23 Aug 1923
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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1923
Page
1
A newspaper urges subscribers to pay in advance to support costs of advertising, printing, and renewal efforts. It explains credit extensions are limited and tied to long standing, permanent subscriber lists, and asks for cooperation to keep publication affordable.
The St James W A will hold a tea and sale of home cooking at Sons of England Hall on Saturday September 1 beginning at 3 p.m.
Block 5 Block 17 Block 26 Block 7 Block percent Plan 236 Plan 249 refer to a formal filing with the Sec Treasurer for further particulars.
A meeting will be held in the town Hail Rivers Saturday evening at 9 o'clock Anguat 25th. All members are requested to be present.
Bell Crossing about two miles southeast of town is closed temporarily as workers widen the approach. The Rivers School Board has argued the crossing endangers children transported to school, and the railway has been upgrading conditions, leading to a traffic stoppage at the crossing.
Rivers Consolidated School will reopen after the summer vacation on Tuesday September 4th. All scholars wishing to commence school for the first time should be enrolled on that date. R G Sinclair Sec Treas.
Miss Jessie Murdoch announces the re formation of music class after summer vacation. Lessons begin the first week in September. Those wishing to join should phone No. 104 as soon as possible.
Fifteen year old Helen Wadsworth died suddenly at her home on Noble avenue after a stroke while waiting for her mother. Dr J A Meavish arrived and pronounced life extinct. The body was taken to Bardal's for coroner's inquiry. Municipal and local condolences voiced for the Wadsworth family.
A promotional piece from The Delineator extols Uncle Sam as the ultimate national force and guardian of progress. It lists his roles from weather predictor to standard setter and liberty’s champion. An event line notes a 7 10 p.m. August 2 1923 gathering in San Francisco with a prophetic called response.
Ten years ago on Thursday August 14 a mighty storm swept the west reaching Rivers at 3 15 pm causing widespread damage districts report. The fair building was twisted chimneys toppled and windows blown in while overall losses were eclipsed by the local destruction. Archbishop Matheson led a consecration at St James Church. Tom Suthers a former Rivers resident suffered a serious accident at Transcona last Sunday.
A catalog list of textbooks and study books across grade levels from 2 to 11. Items include Canadian Readers Spellers Arithmetic music and drawing books, literature, grammar, geometry, history and science titles. The collection features public and high school materials such as Tale of Two Cities Evangeline Macbeth and The Scottish Clive Master of Ballantrae.
Daly Council minutes from Wheatland dated August 1923 show all members present. The previous meeting minutes were read and approved. Correspondence from the Highway Commissioner and bridge engineer regarding culverts plus Workmen’s Compensation Board on contract protection and Lakeside on soldier settlement lands were read.
The council adopted resolutions on refunds and tax adjustments for various lots, approved payments on contracts N 16-11-22 and N 6-12-22, and passed annual bylaws reducing municipal rates by several mills while adjusting school district rates across Assiniboine No.148 to Rivers No.1484. John A. Dyer, Sec Treas signed and sealed the minutes.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Robt Lee at Rivers on Friday August 17 1923.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Stephens at Rivers on Sunday August 19 1923. The birth was announced in the local column.
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