19 Aug 1920
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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
1
A editorial note argues that wheat certificates are returning and that open trading would mainly favor speculators, letting them capture profits due to farmers. It suggests farmers secretly hope for policy change while criticizing past farmer opposition and the premium tied to last year’s crop.
A reader seeking a settled life should consult the local newspaper as a measure of a thriving town. A live home paper signals good schools churches active business and intelligent residents. Supporting a home newspaper is the best investment for any community.
The open duck season runs September 1 to December 14, with a daily bag of 20 ducks until October 1 and 40 for the overall total thereafter. Geese limit is 10 per day, brant 15, and rails coots and gallinules 25 in aggregate. Plovers and yellowlegs 15, spines 25, woodcock 10, doves 25.
A collage of verses extols farmers as feeders of all trades and nations. It praises the farmer’s bond with sun and rain and honors sowing, milking, and harvesting. A scattered travelogue on Scotland follows, noting geography, language, minerals, whisky, exports, dress, bagpipes, and poets with light humorous commentary.
The Presbyterian church plans a bazaar soon under patronage of Hon. T.C. Norris G. W. Robb A.W. Mac namara J. A. Mitchell and the Town Band to reduce church debt. Rivers Board of Trade meets to start incorporation steps for town. GTP Ry Co offers five acres for a hospital site. St James church W.A. hosts a fowl supper and entertainment for Thanksgiving Day.
Lothair School reopened on Tuesday August 17 following the usual summer vacation with students and staff returning to classes and activities.
Ex-members of the Canarian pelitonary Furre are notified of a pending outreach matter. Official correspondence seeks return of materials and completion of required formalities by a specified deadline. Details of address and contact points provided by the governing body.
FE J Forman presents a compact electric pump that connects to existing wells via pipe and starts with a tap. The unit runs until shut off, promising a future where electric lighting and power plants become common on farms, as essential as automobiles today.
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