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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 08, 1921
Page
2
Mr. Smith assists in copying the Blaisdell family records while Miss Maggie hosts visitors and plans a luncheon. Tensions rise as Mrs. Hattie Blaisdell and Mrs. Jane Blaisdell impose errands and sewing tasks, drawing Miss Maggie into domestic duties and shared secrets.
An advertisement touts Catarrhezone as a universal remedy for colds catarrh and throat and bronchial trouble. It claims rapid relief from sore throat stuffed nose and chest congestion and promotes a two month outfit priced at 20 or 25 cents for small dealers in Montreal.
Mr. Smith records the improvised welfare circle at Miss Maggie's home on Flora Street. Mrs. Jane, Flora, and the Blaisdell family seek aid while juggling debts, dresses, and domestic chores as Sunday visits reveal character and neighbors in need.
In Hillerton, Mellicent Smith endures财 hardship as Mrs. Sané lies ill, Miss Magele and MeHicent manage the house, and Mr. Smith contemplates Mellicent’s hunger for simple pleasures while Mellicent pursues a budding romance with Carl Pennock amid sarcastic jibes from Frank Blaisdell.
A historical note explains horses often rest and even sleep while standing due to instinctive fear of pests. While pastured horses lie down at times, many rest for about an hour nightly, typically at midnight. Stable workers report some horses never sleep except on their feet, with variation among individuals. Continuous observation in livery stables supports brief all-night standing rest.
Harry Sullivan of Lowell Massachusetts began swimming from Cape Gris Nez near Calais toward Dover but abandoned after ten hours and ten minutes, having reached only the middle of the channel.
The text urges residents to keep money within the district to boost local prosperity and warns against profanity, framing it as a moral consideration tied to community welfare. It emphasizes buying locally to improve both personal and neighborly fortunes.
Veteran inventor Hudson Maxim predicts a future war worse than any before. He warns that airplanes will sow deadly gases and contagions over land, sea, and inland cities, with noncombatants targeted and citywide plagues unleashed from aircraft. He cites past WWI flight capabilities and armaments as precursors to this apocalyptic scenario.
London sees a constant flow of motoring with a thousand cars crossing London Bridge each hour and six thousand motor vehicles cruising Oxford Street daily. The city holds 5,000 cabs, 2,500 tramcars on 68 services, and 150 motor buses on 138 routes, covering substantial street mileage within the county.
An agricultural exhibition in Great Britain showcased an attachment for harvesters that stands sheaves after cutting and binding, aiming to remove hand labor from the harvest field. Judges awarded the makers a silver medal for the invention.
Prof R C Wallace, commissioner of Northern Manitoba, announces a signed contract for wireless telephone apparatus to be installed at Norway House and The Yas along with intermediate point connections. The system is expected to operate soon. Also describes amethyst and opal crystal compositions.
An drew Higbee, a messenger for the Atlantic City Street Railway Company, alighted from a trolley on Atlantic Avenue to drop the day’s receipts at a bank. The bag of coin broke, spilling about $6,000 in silver and tying up traffic for thirty minutes while detectives oversaw salvage.
A Salisbury New Brunswick man plans to grow bears in captivity to boost the fox industry. He has bought a large female bear and hopes fur sales will be profitable, with possible cub sales for pets as a secondary aim.
A brief aphorism contrasts women who jump to conclusions with men who reason methodically, suggesting women act impulsively while men overthink yet miss practical outcomes.
A condor can survive without food for forty days while an eagle lasts twenty, illustrating amazing endurance in Norway as birds adapt to scarce resources.
The human body is composed of roughly sixty percent water, a fact that underpins many physiological processes and influences hydration needs, medical advice, and athletic performance.
Report notes fewer than a third of the evening papers published today in London compared with 125 years ago. The piece references wartime nickel casings repurposed for bullets as part of the broader wartime economy context.
A north report says an Eskimo trapper headed to a trading post to sell four wives for a pound of tea and tobacco. Buyers were fellow tribesmen returning from Hudson's Bay Company supplies. Two wives had previous trades, one traded six times for tea milk tobacco and bacon. The original owner may redeem wives by payment or double the price.
Edison foresees motor cars in a few years distilling their own fuel raising questions about surplus supply or whether vehicles will consume all distilled product.
Reo Kameneff, the soviet relief director, states that 20,500,000 persons in fifteen provinces of Russia are facing starvation. Food resources were about fifty per cent below those of pre war days, he added.
A historical note attributes the invention of bells to the Egyptians, highlighting ancient craft and metalworking. This attribution ties to early signaling devices used in temples and daily life, illustrating how sound instruments emerged in antiquity. The claim links Egyptian artisans to the development of tuned metal bells and bell usage.
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