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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
4
The article argues that open temporary cribs are obsolete as grain prices rise. It advocates permanent dry, ventilated, rat and mouse proof facilities and warns that early sales after threshing reduce waste. It stresses grain's value justifies investing in better storage.
The Garda County draft board of Lewisburg Pa suspects a strong exemption case. The unnamed man cites rheumatism heart trouble catarrh and nervousness as barriers to service along with scarlet fever typhoid and measles past illnesses. He reports vision and hearing limits and spells that weaken him for over a week. The board agrees it need not refer the case to the central board of appeals.
A villagers tone lists U S government urging cotton economizing with odd figures. Mentions a 12 inch gun, machine gun, naval expenses, absorbent cotton needs, and apparel costs for troops. Also notes oil for toothache remedies and ancient use of window glass in Pompeii ruins and waxed linen substitutes.
The report details German guns captured near Amiens and turned over to base ordnance. It notes 219 field guns of various types captured, with high velocity 15 inch naval guns among notable trophies. Thousands of machine guns and wagon-loads of rifles followed, many still serviceable. Also mentions a trophy application legend on each gun and a later asthma remedy advertisement inserted in the issue.
The Dominion government studies permits for free grazing of reindeer over 76 000 square miles in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Officials say reindeer could boost meat supply and serve as transportation, aiding exploration of inaccessible regions.
A correspondent describes six baker shops supplying bread for the British army in France. The site, once a German flour mill, lacks heavy machinery due to floor strain concerns. Under a master baker, flour is moved from railway siding to mixing rooms where British soldiers, Australian troops, and U S soldiers bake bread while Chinese laborers shuttle flour between floors.
An old advertisement touts Dr Hamilton's Pills as a tonic for sickly women claiming it strengthens and renews, improves color, stimulates appetite, and aids digestion. It promises rapid improvement and notes a forty year history as America’s valued family medicine at 25 per box.
A technical report in the American Food Journal questions the belief that opened canned foods spoil quickly. It finds canned milk remains wholesome in tin for days and that opening cans of various produce shows only slight acidity increases and minimal tin or iron dissolution. The investigator cautions against keeping foods in open tins or reusing opened tins, recommending transferring contents to dishes and refrigeration.
A correspondent describes coastal salvage after U boat attacks yielding monkey nuts for margarine, rubber, cotton, lard, tobacco and other goods. Villagers and pig-keepers gather and report finds to wreck receivers, sharing salvage profits. evokes old Wrecker and Berlin pirates.
Army of Generals under Gouraud faces German assault on July 14 15 in Champagne. He disclosed battle plan to troops, ordered fortified machine gun nests and a staged retreat to deny ground to the enemy. Despite losses many soldiers died or were captured as Germans advanced, opening the way for the Paris counteroffensive led by Mangin and De Goutte.
An old advertisement touts Putnam’s Extractor as a painless corn remover that shrivels and removes corns quickly. It claims to work even on tough corns and costs a quarter at the druggist. Also noted is Ice Barrier Blocks North Passage with Arctic ice forcing a supply ship to turn back, threatening delivery to Point Barrow.
Mothers are urged to keep Baby's Own Tablets at home to prevent and treat summer stomach troubles such as cholera infantum and diarrhoea in children. The product claims government analyst approval, harmlessness even for newborns, and bowel regulation. Sold by dealers or mail order from The Dr. Witham Medicine Co. Brockville Ont. 25 cents a box.
In 1632 Gov. Winthrop of Massachusetts Bay issued the first public Thanksgiving proclamation. He invited Plymouth Colony to join the observance, and Boston kept the day June 19, 1632, as noted in his journal. This set a precedent later followed by many colonies and the nation.
English inventor Robert Whitehead born 1823 in Eaton le Moors Lancashire. He built torpedoes in Milan then Austria, settling Trieste 1848 and Fiume 1856. His first torpedo appeared in 1866 and was adopted by the Austrian navy in 1868.
A garbled OCR passage discusses landscapes and palaces in Spain, mentions 45 million pesetas, then shifts to medical tonics and patent medicines sold by F. J. Chenery & Co and SHENEY & CO Toledo. It references Hall's marsh and family pills with vague testimonials and a reward offer, all in a disjointed historical advertisement style.
The article notes that 1,000 Victoria Crosses have been awarded since Queen Victoria established the honor. It lists counts by conflicts, including 182 in the Crimean War, 111 in the Indian Mutiny, 78 in the South African War, 23 in the Zulu War, and 16 in the Afghan War, with nearly 200 awarded in the current war up to September 1916 and the thousandth to Driver Dalziel at Attrattan. It also remarks that few recipients from the last four years are now alive.
A Kingston Standard column notes an athletic clergyman prepared for a funeral in wet weather. The preacher’s wife urged him to avoid going bareheaded on the damp ground, reflecting a small domestic moment tied to a solemn duty.
Philadelphia reader Mrs Wortrline reports fatigue backache and nervous indigestion improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for three months claiming she now feels well and can eat normally Her letter highlights widespread concerns among mothers about time and strength and implies the tonic helped her condition
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