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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
5
Flooding starts today as the town prepares to operate the Rivers rink offering skating and curling. A group of local youths has caused damage and theft, prompting warnings of penalties for proven culprits.
After serving as a wartime hospital, Rivers shifts to school use following cleaning and reorganization. Volunteers including Nurse John Stone and Rivers School staff are praised for caring for flu sufferers, with the community urged to recognize their service. Local officials note war easing and discuss future meat prices and agricultural needs.
W T Dyer of Daly left for Rochester Minnesota on Wednesday. Peter Campbell a famed railway conductor died of Spanish influenza at Melville on Sunday. Cadet Fred Howard returning home after months in Royal Flying Corps training. James Higginson learned his son Victor, a former POW in Germany, has been released and reached British lines. Mr and Mrs J McIntyre of Prince Rupert, former Rivers residents, arrived Saturday and will visit with Mayor and Mrs J E Thompson. Mrs George Rathwell nee Ethel Browton arrives in town on Thursday with her mother.
Civilian deaths from influenza and pneumonia in the United States since September exceed 300000. President Wilson plans to attend a peace conference abroad becoming the first sitting president to leave the country. German efforts to sow Allied dissension are noted. Iceland suffers widespread influenza in Reykjavik. King George and Queen Mary received a warm French reception during a visit.
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