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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1928
Page
5
Local and personal items from Rivers Chronicle list residents traveling to Winnipeg Edmonton and Calgary events. Mentions weddings visits hospital returnees and lodge activities plus upcoming July 25 dentist visit and post office staff departure.
For sale a beautiful five room cottage with full size cement basement, good furnace and safe water tank. Includes hard and soft water pump and a garage. One of the nicest cottages in Rivers to be sold at a sacrifice as owner is out of town. For particulars apply to H. R. Moxley.
For sale Barred Rock cockerels O A C Strain or S C White Leghorns Tom Barton strain in lots of 40 or more to an order priced at 50 cents per bird. Mrs W A Westwood Box 126 Rapid City.
A fragmented poem style piece notes sayings about memory honesty and dating with odd rhymes. It references a sign reading Do not go elsewhere to be cleated Walk in hens and mentions humorous social scenes. The readable lines offer quirky blunt verse rather than a cohesive narrative.
A Londoner praises the fresh air and questions why big cities aren’t built in the countryside. A farmer nods, and a teacher tests students with a grammar problem about two cows. A child offers a playful correction, suggesting one may be a calf.
Mrs J Lambkin aged 66 died Tuesday at her Cardale district home after a Manitoba residence. Funeral Thursday was by Excelsior Lodge LO BA with Rev J T Wotton and Rev Mr Patteson officiating. Interment at Marney cemetery. Born in Ontario she spent 40 years in Manitoba. Sympathy sent to the bereaved family.
A daughter named Sreve Mary Dara was born Sunday at Rivers to Mr and Mrs Jas Turvey.
The Gazette sends birthday greetings this week to Jack Tivy on July 20, and to R. G. Sinclair on the 20th, Miss Ethel Cluff on the 21st, Mrs J. H. Maxwell on the 23rd, and Janet Frame on the 25th.
The Oak River Post reports a new beer parlor opened in town on Tuesday, signaling a fresh gathering spot for residents and visitors.
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