Rivers Gazette Receives Second Class Mail Status
The Rivers Gazette, a community weekly established July 1908 by T. W. Offen and published by G. F. Barker, is authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department. Based in Rivers Manitoba, the paper issues Thursdays from 200 211 Main Street with subscriptions at 2.00 yearly in Canada and 3.00 outside Canada, payable in advance.
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Post Office Department
Ottawa
T. W. Offen
Gazette Office
Main Street
Rivers
Manitoba
Canada
G. F. Barker
Troubled Waters Over Canada Railroads Strike Warning
A dated editorial warns of a looming rail strike in Canada and condemns protests as self-serving. It argues inflation relief requires work, not payouts, and decries idle leisure as folly. The piece questions freedom when labor actions disrupt others and notes potential manpower shifts as conditions change.
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Canada
Joneses
Souris Chamber Votes On Future Amid Attendance Slump
The Plaindealer reports a low turnout as Souris chamber of commerce weighs continuing operations this week. Officers fear continued activity may be futile if investors hesitate and workers’ wish drives progress.
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Souris Chamber of Commerce
Plaindeaer
Enriched bread flour to add four vitamins across Canada
Enriched Bread Bakers will start using bread flour on Feb 2 that looks and costs the same but contains thiamin riboflavin niacin and iron. Enrichment adds four vital vitamins to loaves, boosting energy for children and health for adults. Newfoundland already required enrichment for nine years, while appearance taste and keeping quality remain unchanged.
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Canada
Newfoundland
British germicide photos at coronation show perfumed disinfectant
A UK chemicals firm promotes a new disinfectant to be shown at the coronation event. A representative jokes about arranging photographs of germs dying with smiles on their faces when killed with their perfumed germicide.
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British Industries
U.K
Picks and proverbs from a rural Gazette
A collage of humorous lines and rural wisdom. Warnings about unsafe farming practices appear alongside quips about marriage, pride, and originality. An auction notice lists a 196? Ford truck for sale by tender with details and contact in Rivers Manitoba.
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Hew Motor
W. T. Dyer
Sec.Treas
P.O. Box
Rivers
Man
Tractor Deaths Might Be Avoided
The Dominion experimental station at Swift Current notes tractor accidents can be prevented. In 1951 Saskatchewan farm deaths rose from turning corners too fast, unbalanced brakes, and rough ground driving, among other factors.
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Dominion Experimental Station
Swift Current
Saskatchewan
Freddie’s Run‑In With Reginald the Dog and the Garbage Caper
Freddie bumps into his old friend Reginald a mongrel dog and debates man vs beast on a cold street. The encounter shifts from polite exchange to a cheeky dispute about a backyard incident involving trash, a barking dog, and a mangy cat as Reginald flees with a night’s mischief.
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Herman
Reginald
Roverboy
Q.C
Invention Ridiculed Telegraph Magnate Morse Portrait
Samuel B Morse, inventor of the electric telegraph, took the first daguerrotype picture in the United States. His chief invention, the telegraph, was ridiculed as others doubted its practicality.
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Samuel B. Morse
United
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Rivers Gazette
Marshall- Wells Stores
Forman
Libby
Berse
Gazette Azings
Jack
Jill
Bill
Johnny
R. M of Daly
Uncle Herman
Freddie
Nephew
Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
H. J. Underhill
Samaria
Jesus
Fred W. McNally
B.A
Colgate Soap
RINSO
Releue
Jennifer Jones
Laurence Olivier
Carrie
Virginia Mayo
Ronald Reagan
the Rivers Drug Stores
Valentines Cee
G. M
Nyal
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