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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 11, 1929
Page
5
Local items from Rivers Manitoba report visits, auctions, sales and events. Miss Ivy Miners visited Portage la Prairie and Winnipeg. auctions by E J Forman and J Chater. Bicknells farm stock sale. Manitoba Hardware Building rented for J H C operations. Curling Club annual meeting upcoming. various travel notes and school reopenings.
The Gazette extends greetings to Alma Cloff, R. M. Tucker, Hugh Stewart, Bert Franklin, Mra. C. W. Angel, Russell E. K. Bridgeman, Orlo W. Brown, and Daly on upcoming dates in April.
Mrs Brute Wareham of Carnegie has been visiting Mrs Alt Wareham in town and has just returned from a fourth visit to her old home in England.
Officials study a Brandon to Knox motor bus link to supplement Canadian National operations. The board of trade presented the plan to CN headquarters and a survey aims to confirm passenger and express service viability linking with east and west trains at Knox. Local retailers may back the initiative to expand trade.
Sunday evening sermon on The Discovery of Canada notes Canada’s ongoing journey and future goals. A weekly W.M.S. meeting is set for Thursday April 18 at 3 PM hosted by Mrs. Buggey.
An old Rivers Drug Store ad promotes Adlerika claiming it relieves stomach gas and removes waste matter, promising better sleep and meals. The testimonial attributed to Mia and Glenn Butler cites gas relief and improved digestion.
A fragmented column presents quips and street dialogue featuring Veronica, a rangoon love tale, a drunkenness charge with a city alderman, and comedic exchanges with a tramp and an American. Snatches of style sketch social quirks and urban manners with playful mishearings and mistaken identities.
North American anglers split on the best game fish but agree muskellunge or muskie is among the fiercest fighters. French River in Ontario feeds big catches including small and large mouth bass and pike. Jack Strathdee runs the French River Bungalow Camp with Pine Rapids Camp nearby offering angler accommodations and tips on luring muskies.
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