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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
8
A humorous verse describes longing for a cheerful man to lift spirits during hard times. It contrasts daily toil with a sunset verandah calm and ends with a mock Manitoba Compensation Act joke about postmen and eye care in a playful tone.
The bulletin highlights Beaver Board for repairs as economical and sanitary and notes rising inquiries for house and barn plans. It reports a busy chief plan service with added staff, and asks tool borrowers to return items promptly to avoid fines from the manager’s personal property.
A fragmented scene recalls a ragged man at a door in Providence seeking cake for a starving person. The pleading voice asks for cake, and the keeper offers bread while noting the narrator’s birthday. The odd exchange carries a somber, reflective mood hidden in a short vignette.
The passage recalls a brutal medieval style punishment with tar, pitch and feathers, then shifts to jumbled quotes on public urgency and art. It mentions Norman Hapgood addressing New York politicians and notes on Japanese roof curves as well as a NYTimes warning about traffic police dangers in urban streets.
A humorous anecdote contrasts Bulwer Lytton’s supposed deafness with Hume the medium. Dickens mocked both, noting Bulwer’s disbelief yet silence when rapped, causing the medium to exclaim and Bulwer to pretend he heard the sounds.
Bradwardine and McTaggart families spent last week in Brandon. Rev Mr and Mrs McCartney vacationed at Sandy Lake. Mrs Woods and granddaughter Margaret visit locally. Rev and Mrs Gibson and Janaly of Beissevain visited district. Mrs Morrison and Olive returned from Gutt Ontario after two months. Aldrew Rutherford Sr moves to town. C J McLaren visited Winnipeg. his wife underwent appendicitis surgery there. Graham family and Mrs Chapman spent time at Sandy Lake. A Johnston of Winnipeg, Bank of Hamilton releiving manager, and Decker and Musgrove visited Mrs Chapman's.
Wheatland Sunday School begins at 10 am with a 11 o'clock morning church service. The I O D E monthly meeting met at Mrs Archibald's home. Mr Beil at Ninette Sanatorium is ill. Junior Auxiliary to meet next Saturday at Mrs Wilkinson's. Mrs Weightman visited Brandon. A Friday dance hosted by the O D tere drew a good crowd and happy time.
The Archambaults welcome a daughter born Monday August 9 to Mr. and Mrs. Archambault.
A poetical fragment questions why a woman spends many V s while a poor man balances P s and Q s to earn X s. It frames labor and economic strain through symbolic letters, implying hardship in daily work.
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