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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1919
Page
8
The article notes farmers obtain harvest labor from new arrivals and secure wheat at 2.15 dollars a bushel with potential increases. It laments civic apathy, urges shared responsibility, and reflects on community effort improving roads lighting and protection, urging gratitude to the Giver of All Good amidst rising costs and a harsh, cold season.
The article discusses the catenary curve formed by gravity as a suspension curve praised by the London Globe and cites the New York Times on traffic police safety. It notes patrolmen stand in the roadway amid steady traffic, enduring risk, yet remain unharmed by vehicles passing.
A Bookman excerpt recalls Bulwer Lytton’s alleged deafness and Dickens’s taunts about the medium Home. The tale spans England, America, and Europe, noting Home’s expulsion from Rome as a sorcerer and marriages to Russian nobility while recounting Dickens’s sharp wit and Bowe’s comment.
The piece recalls King Arthur gathering noble knights after Rome left Britain to defend the weak and especially women. The Knights, sworn by a Christian code, set out not to conquer but to redress wrongs and uphold justice as foreshadowed by moral myth.
A rough looking man with a hint of sentiment asks a Providence woman for cake for his birthday after two days without a bite. He explains the request as a personal birthday moment, prompting surprise from the resident as she questions if bread would suffice.
A garbled excerpt references a punishment of tar and feathers tied to Richard the Lion Hearted and the Third Crusade. It includes quotes from Norman Hapgood and a brief remark on a piano piece, mentioning Mignon and a caller.
The document lists Daly Municipal, Conach Reeve N W Robins Pendennis Councillors Ward 1 H J Chapman Ward 3 T E Bradley Wheatland Ward 3 J Goring Alexander Ward 4 J Blatchford Bradwardine Alex White Rivers Harry Johnston Carnegie Secretary-Treasurer J A Dyer Lothair District Judge Hon T D Cumberland Urandon.
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