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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
5
The article notes historic and ongoing grasshopper and locust damage to crops in Western Canada and beyond. It credits reduced losses this year to the control methods developed by professional entomologists in the United States and Canada.
Civility smooths work and disputes, easing relations and reducing conflicts. It improves communication, lowers tensions in courts and traffic, and earns respect for individuals and communities. Civility aids cooperation, steadies business, and fosters reputations and civility’s broad civilizational role.
A whimsical summer scene unfolds with a bee over clover and a redbreast counting hours. Ants scurry while grasshoppers hide and a mockingbird's song echoes from a tree. Snail, lamb, calf, and cows inhabit a sunlit room of nature. Mary Win is Sore...
Mr and Mrs Howard Maxwell left on Thursday to visit Ontario. A found license plate FT 7658 is at the Gazette office awaiting owner. Rev AE Smith of Rapid City led Church of England services. Rev Mr Armstrong officiated at Rapid City. Ukrainian Labor Day Dance planned Sept 4 at Ukrainian Hall with Lorne McCallum Six-piece Orchestra. admission 35c. Winnipeg visitors Mr and Mrs Percy Bell and daughter Marjorie spent two weeks at Wheatland staying with Mrs Bell, visiting Clear Lake with Herb Baily. Mr and Mrs J A McKenzie left for Winnipeg for Merchants Consolidated Ltd convention. R S McKenzie joined later at Portage. WMS of United Church held a social in lieu of the river picnic at Mrs J H Couch’s home. twelve ladies attended.
Tea remains Canada’s most popular drink while legends claim its virtues were found 4 790 years ago. Early European references appear near the late 16th century with tea first used as medicine, later embraced as a beverage for daily use.
The editor reports attending the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association convention in Niagara Falls on August 3 4 and 5 at the General Brock Hotel. He praises Canadian National Railways service and describes Niagara Falls Victoria Park Welland Canal and local history and industry as part of the visit. The Manitoba delegation and several named figures are listed with a description of group photos at the Falls and event speakers.
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