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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1922
Page
2
An August 28 outing to Bar 8 Ranch and Carbon City is described. The narrator recounts a long day trip with Livingstone, shopping at Carbon City’s large shop, buying glycerine and rose water, and selecting postcards for British correspondence. A store clerk teases about a tea table display.
An amused narrator recalls a canned goods demonstrator who flirts with masculine buyers, hints at marriage, and sparks a mischief plan. Don Livingstone chokes on peaches as the hostess jokes about a home with a wife. The narrator proposes sending jelly to Hite hospital, prompting a grateful acknowledgment from the matron and a playful offer of saddled horses.
President Edgeworth of the British Association faced strong reactions as Prof Francis Filgworth argued women are inferior to men in all arts including weaving and rookery work. The address, delivered in Hull, asserted equal pay would not be popular.
East Waterville New Brunswick resident Mrs. Ervin W Statts praises Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry for summer complaints and cholera era illnesses, stating it helped her family of ten and two children with blood in urine. She warns buyers to seek the original from The T Nuvara Co Toronto, price 50c.
A playful dialogue contrasts exclusive family habits with others. A four year old child deflects shame while explaining instincts behind a horse pawing the road. The piece also notes an apron as the Persian Royal Standard and recounts a jeweled leather apron carried by Persian armies. It ends with a claim that a Snake River bridge in Idaho stands 345 feet above the stream, the highest in America.
The dialogue presents a comic bargaining scene between Heinrich and Hans. Hans speaks in halting German English, listing shares and remnants while addressing Heinrich, implying a rearrangement of possessions and obligations. The fragment hints at family or village dynamics and a comically tense settlement of leftovers.
The Amieable Society for a Perpetual Assurance Office founded life insurance in 1706 London as a mutual benefit group with fixed share fees and annual charges. It enabled heirs to receive a portion of year-end funds, laying the groundwork for modern life insurance. Asthma is Torture and relief claims for Dr Ketlogi's Asthma Remedy are described as powerful, urging sufferers to obtain it from their druggist.
The article notes a hypothetical investor could acquire a baronial castle with portraits and hot water in Austria for about £400, a seemingly large sum but modest against high Scottish shooting rents. It suggests profiteers consider Austrian estates as affordable options, hinting at cross border investment in property.
A fragmented ad style passage advises keeping Minard's Liniment at home and suggests a cautious shopping approach. It mentions a father and daughter dynamic about vetting purchases and encourages comparing prices before sending money to mail order houses.
The article cites advances in aircraft propulsion and gliding theory, noting powerful motors and refined gliding principles. It highlights Langley era gliders and contemporary developments as potentially marking a new departure toward reliable heavier-than-air flight and aerial dominance.
A farmer named Fred C Robinson of Route No 1 Mascouche Quebec writes praise for Manard’s Liniment claiming it removed tumors that had persisted for years after previous surgeries. He notes two months of use eliminated all traces and offers the bottle for testing.
New figures tally the world power potential from water at about 90 million horsepower in the United States. Canada shows 25.6 million, Norway 7.5 million, Sweden 6.77 million, with Italy and Spain each around 6 million.
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