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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 29, 1920
Page
8
A local appeal promotes community partnership and mutual help among residents of Rivers sand Community. It urges paving muddy paths with cement, installing Flaxtinum to cut fuel costs, and highlights Chieftain pine timber supply and garage plans as practical home improvements.
A crisis aboard the Barrow sea crossing ends with a late passenger, Tom Jackson, narrowly avoiding death after a fatal misstep and a scramble for lifeboats. Reporters recount a frantic scene where several travelers seek reserved lifeboats as the last stateroom is claimed.
A New York Post oddly quotes a father warning a boy not to lean from an upstairs window. The child asks if all little camels must fall out to earn bumps, revealing a playful, surreal exchange.
Report quotes a police exchange about a lengthy argument and a playwright recalling a five year old work. The director’s stance shifts from deriding danger to deeming the piece tame, as the author resubmits the play after rejection.
A baffling court-like exchange unfolds as a husband asks why his wife wants a photograph in a costume. The wife responds with a witty jab about future memories and a judge-like tone contemplates the odd request.
A collage of quotes and ideas on dream control and suggestion from 1900 era sources. It discusses how dreams can be ordered by outside forces yet the dreamer cannot fully command them. It also notes a lack of ethics in dreamland and cites Munsterberg on suggestion with circle-number tests.
Francis duke of Lorraine and his wife tried to escape Nantes prison on April 1 disguised as peasants. A guard tipped off the sentry after a bystander recognized them. The alarm sparked a jeering response as the pair slipped out, with the governor later investigating the episode.
A nostalgic vignette extols the local weekly and the daily paper alike. The speaker cherishes news from home and distant places, noting school church and store stories, council doings, and town pride. He journeys far by memory before returning to the familiar hometown weekly.
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