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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 18, 1923
Page
5
Local residents at Rivers and surroundings update on visits and travels between Maple Creek Daly Waldron and Winnipeg. School and church events include an elocution contest and Robbie Burns concert. A funeral notice follows as A McNevin principal dies. Community plans include box socials dances and cinema events at the Bijou with plans for subscriptions and news tips.
An Elocution Contest for Rivers S. D. youths aged 10 to 15 is set for Friday February 9 at 7 30 in Union Church. Entry is 25 cents by January 25 to Mrs Le Marsh. Contestants must perform a Grade V Reader piece from a listed selection with abridgement of Horatius. Prizes will be offered, a program with music is planned. Admission 35 and 20 cents, contest taunts free.
Classified ad seeking a kitchen girl with good wages. Apply at the Shore Hotel location for employment consideration.
A buckskin piebald pony about 50 years old strayed to the farm of W. T. Dyer in Bradwardine. Owner may reclaim by proving ownership and paying expenses.
Advertisement notes a Jersey cross cow calf to freshen around January 24. Contact R. H. White at 47-15 Rivers for details. Seeds listed include White Blossom Sweet Clover Seed hulled and cleaned at 10c per pound F.O.B Pendennis with bags extra. Sample at Gazette Office via H. J. Chapman Pendennis.
Two sections of heavy black loam soil offered for sale. The first is 334 miles from Carnegie with two elevators, a store and post office, priced at 2600 dollars. The second is 234 miles from Wheatland with two elevators, a store and post office, priced at 1750 dollars per acre. For details contact C. H. Freeman in Rivers.
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