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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
3
A dated advertisement touts Dr. Hamilton's Pills as a cure for female weakness enhancing appetite, energy, and vitality into old age. It promotes a 225 cent box claiming bright health, vigor, and renewed strength for women enduring illness or exhaustion.
A tense exchange unfolds at Hampstead and Cornwall as Morgan’s absence, a threatening note, and a promise to “go through the mill” drive a confrontation. Eure, Zimbalist, and Sir Anthony clash over motives while a moorland escape and a cryptic toast scene close the fragment.
A sunset over the moors frames Mavis Camyn’s reflections on Tony West, Camlyon Court’s tragedy, and his suspicious absence. She grapples with his alibi and the possibility of involvement with another woman, while laments the coldness she showed him.
Mavis Camlyn encounters Jasper Morgan and Professor Zimbalist at an abandoned Corover mine tailings heap on Comlyn property. Morgan explains their geology raid aims to fossils while a fossil shell, dubbed a tiny hundredth milligram result, is unearthed and shown to Mavis. The scene ends as the trio discuss the find.
H G Wells envisions a stark future if disarmament fails. He warns of ironclad land forces, persistent air raids, and disruption of sea and land transit, threatening social order. Wells argues for a League of Peace with Germany compelled into it.
Building operations in Calgary Alberta during June were more extensive than any prior month since the war began. Compared with last year, the value of permits issued rose by over thirty percent due to city prosperity and widespread construction in both residential and business districts.
Willie She says she'd rather you wouldn t help me with it.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a press agent asking about economizing efforts. A responder reports progress with expenses slowed to a walk and mentions “Dix-Fine” and “I've got my JFunning” as tentative phrases. No clear event or identifiers emerge.
The Regina Leader reflects on four years of war against Germany and Austria Hungary, noting a shift from optimism to resolve. It praises Allied unity, sacrifice, and enduring patriotism as it looks toward victory and a hoped for peace, with renewed faith in God and democracy.
From the Country Gentleman reflects on a shift from individualism to collective effort. The essay praises a year of quiet progress where rich and poor labor together, abolishing menial labels and embracing the idea of brother’s keeper as society advances toward a new world.
Reports note a tremendous dairy cow slaughter in Europe due to beef and forage scarcity. Commissions have studied securing American dairy cows for shipment after the war, with authorities predicting millions of dairy cattle exports to Europe and premium prices for farmers investing now.
The text explains that the dn or von prefix appears in German names within pavilens and deeds, signaling noble or feudal lineage. It notes that commoners, military captains, scientists, and financiers could be commemorated or titled by death, with prefixes indicating status or association.
A London correspondent notes Britain tilts toward self sufficiency with active small gardens, women and elderly tending crops, and rationed staples. Sugar, butter, and bread are limited. real wheat bread remains rare but remembered as a goal. Beef and pork portions are tiny, and meals in London now resemble austere wartime provisions.
The remark notes a self-satisfied mood from unrestricted eating in an American cafe and adds that customers pay more there for a meal than in the United States or Canada. The fragment references consumer dissatisfaction with local pricing and dining norms.
The piece critiques Kultur and Nietzschean views, accusing Germans of exporting cultural “gift” while Americans hesitated to accept Kultur’s doctrines. It notes four years of Kultur’s influence and the dawning realization among Germans that the ideology had flaws, contrasting it with the projected moral critique of Christian morality.
English women face strict British and Canadian limits on emigration for marriage to Canadian fiances. Many are refused permission to leave the British Isles during the war, with some applicants aged thirty to forty. Canadian authorities report several hard cases of brides seeking to join soldiers abroad.
A contract for twenty four wooden steamers was awarded to a North Vancouver shipyard in British Columbia. The larger vessels will be 3500 tons instead of 2700, with timber from mills across the province. Construction starts immediately.
John Burroughs notes in Century on how lightning strikes trees. He lists beech, hemlock, and pine as favored targets, with oaks, ashes, maples, and others also affected. A huge sugar maple is described as blown to stove wood, debris scattering over fifty feet, due to sap vaporization and explosive force.
The King of the United Kingdom and the British dominions speaks on wartime solidarity. He warns against futile socialism and urges that welfare depends on all, noting the current conflict binds past and present. The New York Herald echoes his message of shared humanity.
Australian forces gaze with admiration at English avenues planted with oaks elms and poplars while many Australian towns remain treeless. The contrast underscores the sun and scrub environment faced by communities away from England’s tree-lined streets.
Several hundred persons die daily in Petrograd from cholera, travelers report arriving in Stockholm via Copenhagen telegram. The disease is now prevalent in many parts of Russia, widening fear and prompting health warnings across the region.
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