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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 05, 1926
Page
5
City signs warn drivers at ten miles an hour while residents note prairie fire risks from discarded cigarettes. Reports cover River towns, tax land sale dates, visits to Winnipeg, school exams, agricultural society funds, and local social scenes amid a quiet summer week.
The piece recalls the 28 June 1886 start from Dalhousie Junction Montreal on a 2290 mile pilgrimage across the Dominion. Crowds gathered as the train with ten cars including migrant alec cars a mail car two first class coaches two sleepers and dining car moved along the newly laid line signaling a pivotal moment when provinces bound together by a northern route.
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