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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 11, 1920
Page
2
In a tense forest camp Timberley rejects retreat and declares he will stay with the expedition. Haight warns of danger as Timberley faces fate, gambling on a risky plan while vowing to resist returning to the city.
Timberley journeys north into a dense forest leading toward Old Creation Hills and Lockup Settlement. He meets a wary young rifleman guarding the girl, sparking tension as they dispute the intrusion and a hastily tied note found on a tree hints at threat or trouble ahead.
The article discusses whitefish catches in the northern waters, noting refrigeration challenges and transport limitations. It mentions planned canning to provide year round supply, with whitefish marketed across the Great Lakes region, Eastern Canada, and the United States.
The 1860s saw cotton seed used as gare bage, expanding to fertilizer by 1870, and recognized as cattle feed by 1880. By 1890, its potential as a table food was advertised nationwide, making it a major oil source with varieties from salive to the clearest oil.
The Toronto Telegram urges readers to embrace optimism as Canada recovers from the war era. It highlights rising wealth from food, minerals, and oil deposits, forecasting a long era of prosperity and national resurgence.
Palestine faces a severe food shortage with a government ban on cereal exports. Monthly imports of 409 to 500 Sudan cattle are arranged with Egypt and Sudan governments as the army stops buying sheep and cereals from Palestine.
An old advertisement touts Zam-Buk as a universal cure for accidents and skin troubles. It claims instant pain relief, stops bleeding, prevents infection, and heals from the root for eczema boils and other conditions. Sold by all dealers in boxes.
Farmers leave $23 to $100 in loose bills worth of tools out in open through winter. Sheltered storage would save five to fifteen dollars per hundred dollar machine. A machinery shed could pay for itself in three years at current building costs, as many neglect this protection. The piece contrasts country and city youth and notes the bean cultivation by the Ta cast before Columbus.
A vintage ad claims Dr Hamilton's Liver Pills cure liver complaint fast. It promises rapid relief from headaches constipation dizziness and low mood, restoring sleep appetite and energy overnight. Suitable for men women and children, sold everywhere in 25 cent boxes.
Manitoba 1920 wheat yield averaged 15 bushels per acre with flax largely off the harvest. Threshing nearly complete, crop reports show yields for wheat near 13, oats 7.6, barley 22, rye 16. Potatoes dug, October mild and favorable for plowing, fallow conditions noted as satisfactory across several districts.
New head to Research Council Dalhousie University Nova Scotia president MacKenzie named by Dominion Research Council to replace Dr MacCallum who resigned. McGill’s MacCallum position vacant. MacKenzie reportedly will accept. Professor McLennan of Toronto had been considered but would not have accepted.
An Englishman was arrested in London for swindling the relatives of dead soldiers by reading death notices, writing to ex soldiers asking for clothing, and deceiving families into sending garments and sums of money. The scam preyed on grieving relatives who trusted an “old friend” of their late sons.
Sergeant D McInnes of Edmonton cast a bottle into the Atlantic near Newfoundland during a 1919 Halifax return trip after Bisley. It reached Nieuport Belgium last August carrying a message to a Montreal paper. Paul Vanthier found the bottle and sent the message to Montreal.
A giant sycamore in Worthington Indiana measures 44 feet six inches around near the ground and rises about 150 feet tall. A wounded chimpanzee stops bleeding by placing leaves and grass on its injury.
The article claims Australia hosts the largest edible oysters in the world with shells exceeding a foot across. It also notes the coat of arms practice dates back to early Biblical times.
An old promotional notice urges parents to choose California Syrup of Figs for children. It stresses a fruity taste and safe relief, insisting to look for the name California on the package and follow full directions on each bottle.
An old ad extols Cascarets for liver and bowels claiming wakeful energy and cheerful mood with no griping. The piece sells 10 25 and 50 cent packs and targets children as well. A Connecticut inventor wins recognition for a strong elevated structure above city buildings and a plane landing field.
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