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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 25, 1929
Page
4
The annual report on the Brandon Experimental Farm experiments for 1926 is distributed. Farmers and others not on the mailing list can obtain copies while supplies last by writing to the Publications Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, or to the Brandon Experimental Farm.
The note recalls thirty years past with each item priced and lived in. It mentions fares five cents and bread four cents, a wage of fifteen dollars weekly, and a dollar's value. It paints a world of small shoes, long skirts, and early cinema in penny slots. It notes strict curfews for girls and medical terms then used for appendicitis.
St George Day on April 23 is noted for the English not celebrating as much as Scots Irish or Welsh days. The piece admires a revival movement among men of English blood to honor St George and his chivalry.
Dressmaking for ladies and children offered with all kinds of plain sewing. Prices described as reasonable. Apply Mrs Burf third avenue West.
Gazette notice from S L Nash in Rivers listing assorted plants and stock: Caraganas 6 inches at 100 for 500, 18 inches high 100 for 100, Evergreens 5 to 7 inches high, 3 years old, transplanted last year in Rivers. 40 Spruce 40 Scotch Pine 20 Colorado Blue Spruce 5 Cedars 105 Evergreens all for 10 dollars.
Advertisement for bred to lay baby chicks with guarantees. Leghorns Anconas Barred Rocks Rhode Island Reds Minoreas White Rocks Wyandottes priced 17 to 20 per 100. Poultry course 12 months. Fal-O-Pep Chick Starter 10 lbs. Incubators Brooders free catalogue. Alex Taylors Hatchery Winnipeg Manitoba.
An assorted focal of dialogue and prose covers light humor at a farmer and family scene, then shifts to Canada Pacific Railway topics. It notes travel improvements on the Trailing-Canada Limited, construction of the Marine Building in Vancouver, and memorial plans for Sir William Van Horne. It cites CP Rail advertising spend and recalls a London Truth rebuke of Canada’s cold frontier.
An advertisement from Rivers Drug Store promotes Adierika as a remedy for gas and sour stomach. It claims relief within ten minutes and targets stomach and bowels with testimonials about improved sleep and mood after use.
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