Radio advances and civic musings in Rivers town notes
A Rivers column reflects on radio’s promise and past wonders from telephone to wireless, praising Sir Robert Baden Powell’s Canada visit memory and ESP legacy. It muses on local issues from street lights to dog nuisances and fraternal societies, ending with concerns about band instruments stored by the town council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Baden- Powell
Canada
Mafeking
Boy Scouts
Hin
Ten Years Ago Gazette This Week Building hotel near station planned
Mr Dines of the Cecil Hotel will start a large brick hotel near the station next week. Arthur Holden received a farewell and presentation from town notables. Rivers Fire Brigade holds its first annual ball Friday and the Minstrel Show raised over 200 for Hospital Aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dines
Cecil Hotel
Arthur Holden
the Rivers Fire Brigade
Applications for Town Assessor Position in Rivers 1924
Applications for the assessor position in the Town of Rivers will be received until noon on April 18, 1924. Address all applications to the undersigned.
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Rivers
MR. Farmer
Rivers Council Minutes Adopt multiple 1923 measures and by laws
Town council met on a Wednesday in Rivers with Mayor Forman presiding. Resolutions included revising the 1923 assessment roll, appointing J Stevenson as town teamster at 95 dollars per month, granting 200 dollars to the Agricultural Society with 50 dollars by the Fair Board for sports, approving finance committee reports, final passage of Health Officer and Weights and Measures bylaws, re-insuring the office building, adopting the Court of Revision results, advertising for a 1924 assessor, and adopting the 1923 assessment for 1924. The council adjourned after approving these items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Rivers Council
Forman
Stuart Wiegand
J. Stevenson
Gazette Opens Subscriptions for Family Herald and Star
The Gazette offers to forward your subscription to the Family Herald and Star of Montreal, promising to save you time and money through its service.
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Gazette
Family Herald
Star of Montreal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jos. E. Thompson
Bread
Life
JRS. Brown
Main Street
the Rivers Gazette
Gazette Office
Sorscarriion
United States
Council
Manitoba
Union Church
Ladies Aid Meeting
Anglican
Wheatland, Christ Church
Roseville
A R. Hall
Wiegand
Court of Revision
Messrs
J. W. Seater
R. H. White
Agricultural Society
Offen-Cousins
Finance Committee
Cousins Offen
Frame-Wiegand
Wiegand-Stuart
Wiegand-Frame
J. L. Eyes
Sir Charles Harrington
Nardanelles
Moxley
Orman Tinsmithing Phone
J. H. Barker
Money-Saver Club
Rivers Gazette and
Grain Growers Guide
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