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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 26, 1948
Page
3
The Rivers Manitoba weekly Gazette announces subscription rates with 200 pounds per year in Canada and 250 dollars elsewhere, published by GF Barker. Established July 1908 by T. W. Offen, the weekly office sits at 211 Main Street.
Riversetreet downtown and the general area suffer rough pavement with holes and furrows. Drivers must navigate corners on one wheel and heed new stop signs at Second, Third and Fourth avenues and at Secor avenue near Brunswick, Columbia and Quebec. Authorities plan penalties for ignoring signals to curb dangerous motor traffic.
The text notes that although summer ends in Manitoba and warmth remains, days shorten and nights cool noticeably. Mornings feel calm and sad as dew rests heavy on grasses flowers and shrubs and leaves begin to change color.
The piece muses on season change with lyrical nature imagery and notes September arrival, harvest time, and quiet evenings. It shifts to politics praising Vancouver Centre MP candidate Young Mr Young, who charges Parliament as “a bunch of crooks” after ten days in Ottawa.
A Winnipeg resident visiting town at week start was arrested by RCMP for intoxication and escorted to Brandon for trial. The man, described as having a long record, was noted as well known to provincial police.
A Travelling Company of Players reports a seven show run in public houses across Greater London with tours through hundreds of venues. Henry Mel Carthner, Tavern arranger, says the company completed a successful run with a show staged in over 36 suburban pubs, including "Brisht of the Barnins Pestle" and "The Tanine of the Shoe."
A religious excerpt cites St Luke II 26 stating that to those who have more will be given and from those who have little even that will be taken away. The verse emphasizes divine justice and reward.
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