Local News Briefs and Community Notices
A collection of calendar items and short notices: school reopens Monday after holidays. residents travel to Winnipeg and Moose Jaw for business and visits. Christmas visits to Portage la Prairie and Bradwardine. Knox Church Young People carnival planned. fire at a Chinee restaurant chimney extinguished by brigade. thanks offered to Knox Church Ladies Aid for a reading lamp. Mrs. J H Couch leaves for California with son Hugh. fraternal lodge card listings and a reference column for newcomers and members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Duckworth
Knox Church
Advertising as Asset for Business Confidence and Growth
A business leader emphasizes advertising as a crucial asset that builds customer confidence and boosts patronage, arguing it is essential in modern commerce.
Short Course in Gas Engineering in February
A Gas Engineering course will run February 9 to 13 at R. Mann's Blacksmith Shop under the Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture and Rivers Agricultural Society. Prospective students must pre-register by February 1 with a $1.50 fee. Bring magnetos carburetors and any engine for on the spot instruction. Watch for posters with fuller details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Mann
Department of Agriculture
The
Rivers Agricultural Society
Hamiota Bonspiel Set For January 6 to 9
The Hamiota curling bonspiel is advertised with dates January 6 through January 9 featuring teams from the region. Participants will compete for event honors and prize money.
Odd English Tricks and a Thirteenth Century Yarn
An amusing glimpse at English spelling quirks about silent letters and pronunciation and a medieval tale from Ralph of Coggeshall about Orford fishermen and a captive man with a beard who escapes after a failed attempt to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya
Aays
Ralph of
Coggeshall
Orford
Orford Castle
The Church Dog Whipper and Odd Village Customs
In Quadring Lincolnshire the church still employs a dog whip to drive away yelping dogs. The sexton receives 10 shillings yearly for this role. The oldest widow gets a new gown every two years funded by a local bequest. The piece also notes fish biology and a jumble of miscellaneous anecdotes and dialogues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quadring
Lincolnshire
Fingland
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Aline
the Gazette
H. Wareham
Winnipeg
Harry Hall
J. A. Grummett
Portage la Prairie
Mrs. G. Ferguson
Bradwardine
L. Wiegand
Moose Jaw
Sask
George Brown
Trapscona
Mrs T. Brown
Tom Suthers
Rivers
Regina
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
A. E. Johnstone
Mr. Blake
Transcona
Jim
Wll
Voth
Knox Church Young People’s Society Watch
Chinee
J. H. Couch
California
Hugh
Gazette
Jas. A, McKenzie
Departmenta
Nations Library
Paris
Mr. Growch
Jery
Bijou
London
Fatty Arbuckle
Big Bill Hart
Pettapiece
Daly
Pendennis, Carnegie
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