Daly story of growth and mischief in 1909 Rivers
A Daly community chronicle notes new buildings including a Greek Catholic church and a restaurant, growing business, and fraternal groups like the A F and A M. A railway hub, weather blizzards, and quirky town resolutions reveal local life as residents discuss a flour mill bonusing, a frozen town pump, and Dr. Griffith moving to Rivers.
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Orth
Main Street
Rivers
Gt.p
Dutto
Kar Doktors
Winnipeg
Board Trade
Charles Allen
Charles Howard
Bradwardine
M.A. Griffith
Local Social Notes Highlight Family Visits
Carnegie Mrs A Smith of Crystal City visits sister Mrs G Johnston. Miss Blanche Hedson hospitalized at Brandon General. Mr and Mrs Herbert Watts return from two week visit with relatives in Saskatoon. Miss Win Bromley visits sister Mrs W H Frank. George Johnston RCAF on leave at home. Allan Curtis and family of Forrest visit I Nevill home last week.
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Mrs. A. Smith
Crystal City
Mrs. G. Johnston
Herbert Watts
Small Son
Saskatoon
Sask
Allan Curtis
Forrest
I. Nevill
Bradwardine Couple Move to Town Residence Este
Bradwardine Mr and Mrs M Kigwak arrive from Esterhazy Sask to settle here. They wed Jan 16 with the bride May Wilson formerly of Esterhazy. John Ratz serves as van driver replacing C R English in Brandon hospital. Mrs George Baily seeks medical treatment in Brandon. G Maitland and G Emslie of Shilo spent the weekend here. Betty Common visits her aunt at Harding. Mr and Mrs A Baily holidaying on the Pacific coast and in the States. Brandon visitors include Mrs W Dowland and son Mrs R Titmus W Blatchford H Watkins J F Topinka Mr and Mrs E J Blatchford Mrs C R English
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M. Kigwak
Esterhazy, Sask
May Wilson
Esterhazy
John Ratz
C. R. English
Brandon
George Baily
G. Maitland
G. Emslie
Shilo
Betty Common
Harding
Mrs. A. Baily
Pacific Coast
States
Ford unveils emergency tie and fire unit gadget
Detroit AP reports Ford Motor Company announces a new auto accessory named the emergency tie and fire unit. The small cylinder holds 10 ounces of carbon dioxide under pressure and can extinguish an oil or gas fire or inflate three average tires.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Province To Boost Its Contribution To Education Cost
Manitoba Education Minister Dryden told the Manitoba School Trustees association that the province will raise its share toward 50 percent of basic education costs. He noted Dominion plans from 1945 would have set Manitoba at 30 percent, doubling the current grant and needing over 3 million dollars.
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Winnipeg
Dryden
Manitoba School Trusteen Association
Manitoba
British Policy Worries Stalin Say London Paper
The Daily Mail reports Field Marshal Montgomery told British leaders Stalin feared Britain’s postwar policy. The paper hints at disinformation timing around denials of Bevin betraying the British-Soviet alliance in New York.
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London
Daily Mail
Viscount Montgomery
Moscow
Stalin
Enid
Dipersal
Pravda
Bevin
New York
Canada 1946 Wheat Crop Estimated at 420 Million Bushels
The third estimate from the Dominion bureau of statistics puts Canada’s 1946 wheat crop at 420 700 000 bushels. Oat production is 400 000 000 bushels, barley 159 000 000, rye 7 400 000, flaxseed 7 500 000. Saskatchewan wheat 200 000 000, Alberta 137 000 000, Manitoba 63 000 000, with spring wheat total at 400 000 000.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dorian Bureau of Statistics
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Declining Milk Production Becomes National Problem Says Smellie
Winnipeg Canada. President Robert C. Smellie told the National Dairy Council of Canada Canadians were short of butter and dairy products largely due to large exports of cheese and evaporated milk to the United Kingdom. He called declining milk production a national problem of the most pressing type.
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Winnipeg
Natinal Dairy Council of Canada
Robert C. Smellie
United Kingdom
It Started With Cain The Printed Word
The piece links Cain's memory to totalitarianism as a cautionary tale. It notes Cain’s rhetorical question about Abel and suggests moralists twisted the remark to claim everyone is keeper of everyone else.
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Cain
Abel
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Clement Black
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W. Mitchell
Harry L. Trump
James A. Dunkin
George E. Bunkin
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Blanche Hedson
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Miss Win Bromley
Mrs. W. H. Frank
George Johnston
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