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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
4
Local residents note visitors and homecomings over Christmas and New Year. Many families, including the Browns and Cobble dick family, welcome relatives from Portage la Prairie and Snowflake. The council plans New Year street work and a Friday Saturday showing of Dead Men Tell No Tales at the Bijou.
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Mro and Mrs AL Wo Fuller visited Mrs Chas Hlandford during the holiday as electricity failed on Friday. Christ ard caused the outage and blackout appeared likely to be lasting. Oil lamps were found by merchants while some kept gas lights in working order. The Bijou proprietor Mr Woods faced losses from a disrupted attraction, prompting calls for better-town judgment to spare residents further inconvenience.
The Vitagraph Super Feature Dead Men Tell No Tales will be the main attraction at the Bijou Theatre this Friday and Saturday after its initial showing at the Broadway Theatre in New York during December.
December perfect attendance noted for Room 5 students Werence Cloff George Couch and others. Grade 6 records show top scores such as Stanley Alsford 77 and John Soutega 73 with Jean Sutherland 71 and Florence Cluff 64. Half year attendance lists Florence Cluff and several Room 6 pupils achieving perfect attendance.
A quantity of good seed oats offered for March delivery with germination test at 99 percent. Sample available at the Canadian Bank of Commerce. For full particulars apply to the Manager.
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