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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 23, 1922
Page
3
A compact notice extols Gillett's Lye as a versatile cleaner for soap making, dishwashing, sink and fridge cleaning, garbage cans, clogged drains, grease stains, floor scrubbing, and tile work. It promises economical, effective results, noting long-time standard status and labor-saving benefits.
Declared plans set to shift clocks for Montreal city time on April 4 and October 7. Obituary notes pioneer Daw sea titer Robert Robertson aged 73. Robbery and bank vault attack reported at Piaimont State Bank in Pitot, Kansas, with $50 in loss. Ulster kidnapping cases lead to multiple long sentences, including 48 years for three leaders. Fox hunter Lord Manton dies after fall near Stratford upon Avon. US Army size debated by subcommittees, with current strength around 1,100,000 enlisted men.
When stunned awake by cramps or a sudden twitch, Nerviline promises fast relief at thirty five cents per bottle. It claims to ease cramps, stomach pains, diarrhea, neuralgia and sore throat, with universal availability in real stores where medicines are sold.
Saskatchewan cattle numbers total 1,563,522 in 142, an increase of 9,280 from 1926. Wild cows lead the gain, now 421,708, up by 10,000 from last year according to a Provincial Agriculture Department report.
In Rio de Janeiro engineers undertake a vast earth and rock removal at Morro do Castelo, about 7.0e5 cubic yards, to flatten the summit and extend the southern metropolis. Methods include pick and shovel, mule carts, steam shovels, and a dummy train as shown with illustrations in Popular Mechanics. An old convent on the summit fuels rumors of hidden gold, attracting local curiosity.
An old notice promotes Diamond Dyes offering dyeing services for garments and draperies. It mentions various fabrics and dyeing options, touting guarantees and new color options. The text references colors and fabrics but is garbled and unclear in places.
A viewpoint argues Britain paid France 22 million pounds for docks, buildings, and trenches used in World War I. It calls the rent the first recorded case of one nation paying to use another's trenches. The piece notes Britain fought in France, not at home, and suggests the payment helped a struggling ally. It adds criticism of prophets whose warnings were ignored.
A nine truck bus conveyance delivers bricks in an orderly fashion, unloading contents neatly piled with beds.
A 15 month old boy was helped after three months of constipation by Baby's Own Tablets from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. The letter from Mrs. Joseph Dion of Ste Perpetue Que praises the tablets as mild and effective. Available for 25 cents per box from Brockville Ontario medicine dealers or by mail.
The St Augustine post office building in Florida is claimed as the nation’s oldest post office structure. Archives of the Indies in Seville confirm that King of Byain bought it in Ub from Gonzalo Mendez for 10 400 dollars as a governor’s residence for Tedro De Yderra and successors. The governor reported the residence was built over the sea, was cold and damp, and that two former governors died there.
An old fashioned advertorial text touts California Fig Syrup as the quick remedy for child constipation and stomach upset. It claims a single teaspoon frees the bowels within hours and urges mothers to insist on genuine California Fig Syrup with proper dosing directions on the bottle. It ends with a moralistic note about staying on the right path.
The era favors bright colors in frocks for indoor wear with a red checked gingham model featuring a square neck, side yokes, slight fullness at the shoulders, and a belt. Embroidery adds a striking note while the skirt joins the blouse at a lowered waist line. The style can be made up in cotton crepe or handkerchief linen for dressier occasions. Oil ads praise Dr Thomas Electric Oil as the oil of the people, trusted and widely used. Minard Liniment touted for grippe and flu. Rail news records shipments of nearly 1.5 million bushels of grain by the Edmonton Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway since September, including wheat, oats, and barley. Corn remover Hollo-way advertised for corns.
Mrs. A. Tunecun of Regina Beach donated a 200 year old history of Scotland and fossil fish found in 1884 six miles west of Bulyea to the Saskatchewan Natural History Museum. The gifts were received by Frederick Bradshaw and will be exhibited. The fossils were said to lie 40 feet underground while Diggers worked on a well. Lake Superior is noted as the world’s largest freshwater stretch at 31 200 square miles.
The Mennonites in southern Manitoba have pursued melon cultivation with both watermelons and muskmelons of good quality. Experiments at Morden Experimental Station show melons prosper in hot years with excellent flavor, but struggle in cool summers. Tests compare hot bed transplanting to field planting, with variety trials yielding satisfactory results and suggesting melon growing could become a commercial proposition in the region.
The Provincial Minister of Lands reports water-borne lumber exports from British Columbia in 1921 surpassed 188 million feet, about 44 million feet above the 1929 record. A substantial portion of the shipments went to Japan and China. Minard's Liniment is noted in a stray fragment.
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