Community News Lines From Offen and Barker Publisher
Fragmentary OCR text shows a community column by T. W. Offen and mentions 211 Main Street River, Canada rates, and a 42 percent yearly advance. G. F. Barker is listed as publisher.
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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1950
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text shows a community column by T. W. Offen and mentions 211 Main Street River, Canada rates, and a 42 percent yearly advance. G. F. Barker is listed as publisher.
A reader’s reflection on summer holiday trips notes little factors drive tourist satisfaction. Local towns, fish caught, street encounters, and friendly service influence whether visitors plan return trips or seek new destinations, while debates on publicity vs advertising echo in the press.
A succinct biblical verse from Proverbs compares kind speech to honey, saying pleasant words are sweet to the soul and health to the bones, illustrating the value of gentle communication.
A curio laden column references varied topics from London life and war memories to reform debates and capital punishment in New Zealand. It notes a Sikh with a blonde companion, a China man in a kilt, and a police mood of chilly reason, with Ottawa and Essex quips about ironwork demand following a radio talk.
Wide ranging 1950s news brief reports British crew abandoning the freighter Vyalen off the Dian coast landing at Aden, a Tokyo poll showing 37 percent favoring a defense emergency, UN action opinions, a Colchester riot court-martial, U S exports to Russia tightened, a Lucan Ont robbery with an empty safe, Canadian university job placements, Dave Mulligan in New York, a Niagara Falls driving fine, a Newfoundland plane crash near Gander Lake, Canada’s foreign trade records, France’s Liberté maiden voyage delayed by a strike, and Russian border mail confiscations at Marienborn.
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A late 19th century note reports provincial entomology concerns with sable moths in the city. Officials cite unusual activity and potential pest implications, prompting monitoring by local authorities and public advisories.
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