Wes Rivers Horsemanship Cup Won At Hamiota Fair
Nostalgic notes recount Wes Rivers winning a 1912 1913 horsemanship cup with M E Vance’s heavy draft team hitched to a wagon. trophy not yet engraved, still gleaming. Also mentions Lloyd George Sheridan named after British leaders and recognized for Ducks Unlimited service.
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Wes Rivers
Hamiota
Wes
M. E. Vance
Crandall
Lloyd George Sheridan
England
Lloyd Sheridan
Ducks Unlimited
Mr. Keeman
Fishermen's catch ruined by passing car at Dummy's Lake
Lief spotlighted a Sunday fishing scene as their Cochrane-Lief catch was run over by a passing driver near their car while loading a boat. A rubber ruler measured the loss, and local notes include quotes and stray thoughts from Isabella, Brandon, and St. John's Newfoundland correspondents.
Reggies Ramblings and Stray Newspaper Wit
A collage of quips and quibbles on politics and public life. A reader mocks Canadian political divisions and asks how Canadians think while noting a weed is a plant whose virtues remain undiscovered. Remarks touch on beef prices, horse meat demand, and legal opinions.
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Toronto
Trudeau faces choice on delaying Canadian federal election
Ottawa reports a looming by election squeeze as 15 to 17 Commons seats sit vacant with ministers Basford and Goyer resigning. Trudeau risks public anger and political damage if he delays beyond September 30 while by elections shade public mood and Conservative gains grow.
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Ottawa
Pierre Trudeau
House of Commons
Justice
Ron Basford
Supply and Services
Jean Pierre Goyer
Commons
Trudeau
Joe Clark
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