at the nominal price of $5.00 per set. The design may also be available through the local lumber dealer if he is a member of the Western Lumbermen's Association.
Loan companies announce they are ready to depart from the war era policy of 1914 and will send funds for speculative building on city property. The move is intended to spur housing construction.
Muskoka man Cyrus Correll, a farmer near Larchwood Algoma, Ont., reports four months of illness cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills. He suffered neuralgia back pain dizziness sleeplessness and fatigue after a cold and strain. He used two boxes and felt better quickly, urging others to try the remedy.
Advices from Copenhagen to the state department describe German strikes in Berlin as driven mainly by food shortages rather than Bolshevik agitation. Reports of bloodshed are said to be greatly exaggerated.
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