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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 24, 1924
Page
2
A narrator recalls visiting Mrs. Fenwick then discovering she was robbing Liberty. He warns Mr. Fenwick, helps calm the household, and notes Mrs. Fenwick’s uneasy change as she bonds with her baby, while the pastor reflects on loyalty and restraint in troubled times.
In the country at Harrington's Hope the narrator, husband Murray, and twins manage farm work with cows a calf, garden crops, and growing affection for rural life. A late spring talk reveals doubt about returning to the city, weighing capital, community, and a shared dream of balanced growth.
An advertisement extols Dr Hamilton's Pills as mild yet effective for biliousness and constipation. It claims the pills gently cleanse the entire system of wastes, warning that harsh purgatives can be dangerous.
An old advertisement touts Dr Hamiltons Pills as a remedy to purge the bowels and cure colds and biliousness. It markets the product under W. Hamilton and Co, selling boxes at 25 cents each or five for $1.60, with dealers listed as Hozone Co in Manchester.
A Bloomington Pantagraph note cites 11666 automobile deaths in the United States last year, up 1498 from the prior year, urging caution and reflection amid a culture of speed. The piece likens heedless haste to the engineer who ignored red flares on a fatal Sunday.
The small depositor is a ward of the state and deposits funds in a publicly chartered institution. He trusts that his money is safeguarded by bank competence and conscience, reinforced by frequent examinations and strong public oversight and control.
A fragment from Bits in London mentions Miss Elsie stepping into public view and a cashier's emphasis on choosing the proper course. The dialogue suggests social commentary on reputation and marriage dynamics.
The British are meeting the wartime debt to the United States with a steady, unostentatious schedule of payments. The approach is described as a sign of British pride and responsibility, contrasting with tax and unemployment strains at home. The New York World context is cited.
Canadian construction awards for November total 15,622,200, up 13 percent from last year’s period. Residential work leads at 6,692,700, with public works 5,371,200, commercial 2,854,900, and industrial 733,100. Through eleven months, 2023-24 activity totals 202,746,800 versus 259,871,400 in 1922. Experts foresee 1924 building boom but with stable costs and less speculative housing.
Fourteen teams expected for the 1924 200 mile race to decide the Matte Cup winner. Shorty Russick, who placed second last year and won Banff, Alberta, is favored along with Charles B. Morgan's famed team. U S grain through Canadian ports totals 55 million bushels in the crop year, with grain moving via lake and exit ports.
A film company once offered Oberaramorgan players substantial dollars to perform in a Passion Play on camera, but they refused. Now in New York, they plan to travel to Baltimore to woodcarve and aid distressed villagers.
A Frenchwoman volunteered for a bold aeroplane parachute test at 1060 feet over Moulines. The parachute cord failed at first but she unclicked it mid fall and landed safely as the parachute opened, proving the system could work.
Saskatchewan laborers fill forest camps to aid eastern neighbors. Of 2776 men sent from Saskatchewan since season start, 327 go to Ontario, 116 to Manitoba, while 1053 go to northern Saskatchewan forests.
A district survey seeks farm labor openings in Sugkatchewan through Soldier Settlement records. Data will be shared with overseas immigration authorities to direct future arrivals to needed points. A note mentions rabies vaccination at Paris Pasteur Institute with zero deaths last year.
A reflective note contrasts past and present in rural life with a faded memory of apple harvests, trade, and community norms. The fragment hints at overstocked apples, damaged goods, and the social friction of ownership and permission in a northern region, mentioning Baldwins and Detroit Bree.
Article notes a sharp fall in war pensions with about one third of British war widows remarried. It cites pension savings and a surplus of spinsters while reporting a reduction in pension costs by roughly 20 percent. It mentions the pension age limit of 15 and the impact of many children aging out of the pension system.
The October sea fish total reached 2,?ewts valued at 1,814,002 compared with 1,492,270 for 679,320 ewes. Haddock hake pollock and other species fell while cod salmon tuna swordfish lobsters and oysters rose.
Fragment from a boys and girls magazine warns children that color does not define good or evil. It describes white lies as worse than falsehoods, links them to illness and ruin, and urges honesty, self control, and upright conduct among readers.
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