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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 28, 1919
Page
5
Local column covers Labor Day closures, school teachers moving on to Manson Mount Vernon and China mission updates. Mentions Hamiota visits, Bran don retailers convention, Rivers and Knox Church events, farming yields, and a monument in Binscarth honoring local enlistees.
Poem-like notice laments a man deemed too good to live and seeks a multifaceted editor who can read write argue politics and be funny religious scientific and historical at will. It promises a post in the graveyard and praises the candidate as beyond reproach.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Howard on Monday August 25 in a private family ceremony celebrated at home. The infant adds joy to the Howard household and marks a new addition to the family.
A Canadian newspaper refutes debates on who won the war. It credits Allied cooperation, led by the British Navy, and highlights Sir Arthur Currie’s praise of the Canadian Corps for key victories in the last days of the conflict and the crushing advance that led to the German armistice.
General Basti i W. Duke recalls a morning at a station when Federal guards corral a hungry ex-Confederate. The man ingested six cups of coffee and racks of hard tack before being sent on his way, changing the observer’s view of the incident.
A Louisville Courier Journal quotation juxtaposes gendered spending patterns with witty contrast. The remark mocks stereotypes by highlighting a "dime at the vet counter" versus a "two dollar hat" and a "twenty-five dollar bas" with heralded wit about social visibility.
Four year old Flossie asks Aunt Tara to lend her one of her long skirts until she can have hers let down. The Hi Ho Miss speaks in childlike plea in a Chicago News item.
A humorous quip notes shoppers seek bargains and question higher priced items. The Louisville Courier Journal cites a joke that women compare prices by asking for cheaper items when shopping and then asking for more expensive options in stock.
A Baltimore American note argues aviation improves self control when flying high. It suggests that being hundreds of feet above the ground reduces chances of losing one's temper and portrays flight as a stabilizing influence.
A fragmented OCR passage shows partial words and garbled phrases including stray quotes and incomplete lines, lacking clear names or events. The readable bits hint at a local note or column heading but offer no verifiable details.
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