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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
3
An old advertisement touts Bidtrhozene and Catarrhozone as remedies for colds catarrh and bronchitis. It claims quick relief cures for nasal throat and chest symptoms and promotes a $1.06 two month outfit sold by Catarrhozone Co Kingston Ontario Canada through local dealers.
King traps Barthelemy in a hothouse of fear by drugging and binding him. A photo of Richard Avery looms as Barthelemy accuses King of murder while King vows grim hostility toward the living and reveals Avery is dead. The confrontation ends with Barthelemy denouncing King as Banister King mocks him.
A friend quips about a fortune teller's reading as a young man starts the New Year. The seer reportedly warned against marriage, then declared he was born to command, prompting the friend to cheerfully declare the implication. The exchange appears in the Guelph Mercury.
The government of Holland reaffirms a daylight saving plan with clocks moved forward one hour in April and set to remain until October 1. The practice has continued for the past three summers with all timepieces adjusted accordingly.
A German newspaper notes that the Fatherland party may have supplied a paper printed with the watermark Extra strong. The Leipziger Volkszeitung questions if the paper was supplied by the English Fatherland party.
The text argues that Canada’s industries, though serving a seven million population, rank among the world’s largest when viewed against global peers. It notes the US market with over 100 million people offers vast opportunity, while Canada’s scale highlights remarkable growth in sectors like shoemaking.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls James Whitcomb Riley as a boy in Indiana who struggled in arithmetic, ran away from class during The Death of Little Nell, and was labeled a truant. He read widely, taught himself through literature, and later drew and performed in church benefits while being misunderstood by townsfolk as a mere idler.
An Irish governess in Vienna describes wartime food shortages during a recent Vienna strike. She recalls breakfast coffee from apple refuse, a slice of black bread with jam, no fats, and limited meat. Dinner included preserved eggs and barley, wine available, and soup at supper. Clothing was costly with a 35 pound suit and 6 to 7 pound boots, stockings of nettle fibre, and paper bootlaces. She notes the working classes’ poverty despite high wages and says they blame England.
The Chicago Herald urges readers not to rush through daylight saving time and to use the extra daylight wisely rather than speeding time or activities recklessly.
American ordnance experts report a highly mobile gun under construction near Philadelphia with a larger shell than the German 9.2 inch weapon. Its mobility and carriage-base movement, plus a robust protective guard, give it a potential edge over the famed German rail-mounted gun near Paris.
A short reader note shows a girl offering six cents for bread, the baker asking for another cent, and the response that prices rose that morning. The girl then requests one of yesterday's loaves, reflecting a penny-pinching exchange prompted by a price increase.
Dialogic wartime snippet shows a British officer and a German soldier exchange terse lines about surrender and economy of speech. The exchange highlights a tense morale moment with a joking undertone as the officer insists on brevity while his wife questions spelling and pronunciation.
An array of editorial snippets from Toronto Star and Louisville Courier Journal critique daylight saving. Readers discuss the idea of stealing hours of darkness for daylight. Some call it a good trade, others mock the concept and its practical effects on waking and sleeping.
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