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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 28, 1949
Page
2
Classified notice shows an advertisement for QOstrex Tonic Tablets promising double results in weight gain and vigor. Includes a new get acquainted size priced at 68c and notes availability from druggists. Also lists contact options.
In Winkler Manitoba a cooperative store burned to the ground in late June. Despite 1600 shareholders demanding a rapid recovery, a temporary 28 by building was erected to serve customers while planning a permanent replacement.
A 40 feet section was completed in just under six days paving the way for a new fireproof store to be built later. Local planners say the rapid construction demonstrates efficiency and resilience, with further details to follow.
Farmer James A. Ryan greeted Barbara Ann Scott with a grand welcome upon arrival in Regina as a plane flew over a plowed field forming 20-foot letters reading Welcome Barbara Ann Scott. The event highlighted Scott’s national prominence and generated local excitement.
Victoria reports the initial contract for extending the Pacific Great Eastern railway from Quesnel to Prince George has been let. The 14 mile segment is underway and bids for the next sections will be invited soon.
A nervous mongrel valued at 20 dollars caused excitement in Goose Bay comparable to a Rita Hay visit. Mandy, en route to Vancouver, was shipped from London by TCA. She wandered from the North Star, refused to return to the plane, and after seven days station attendants coaxed her back to her kennel. She arrived safely in Vancouver to greet Dr. and Mrs. Z Urbanek.
Pembroke Bulletin reports residents face lake water contamination along three or four miles of waterfront. Wading pools and at least one swimming pool appear to be proposed as remedies.
Margaret Gore lost a diamond ring on the Kelowna beach. Samaritan Ed Collins spent four hours sifting sand with a shovel to locate the ring, turning a near-impossible search into a quick recovery.
Marysville British Columbia with 500 residents surveys a dam to purchase for a public water system and discusses a village sewage system as part of its growth plans.
In Tofield Alt CP Mayor Clutterham finds a small town chief's duties include field work. He personally painted and erected street signs and traffic stops, addressing street safety and navigation in the prairie town.
Peter Sutherland paused his plowing on a Stony Plain farm when a large black bear appeared nearby. After a brief inspection the bear turned back into the bush and the farmer resumed work.
United States tourists flocked to Fort Frances Ontario during Dominion Day weekend to celebrate the Fourth of July and set a new record for border crossings as the town drew visitors from across the border.
Samuel Cansimir Price holds dual roles in two municipalities. He is treasurer of suburban Plage Laval and has been elected to the town council of neighboring St. Eustache while serving as an employee in Montreal.
The record lists individuals associated with dates: July 29 Jean Morison, July 30 Mrs. Ruby Konsmo, J. Piercy, July 31 G. M. Henderson, Willard LePage, Aug. 4 Charles Blandford.
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