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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
2
A hunting scene opens with woodcock and ducks under moonlight as a boy confronts his strict teacher Bos McTavish. The boy pleads to hide from his mother’s illness while challenging authority, insisting he avoided school to spare his mother worry.
A tense scene unfolds by a moonlit creek where a young bushwhacker accuses a schoolteacher of invading a closed world. The boy warns the teacher to return home while the mill roars and a dying elder’s bedside is shown beside a homestead. The scene ends with Roy visiting an ailing grandmother as the tale continues.
Sir James Craig outlines a coastal mine clearing plan in parliament. A destroyer investigates reports, fishery protection boats destroy drifting mines, merchant and fishing craft receive rifles, experts render mines safe along the coast, and no vessel searches alone. From February to May 1, 26 drifting mines were destroyed by His Majesty's ships.
Tuskegee Institute head Dr. Robert R Moton told the Southern Sociological Congress that the next two years could erase lynching and mob violence as whites and blacks seek fair treatment. He cited Tuskegee records showing six lynchings this year versus eighteen last year.
An 18th century note reports literacy in Serbia and several German states. It claims rare chances of finding someone unable to read or write in Saxony Bavaria and Württemberg while asserting Serbia’s prewar literacy at 729 percent of the population. The text also mentions the 1768 eruption of a Cata paxi sending ashes 130 miler.
An advertisement promotes Danderine as a quick fix for falling hair and dandruff. It claims the scalp is rid of all dandruff after several uses and hair will grow strong thick and glossy. The product is sold at drug or toilet counters for a few cents.
Tourists in England encounter a centuries old custom in front of a historic castle. A sentinel is kept on guard to protect a cherished queen's favorite rose planted there hundreds of years ago, a tradition that outlives the sovereign and the flower.
Reports of gold findings in northeastern Siberia reach Nome as boats prepare to sail for the new fields. Several vessels await navigation opening to transport prospectors and supplies to the anticipated sites.
The Manitoba government under Hon. Valentine Winkler will pilot an advance fare policy for bona fide domestics. About 100 women will receive 50 to 75 percent of their fare, with a $7,500 annual government provision. The program follows inquiries by Charles Robson from Great Britain into emigration prospects to Canada.
A testimonial for Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills appeals to readers with heart distress symptoms. The letter from Stephen Crouse in East Clifford Ontario claims five years of breathlessness and weakness reversed after three boxes, promoting the remedy and pricing at 50 cents per box mailed from The T Milburn Co. Toronto.
Premier Millerand told the French chamber that France would receive 55 percent of Germany's indemnity with Britain getting 25 percent and the rest shared by Belgium Italy and Serbia. He said the 120000000000 marks indemnity would bear interest not less than five percent plus a one percent redeeming rate for gold bonds and exclude coal damages and destroyed property.
Hon. C. A. Dunning announces Saskatchewan governments policy through the new bureau of labor. The bureau will study viable local industries based on raw materials and conditions and work to spur home industry development for residents.
England consents to give France twenty percent of the output from wells in Mesopotamia and the Near East. The arrangement signals a joint share in regional resources amid postwar reforms and Allied energy interests.
Sir Oliver Lodge argues that Earth has captured only a minute fraction of the sun’s energy over millions of years. He explains radiation travels through the ether until matter absorbs it, leaving space near absolute zero despite vast energy output from countless stars.
The Providence Journal recalls a French doctor who pressed on to a critically ill patient despite learning en route that his son had a severe accident and died while he was away. The story highlights professional honor and deep personal sorrow in a single, poignant vignette.
Saskatchewan plans a major rural telephone expansion this year with about 700 miles of long distance lines, 28 000 poles, and 1 200 miles of wire. Labor shortages and high wages plus costly materials slow project progress across firms.
A theatre crowd roars as the stage manager shoves a trembly writer toward the curtain and orders him to apologize in front of the audience. The author is unable to make a speech but is compelled to deliver the required apology.
A Creditable Act Matual-1l gives Jack credit for obtaining a nice engagement ring. Marie says she understands the jeweller also did the same.
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