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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 02, 1928
Page
2
The document outlines Faculty of Arts and Science courses and degree programs including Bachelor of Arts and other majors. It mentions admission terms and provides registrar contact W. J. Spence at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg for details.
Canadian Nations Railways land settlement plan through its association placed 3 056 farming families on 24 272 acres between the Great Lakes and the Pacific Coast. British American and Northern European stock formed the settlers. Capital brought to start farms totals about a million dollars. Settlements focused in northern Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Acres sown to field crops increased by over 2 million.
Sir Harold MacIntosh of London was elected president of the Worlds Sunday School Association at their Los Angeles convention. Australia seeks a 35000000 loan in London to settle British migrants. A new weather bureau will be set up on the Quebec citadel. Captain Herman Koebl receives the Austrian golden cross for the Bremen trans Atlantic flight. Belgium proposes Charles Evans Hughes for the Hague Court vacancy. Peking rickshaw coolies form a union opposing motor buses. Duke Schiller's air pilot license suspended for six months after a Montreal area crash.
The Amputations Association of the Great War urges a special Armistice Day observance marking its tenth anniversary. A resolution asks provincial and municipal bodies to urge all citizens to hold November 11 sacred and honor the fallen with unified remembrance.
The Canadian National Live Stock Records Association reported 107 600 Ave pedigrees of pure bred livestock listed in Canada during 1927. The association, with 15 VW breeders, distributed across the country, records a wide breeder network. The heiress is urged to make a capital wife.
Instructions list methods to order sewing patterns from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. It references patterns and address details for customers seeking mail or in person orders.
Sir Harold Mackintosh of the coffee firm told the dinner of the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers that a business is defined by its advertising and earnest effort in advertising is vital. He added that humor in public relations helps and that the press remains the best form of publicity.
The party’s Danish sojourn includes Faust at the Royal Opera House with Mr. Millington Drake and a royal box sighting by King Christian. Telegraphs praise Denmark after visits to Kolle Kolle and Danstrup farms reveal breeding, land reclamation, and pine forests.
A British Ministry of Labour program trains unemployed British youth for migration to Canada. At Weeting Hall Estate a group learns Canadian farming under skilled trainers with Canadian implements. Lessons cover hitching harnessing ploughing milking and general handiwork as part of settlement preparation.
The Canada Colonization Association, a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific, reports 2579 families placed since 1925 on 650357 acres. For 1925 to May 31, 335 new settlements added across Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia totaling 61114 acres. Ontario shows 71 families on 2611 acres, Manitoba 54 on 14383, Saskatchewan 97 on 26132, Alberta 88 on 25652, and British Columbia 25 on 1336.
Dominion lands entries for May total 906 across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia up from 640 last year. Manitoba 44 Saskatchewan 266 Alberta 517 BC 79. Five month total 3 885 vs 2 148 in 1927 with Manitoba 207 Saskatchewan 1 221 Alberta 2 249 BC 208. Irrelevant quotes follow.
A reader reports relief after using a bottle advertised by The T Milburn Co Limited of Toronto Ontario. The note states the product cured dysentery since 1925 and led to purchasing two more bottles with lasting benefit.
In the Antioch church a group of Grecian Jews including Barnabas Paul Symeon Lucius Manaen and others guided worship and prayer as they prepared for a forward mission movement. Their leadership and unity under God set the stage for spreading the gospel beyond Jerusalem to the broader Human Empire.
The Post Office Department plans a gradual westward extension of air mail from the east. Flyers seek the best Montreal to Winnipeg route and whether aeroplanes or hydroplanes suit the service. Winnipeg contracts are planned for next year with potential prairie expansion later, though no steps are imminent.
A 1,000-year history symbol is a single unadorned stone placed before the Millennium Monument in Budapest. It bears only the figures 1914-1918 and 658,000, the nation’s war dead, with no other inscription, honoring fallen heroes and envisioning a future reunification.
British scientist Dr E R Poumier foresees a future century with cotton only dress fabrics glorified by chemicals, nitro cellulose paints ending linen, and mingled calico chiffon tulle blends. He predicts wireless in every home, glass houses, sprayed on costumes, and a world where servants vanish and gardens bloom with new fruits.
Mrs. B. Q. Chase of Edmonton amasses a varied collection of coins and rare books. Her holdings include two Roman coppers from Augustus era, a 1843 New Brunswick halfpenny, 1842 US copper, and a George IV copper, plus a 1805 London Times issue on Trafalgar and Nelson. She owns a one inch square miniature England history, Dickens Chimes printed on tiny paper, and a frontispiece showing the new Parliament.
Ruth Brittain notes that overstimulated infants cause nervousness in older children. Avoid excessive handling beyond a quarter hour to an hour daily. signs include vomiting, irritability, crying, and sleeplessness. Castoria is recommended as a safe, drug free remedy with physician endorsement and a motherhood book with each bottle.
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