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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 20, 1950
Page
5
A letter-writer denounces Sunday ballgames that drew noise during church services. The piece argues Sabbath reverence and family worship are disrupted, urging stricter law enforcement to deter actions deemed unpatriotic and contrary to community peace and churchgoers’ example.
The piece muses on next week’s column space and topics from Korea to gardening. It notes the fleeting nature of weather and politics, then shifts to livestock with Lindsay Watchman-Warder remarking that cows now yield far more milk, with modern pails reaching two to four gallons.
El Siglo of Bogota reports new tremors killed seven in Cucutila and four in Arboledas raising the overall toll by 11. The disasters hit previously struck villages last week and the extent of damage remains under review.
A short religious quotation from Psalms 14 1 appears in a page editorial likely reflecting on morality. The text notes corruption and lack of goodness among the subjects discussed.
A collage of quotes and notes from the Gazette mentioning a street sign reform, a Baby Pants Mfg overstock push, hints of Shakespeare, a citizens line on capital punishment, and agricultural guidance on smut control in oats and barley with recommended treatments and safety cautions for Western Canadian farmers.
Dr. H. E. Clausen of Buenos Aires warned at a London power conference that industries may soon rely on grape seeds sawdust and grass. Governments would need to curb use of coal air and high quality wood to avert shortages. A partly blind man fell to his death in Portland after mistaking a room for his own. Harry Bailey 63 died from head and other injuries after tumbling from a window. Eddie Oesch 45 died in hospital at Birch Hill Saskatchewan after hours of treatment.
In a crash involving an off truck, Oesch, riding a bicycle four miles southwest of Birch Hill, died. His widow and six children, who had left for British Columbia ten days earlier, planned to join him there before his death.
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