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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 12, 1945
Page
2
Stephan Dates rose from farm work to run a dye factory, marrying diligence with charm. He built an unexcelled business by honest effort and friendship, then faced wartime upheaval as nationalist powers clashed. The tale recalls a man who chose work and family warmth over idle leisure.
The tale follows Stephan who opposes a pact with a dictator but is coerced into aiding explosives production. His factory is burned, he flees to America with help from a corrupt official, then confesses to family while facing a new life rich in loved ones and safety over wealth.
The article explains how modern seeds offer early middle and late varieties for vegetables and flowers, extending harvests from July into frosts. It advises planning, succession sowing, and selecting varieties for continuous bloom and climate fit, plus soil readiness checks and thorough early cultivation to remove weeds. Canada relies on its own seed production with imports from the United States.
Diesel crawler tractors RD Caterpillar with 8 yard Le Tour mean RES with 12 yard scraper TD1s International with bulldoer scraper optional TD40 with bulldoser RDAO International 475 MP RD Caterpillar RIM with Righlift Bucket and inter bit bulldoser trade Light ie 1500 watt 32 or 115 volts for folder Diessi and Gasc y Agents Winnipeg.
About 200 inmates in three federal prisons are used as human test tubes in malaria research for Allied war needs. They volunteer to be bitten by infected mosquitoes to receive experimental preventive drugs, screened for organ ailments, with outcomes kept secret and risks possibly lasting months.
King Gustav of Sweden attains the status of the longest serving monarch in the country’s modern era. He ascended the throne on December 8, 1907, marking over 37 years on the throne as Sweden’s 21st monarch of modern times.
The Manchester Guardian reports a curiously worded note on Emperor of Abyssinia visits to President Roosevelt and Mr Churchill in Egypt. It notes an American government aircraft and aide de camp for the Emperor and questions whether British hospitality or imperialism influenced reactions. He then returned to Addis Ababa.
Britain's emergency flour mills supply 16 cwt of 100 percent wholemeal flour per hour. Each self contained mobile unit operates on skids, needs unskilled labor, and carries a year of spare parts for 24 hour operation.
HMC S Cowichan, a Bangor class minesweeper hailed as a granddaddy of the Royal Canadian Navy, returns after 54 weeks overseas service. The ship helped clear German minefields and opened paths to the Normandy landing beaches on D-day.
A compact bread recipe using All-Bran bran yeast and molasses. It combines boiling water shortening and salt with softened yeast, then adds flour to form dough. After two rises the loaves bake about one hour in a moderate oven, brushed with butter before removal. Yield two 11 pound loaves.
A wartime note recounts German booby traps using corpses in Italy and mines under chairs in the Rhineland. It recalls earlier tactics like exploding dugout rails and helmets as triggers, praising the frightful cunning and urging caution. The piece cites St Catharines Standard as well as Toronto Telegram for context. It also warns of children’s home dangers from unattended stove, heater, and matches.
Chicago entrepreneur Rudyard Kipling referenced line aside, Jack Hoffert runs 500 wooden duplicate midget feet and size 18 circus footwear. He designed miniature lasts 25 years ago after noting children's shoes look off on tiny feet. Hoffert serves all little customers, embracing larger sizes later and offering six inch heel “tiptoe” shoes despite wartime rules.
Pan American Airways reports thousands of delicate orchids from Venezuela arrive across the United States via Hoboken New Jersey where fumigation to U S Bureau of Plant Quarantine standards is carried out.
An overview states plumbing is the discipline of delivering water to desired points and removing it, outlining the essential function of pipes fittings and fixtures in modern sanitation and utility networks.
A Bellows Falls resident requests J C Webber at Canadian National Central Station locate a brown shoebox with a guinea pig traveling from Philadelphia to Bellows Falls. The box was left in bedroom D of Car K106 on The Montrealer and contains a note asking for lettuce or carrot and for the animal to be kept alive. The pet was found amid the Canadian Customs bustle.
Sun frocks and matching jacket patterns 4559 and 4558 with dainty embroidery for beginners. Sizes 1 2 8 4 5 listed with yardage for sleep jumper jacket bonnet. Send 20 cents in coins to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba. Delivery delays noted.
A professional safecracker, How ard E. Pratt, says the safe business is so fascinating that once you enter, you cannot leave. He explains that this is the reason why our jails are always full.
The muskrat yields the highest total receipts among single furbearers in North America, securing the greatest financial return for trappers and markets across the region.
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