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Newspaper

Rivers Gazette

Location

Rivers, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Aug 23, 1928

Page

2

World Happenings Briefly Told

Toronto barrister Henry J. Wright dies. Oscar Slater’s wrongful conviction compensation reported. Father James Huntin killed on CN tracks near London Ontario. Senator Dale says President Coolidge backs Hoover for next US president. Charles Evans Hughes expected to win League of Nations post. Miss Lillian Hollingshead to join Dominion Rust Laboratory staff in Winnipeg. F W Harris seeks English brother last heard 15 years ago. Dundurn reply confirms elder brother.

Henry J. Wright K.C Toronto London Oscar Slater Hey James Huntin St. Michael's Ont St. Joseph's Brantford C.N.R Canada Lillian Hol- Ungshead University of Saskatchewan Dominion Rust Laboratory Winnipeg Hollingshead University of California F. W. Harris Birmingham England Norman Saskatoon Saskatchewan Star-Phenix A. E. Harris Dundurn Sask

Tour Through Historic Yorks and Scotland With Farming Party

The farmers touring England and Scotland visit Huntingdon Peterborough York and Durham and reach the Border near Caledonia. They admire York Minster and its Great Window, meet Shorthorn breeders at Bainesse Catterick, note Yorkshire farming thrift, pass Darlington and Newcastle, cross to the Cheviots and Melrose Abbey. They pay tribute at Dryburgh to Earl Haig, with a wreath from Canadian Legion.

Impingten Hall Samuel Pepys Notting Huntingdon Oliver Cromwell Peterborough Catherine of Aragon Mary Jay Stamford Oakham Melton Mowbray Nottingham Newcastle Ollerton Sherwood Forest Robin Hood Doncaster Selby William the Conqueror York Dartington Durham England York Minster Severus Constantine the Great Rome Britain Diana Edwin Minster Duchess of York Yorkshire J. N. Strickland Bainesse Catterick Cheviots Scotland Caledonia Chevy Chase Hotspur Douglas Melrose Melrose Abbey Robert the Bruce Denmark Earl Haig Dryburgh Abbey Edinburgh Canada British Legion Deytaireh Abbey

Quiet procession at Dryburgh to grave

In a reflective march, monks meditated nearby as a silent group formed a simple procession to the grave at Dryburgh. Mrs. Alatheson carried a wreath and laid it reverently, leaving participants with a deep, humbled sense of privilege and a pause before continuing.

Dryburgh

War On Crows In Saskatchewan Lighting Up Competition

Saskatchewan reports a crow cull surpassing 50 000 with 154 159 eggs destroyed as of early August. The railways labor and industries competition has 1 596 enrollees, certificates tally 112 757 legs and 154 159 eggs, led by Anton Galgar with 146 eggs and 2 054 legs totaling 10 562 marks. Horace Cowling sits second with 1 239 eggs and 1 380 legs for 9 418 marks, Rudolph Leniczak stands third with 491 eggs and 1 664 legs totaling 9 302 marks.

Saskatchewan Department of Railways, Labor and Industries Anton Galgar Dana Horace Cowling Semalis Rudolph Leniczak Neudorf

Remission of Customs Duty on Ewes and Rambouillet Rams

An order in council provides for customs duty relief on grade ewes and pure bred unregistered Rambouillet rams imported from the United States from Sept 1 to Nov 30. The sheep, for breeding, must meet health regulations and quarantine orders. Canada lacks supply, while the U S has surplus for export. Similar measures have been issued in prior years on the minister of agriculture's recommendation.

United States Canada

Third Werigley Marathon Entries From Across the World

Only one entry received for the Third Werigley Marathon from Western Canada, John Patrick Smythe of Saskatoon. The piece lists many international entrants and notes training locales, swimmers, and top contenders including Flying Summers and Ethel Hurtle in the women’s division.

Werigley Fred Craige Fort Witham Fred Lake Ontario Armenia Holland Poland Australia Germany Switzerland France England Finland Norway South Africa Dutch East Indies Hawaii Belgium United States Canada West Georges Michels Quebec Vierkoetter Humber Bay George Young Port Credit California Mendell Burditt Winnipeg Canadian National Railway Ethel Hertle Ethelda Bleichtrey Lucy Dimond J Marathon Lottie Schoemmel

Nut and Date Bread From Betty Barclay

Recipes For This Week presents Nut and Date Bread mixing 2 cups flour 1 cup graham flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup sugar 1% cups milk 3 tablespoons melted butter 1 cup chopped dates 23 cup nut meats. Combine dry ingredients add milk butter dates and nuts. bake in loaf pan 45 minutes in a moderate oven after 20 minutes rest.

Cream of Vegetable Soup with Pork and Cream Sauce

A vegetable soup recipe combines finely chopped pork or bacon onion potatoes carrots green pepper and turnip simmered until tender in water then added to a thin cream sauce of milk flour and butter. Browning vegetables with bacon before boiling adds flavor and served with bread and dessert makes a full meal.

Questionable Crowd Interaction At Public Speech

Two Black men approached a crowd near a politician’s speech. One asks the other who the figure is, and the reply admits ignorance while noting the speaker praises himself highly. The piece reads like hard to read OCR from the Vancouver Province.

Joan Sam Hisself Mos Vancouver Province

Sunday School Lesson on Faith In Macedonia

The article cites Paul’s vision to preach in Macedonia with a focus on personalizing need and converts, quoting James A Beebe and Lincoln. It shifts to Canadian Wheat Pool debates about looming 1997 harvests, marketing, and cooperative farming under farmer control, referencing Patton and Toronto Globe for broader co op principles.

Faul Trogs Europe Macedonia Christ Paul Phillips Brooks Trinity Church James A. Beebe Lincoln W. Robertson Nicoll Harold §. Patton Canada Harvard University Patton Toronto Globe

Canadians Face Local Immigration Pickups in Editorial

The London Evening News editorial mocks Ramsay MacDonald’s claim that Canada only wants immigrants of the cream. It argues Canadians would not welcome derelicts and praises Britain and Ireland’s hardy stock while warning against derelicts seeking Canadian citizenship.

Ramsay MacDonald Quebec Canada London Evening News Ontario British Columbia Orkneys Western Isles MacDonald

Canadian Wheat Exports to Russia Reach Record Value

A shipment from Montreal totaling about 5 million dollars carries Canadian wheat to Russia. Once Russia was Canada’s fiercest rival for global wheat markets, now Canada is the top exporter and sends grain to Russia to avert a possible food shortage.

Newcastle Russia Montreal Canada

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Apers Jie Gillex Eee Donald O Dale Vermont Coolidge Herbert Hoover Charles Evans Hughes League of Nations Permanent Court of International Justice The Hague Italy Es Nesbitt Shannon DAL Satar Canadian National Railways Great Britain and Winnipeg Newspaper Union Taio McDermot Ave Reneee Size Wrigley Betty Barclay Sarkes Sparkes Jugend Munich Coals
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