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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 14, 1922
Page
5
Local items describe visits and engagements in Winnipeg and Rivers area. Mr Jas Cheater and Grace visited Winnipeg. dances and meetings are announced at Shore Hotel Wagar Hall Bijou Theatre and various lodges. Holiday events include drills and auctions, church gatherings, and a subscription offer.
The community mourns Mes Pristida Porteors a highly respected Rivers citizen who died on Tuesday night. Sympathy is extended to the sorrowing relatives and friends as news spreads through the town. John Greasley traveled last week to visit his sister in Winnipeg and Beausejour. The Asian Church Christmas Tree Entertainment is set for December 21 at 7 30 in Wagar Hall with an offer to support the event.
Splendid music plays as the Wilkes Orchestra headlines a dance in Wagar Hall on Monday December 18. Doors open with dancing until 2 am and admission is 50 cents.
The Canadian National Railways will offer deeply reduced fares from Winnipeg and Emerson west across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta to Vancouver Victoria and New Westminster on select December January and February dates in 1922 1923. Through sleeping and dining cars promise luxury and convenience with tourist car options and half-price rates for the kitchen-equipped coach cars. Passengers may travel all rail to Vancouver or Prince Rupert with ship connections to Vancouver or Victoria or return trips. Tourism to North Pacific Coast resorts is expected to rise as cities promote winter getaways.
A description of a young, good looking dancer who has gone missing or been stolen appears. The notice suggests she will likely be at Wagar Hall on December 18 and promises a handsome reward to anyone who helps identify or escort her, noting a Price Waltz may be a key clue.
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