Community Weekly Newspaper details and rates
Author.zed as Second Class Mail by the Post Office Department at Ottawa. A Community Weekly Newspaper established in July 1906 by T. W. Offen, issued Thursdays from The Gazette Office, 203 211 Main Street, Rivers Manitoba. Subscriptions: $2.50 in Canada, $3.00 elsewhere, payable in advance.
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Post Office Department
Ottawa
T. W. Offen
Gazette Office
Main Street
Rivers
Manitoba
Canada
Rivers Well-Baby Clinic Marks Fifth Anniversary
The Rivers well-baby clinic celebrated five years of service with its first session admitting 10 infants. Since then about 6,000 babies have been attended, averaging 40 tots per clinic day, under municipal doctors with ongoing support from Dr. D. A. Stewart, later Dr. L. Rubin, and assistants Mrs. B. J. Elis and Nurse M. Westwood.
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D. A. Stewart
L. Rubin
B. J. . Elis
M. Westwood
Potato Spelling Rampage Cited by London Daily Mr
A London Daily note explains a quirky riddle on spelling potato. It maps odd letter groups ghough phth eight te eau to the sounds for P O T A T O. The piece plays on phonetics and historic spellings amid puzzling wordplay.
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London
Mrror
Gazette
Easter Season Brings Early Spring Hope in 1950
The Easter season arrives with a festive long break for students and widespread church services. After a harsh winter, farmers begin preparations to return to the land while urban residents head back to farms, seeking a closer tie to nature. The piece highlights Easter’s significance next to Christmas and notes the date shift this year.
Razors for Two It Was the Keen est Contest
A shaving competition in England drew sharp headlines with a playful pun. The event showcased participants contesting precision and speed in blade artistry, earning a witty national notice.
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England
Cartoon quips and witty notes in a springy mailbag
A collage of Rand Daily Mirror style gags on sleep hats and daily quirks. A Saskatchewan reader notes spring begins with snow melt and housecleaning. A nurse or psychologist joke counsels thinking of a new hat to sleep better. A joke exchange ends with a quip about 25 years of readership.
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Saskatchewan
Crucifixion at Calvary Mentioned in Luke Passage
A Bible verse from Luke 23 recounts Jesus being crucified at Calvary between two malefactors and surrendering his spirit. An aside notes the cuckoo’s European name as the darling of the spring.
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Calvary
Jesus
Europe
Pay Igus Yer Ort E By Ey Te A Pe Wey
Readable fragments describe a local notice about a payment or property matter. The text references a place and people in a terse public notice tone. Details are incomplete but point to an official action requiring attention or response.
Dominion plans 1209 apartments at Tufts Cove project
Halifax Chronicle-Herald reports the Dominion government will build over 1200 dwellings on Tufts Cove in Halifax Harbour. Tendering will soon begin for 450 units. The complex features reinforced concrete blocks of six to seven per building, twelve to fourteen when paired, marking the agency Central Mortgage and Housing's first reinforced concrete development.
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Halifax Chronicle-Herald
Tufts” Cove
Halifax Harbor
Dominion
Central Mortage and Housing
Five Year Plan Promises Transport Boom for Moscow Workers
In a Moscow factory a flowery orator extols the five year plan, predicting bicycles next year and motorcycles, cars, and planes soon after. He claims transportation will rapidly expand, even enabling quick trips to distant cities when matches are available.
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France-Amerique
New York
Moscow
Stalingrad
Grasshopper Threats Prompt Western Canada Action
Do minion Department of Agriculture reports a severe grasshopper invasion risk in 1950 across Western Canada. Cultural methods urge summerfallowing infested fields, early surface cultivation, guard strips, and prompt treatment with poisons or chemicals like Chiordan and Toxaphene. Cooperation of officials, farmers, and grain buyers is essential to confine the pests and protect crops.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
Stremsay
Dominion
Human factor blamed for most street and highway missions
A traffic expert cites human error as the fundamental cause of most road incidents, while a collage of brief notes references literary praise and a bleak February garden scene. A Stockholm paper claims Scandinavian communists study in East German schools to sabotage Atlantic pact arm shipments to Denmark and Norway.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Norway
Fragmented OCR Summary of Local Notice
Unclear readable text fragment mentions a local matter with names and dates not fully legible. No confirmed events, locations, or entities can be identified for a factual headline or full summary.
Jamaica Cane Field Fire Fights Rival Unions Clash
Four sugar plantation workers wounded and four arrested after pitched battle between rival unions at Worthypark estate near Kingston Jamaica. Cars set cane fields ablaze and several acres burned before flames were controlled. Meanwhile in Canada seven Drumheller domestic coal mines closed, leaving over 1,000 miners unemployed due to seasonal lack of orders.
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Worthypark
Kingston
Jamaica
Drumheller
W.A. Cooney
Calgary
Domestic Coal Operatory Association of Western Canada
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