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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 25, 1920
Page
3
The Hon. Edward Brown announces Manitoba will create a permanent assessment commission to equalize assessments across municipalities. The semi judicial body will be the first of its kind in Canada, outlining its initial duties and powers.
Kingston officer Earnest Clark describes three years of nervousness and insomnia caused by overwork. After seven boxes of Dr Chase's Nerve Food he reports complete relief of headaches neuralgic pains twitching indigestion breathlessness and fatigue and says he feels one hundred percent better now.
F C Elford Dominion poultry husbandman announces next year’s egg laying contests under the experimental farm system across Canada. West contests start Monday November 1 at Brandon Indian Head and Lethbridge. Ottawa will host the Dominion event with others for the provinces.
Copies of treaties laid on the table by Acting Secretary Rowell include agreements with Czecho Slovak Serb Croat Slovenes arms traffic liquor traffic in South Africa and the Berlin and Brussels acts conventions. Canada was represented by Sir Edmund Kemp Overseas Minister of Militia.
An advertisement-style notice hawks Cascarets as a nightly remedy for headaches, indigestion and constipation. It touts quick, painless relief without sickness, comparing favorably to Calumet Salts and harsh pills while claiming low cost and effortless use. The tone resembles old promotional copy aimed at everyday ailments.
After the war French renewal shows in transport and housing stats as peasants speak of a vineyard revival. By September France expected to have restored most rail lines bridges canals and agricultural tools while housing huts and tillable land recover, with trench excavation largely filled.
Among the Incas greatest works, Viracocha’s irrigation canal spans about 650 kilometers through Huancayelica and Ayacucho, 340 meters deep in parts, transforming Castrovilleina and Cangallo into fertile plains. Carved high Andes terrain 3600 to 4800 meters above sea level, it required rock removal without machinery or explosives and bridged steep slopes while redirecting torrents.
An Ottawa testimonial touts Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills as a cure for heart and nerve trouble worsened by modern life. The writer claims six boxes cured him after doctors failed, urging others to try. Price 30 cents a box, available from The T Milburn Co Limited in Toronto or by mail.
The King of Spain leads a reform to rehabilitate Moroccan Jews after three centuries of ostracism. The initiative invites Jews to return and regain a standing in Spanish society, backed by prominent politicians from various parties.
A playful exchange shows an editor agreeing to prepare a poet for the hospital fundraiser with an ambulance ready that night. A Chicago traffic policeman allegedly ordered the first car off Michigan Avenue in 1895. Minard’s Liniment advertised for sale everywhere.
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a cure for hair loss and dandruff. It claims the tonic cools the scalp, nourishes hair roots, and makes hair appear thicker, brighter, and more vibrant after several applications. A bottle costs only a few cents at drug or toilet counters. Separately, a brief note reports a seismic-linked ocean depth change near Central America from 1,000 to 5,000 feet.
Australian cadets under Brigadier General Brand are integrating sports with training to foster rivalry and teamwork. The plan links battalions brigades and training areas in communal competitions, promoting skill discipline and a constructive, spirited outdoor culture among se nior cadets and citizen committees.
The article discusses lingering after effects of the 1918 influenza pandemic in Canada and this season. It highlights weakened blood, nerves, and digestion, urging convalescents to use Dr Williams Pink Pills to rebuild blood and vitality. A testimonial from Andrew Marty of Bathurst, NB details marked recovery after four weeks of treatment, and the pills are marketed as a blood builder available nationwide by mail or through dealers.
The Western Stock Ranches of Southern Alberta shipped two grade ewes and a ram to Mr. Laderoute at Kirkman Creek Yukon. He reports the Alberta bred sheep endured 45 to 50 below zero and were well fed at night yet outdoors by day. He claims to be the first to start a Yukon sheep ranch and plans to buy more stock this summer.
Britain may seek compensation from the United States for delays in turning over German ships allocated by the peace conference. In the House of Commons Andrew Bonar Law said the government faced considerable losses due to holding ships such as the Imperator after service for the United States. Representations have been made to Washington by the British Ministry of Shipping.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures and prevents catarrh by cleansing the blood. It lists a money back offer and encourages readers to buy from Druggists. A Calgary shipment of purebred Clydesdale stallions from Scotland, purchased by Andrew Dollar, arrives to enhance High River stud in Southern Alberta. Columbus is noted as discovering the Sargasso Sea. The first roller skates were patented in 1823.
In a quirky note the article jokes about Minard's Liniment healing burns and extends to a humorous aside on a married man failing to scrape raspberry jam tainted with rhubarb from a luncheon cloth. It additionally notes Europe’s long-known zinc extraction history over 500 years.
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