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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 15, 1948
Page
5
Publication note describing Thomas W. Offen's founding in July 1908 and a weekly schedule. It lists delivery every Thursday from The Gazette Office on Main Street in Rivers Manitoba, with subscription rates of $2.00 per year in Canada and $2.50 elsewhere, payable in advance.
Residents urged to clean up debris from hard surfaced streets in the Rivers area. The text notes pavements end abruptly with no intersections, leading to breakage under heavy loading. Citizens and local merchants should pile waste and sweep fronts, benefiting the town and infrastructure.
A reader suggests in city schools all girls wear skirts and blouses to reduce laundry and cut fathers clothing costs. The idea arises from a father who says parents have a right to speak on such matters. The column notes peer pressure from daughters and family dynamics in choosing attire.
The Winnipeg chamber of commerce plans a Beautify Your Town campaign from May 7 to 15 to spur civic pride and town improvements. It urges trade boards to lead cleanup efforts, plant trees and gardens, remove blight, paint buildings, and promote cleanliness of streets and yards while engaging teachers ministers and other groups. It ends with a touristic facilities check for hotels, restaurants, signs, and attractions.
The readable fragment records a 1864 remark praying to halt irreverent acts of citizens drawing petroleum from the earth. The speaker cites divine intention and warns of impending day when all shall be destroyed, reflecting the era’s mix of religious awe and science.
The Rural Municipality of Daly invites applications for one man to serve as Road Patrol Operator for the summer on an hourly wage and one man to operate municipal road building machinery also on an hourly basis. Apply promptly to the noted address.
The Town of Rivers Council has passed a resolution to amend Taxicab Bylaw No 482 by deleting the portion of Clause 16 after the words By law in the fifth line. A copy of the Taxicab Bylaw is available for viewing at the undersigned office.
The undersigned calls for bids to purchase all scrap lumber around the former skating rink site. Excludes nonth wall and related debris. specifies bid submission for removal and sale of remaining timber.
Preliminary notice states the United Church Ladies Aid will host a strawberry festival at Mrs. C J McFadden's home on Thursday June 17 to raise funds for the organ fund. Proceeds will aid the church's organ improvement.
Mrs M. McKinnon thanks everyone who sent flowers fruit candy and cards during her hospital stay in Brandon and after returning home Special thanks go to Dr D A Stewart Walter Blewitt and railway employers for their thoughtfulness
Caller seeks dead stock for rendering and offers removal without charge. Contact Brandon at 4549 to arrange pickup. National Renderers and Brandon are referenced as contacts for the deal. The notice appears as a concise classified seeking materials for processing.
Selection of sale notices from The Gazette lists a Beach heater and range with reservoir and convertible baby carriage for Mrs A An dres at Joint Air School Rivers. Also Montcalm Barley seed from Gordon Ratz in Wheatland. a Gent's balloon tired bicycle at W J Muirs. Addison gasoline engine $75 to George Airey Rivers. a new house and building inquiring by A Subsky. six ducks for $1 each via Box 127.
Manchester Guardian notes that much anger over petroleum could have been averted if the United States government had sided with the petition's views presented to Congress. The piece highlights political debate and public reaction to oil policy.
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