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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 21, 1951
Page
2
Montreal Laplanders rely on rein deer for food and clothing but grazing lands have deteriorated over 50 years. American anthropologist Robert Pehrgon returns to the Arctic to study the vanishing race and its peoples.
All claims against the Tar bolton slaughter house NW 4 of 20-11-22 must be filed with Alvin Lowe of Bradwardine Manitoba by June 28, 1951. This public notice requires creditors to present their claims to the undersigned within the deadline.
Community event flyer lists an Old Time Dance on June 22 with Duncan's orchestra and prizes for two old-time ounces. Admission price unclear. Other ads offer paper hanging by the roll, rough cast wall finishes, scenic wall decoration, theatre banners with free estimates by Len Turnbull Apt 2 Gilchrist Bldg. Also imported Percheron stallion Dragano to stand at public service near Rivers with pasture for mares at Robert Kedzie.
Protective ad urges carrying fire life auto insurance to safeguard family. J R Stratford Agency lists phone 37 with low premium rates. Also notices wood has been cut and must be moved from W E Smiths land RR1 Rapid City with no charge.
For sale seven room house with basement furnace new asbestos siding and shingles in good family location contact J R Stratford Agency Rivers. Also concrete block house under construction 24 by 28 basement suite hot and cold water apply W R Collins 700 block Fourth Avenue Rivers. 1940 Ford De Luxe with 31900 miles five tires good running order phone after 5 pm.
Fraser Valley milk output falls by over six million pounds as butter pricing struggles with margarine. Magpie cull campaign underway in Bar nwell Alberta. Red Deer bursaries expand to other areas due to low applications. Yorkton observes farm thefts of machinery and grain at a neighbor’s farm. Muskrat pelts on Fishing Lake reserve yield twelve thousand dollars to seventeen Indian families. Historic notes recount early sewing machine inventors and reforms, from Saint and Thimmonier to Howe and Singer, noting social impacts on women and global spread.
In Swan River Saskatchewan or Ontario voters approved a 475000 debenture bylaw to fund sewer and water services with 85 percent turnout. The measure passed 362 in favor and 61 opposed. Other brief items note a Barrie Ontario crash blamed on a mosquito causing about 500 in damage, and a Rotary pool project in Malartic Quebec with 50 men aiding cement work. Halifax reports a pet skunk returned by SPCA after a baby’s ownership. Calgary soldiers from Currie Barracks were nabbed for trying to break into the police station with a jug of wine.
An article traces Isaac Singer as a former actor and machinist who popularized sewing machines, enabling more women to work outside the home and helping spark the ready-made garment industry. It notes he improved rather than invented the sewing machine, contributing to the industrial shift of the era.
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