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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 25, 1936
Page
7
The group discusses a risky plan to locate money, planning to ride through Rawhide and raid the Bull Town if needed. Fleming directs a stealthy search while Link and others prepare by the Main Street and side routes, signaling action if the culprit is found.
In Rawhide heat Link walks the town seeking Jackpot Mell, wary of the professional gunman’s power. Crowds thinning as tension builds, Link prepares to face the fateful confrontation while pondering possible traps and fate.
Link Fleming hunts a date and a needed cattle cash to settle a noon deadline. Buzz Hamilton presses for a transfer while Helen Hamilton fears losing the Triple H ranch to Roper Kilgo. Gambling, threats, and looming violence shadow a tense Western town scene.
Jonah J. Goldstein born at Rocks Corner British Columbia rose from a peddler’s family to become a 2/1 city magistrate and general sessions judge earning twenty four thousand dollars a year. He moved to New York at age six with his parents and siblings and grew up on the lower east side. He describes his work as solving a complex crossword puzzle of legal cases.
A still life painting titled Victoria by Queen Victoria fetched £8 in a London sale. The 12 by 18 inch canvas bore the signature Victoria January 1873.
A report notes that thieves in hotel kitchens wear a black cap while chefs usually wear white caps, signaling a pattern of kitchen thefts across several high end properties.
An old notice recommends switching to Postum as a caffeine free alternative. It claims tea and coffee harm sleep and nerves, and offers a free first week from General Foods in Cobourg Ontario. The message urges readers to write to the Consumer Service Department 101 for Postum samples.
A Sunday Times correspondent reports on March 20, 1849, when Charles Dickens and Mark Lemon attended Marylebone police court as Lemon pressed a charge against Cornelius Hearne for attempted robbery. Hearne claimed Dickens and Lemon were notorious fence men. The prisoner, age 19, mocked them amid the proceedings.
Soviet researchers in Moscow warn the Caspian Sea is drying up while a deep water harbor fortress rises in Baku. They say 600 year old battlements built by Persian Shahs remain standing after an earthquake sank the outpost centuries ago.
A historical note describes underground canals extending over 406 miles beneath Hamburg and Munich. In Leeds Zagiang a railway station porter loses his entire fortune of 500 dollars to cancer research efforts.
A health notice warns a single female fly can lay 600 to 1000 eggs, with favorable conditions producing seven or more generations per season and possibly up to a billion pests. It calls for personal sanitation, covering food, disposing of garbage, and using Wilson's Fly Pads to kill flies quickly.
Alberta minister W A Fallon announced a seven mile road will run north from McMurray along the Athabasca river toward the Gold fields on Lake Athabasca. Docks at the end will avoid freight portage during low water. Fallon said the road will aid northern mining development with Edmonton as gateway.
A playful exchange between a boy and his father centers on a final question about distance and the note that the letter e appears most often in English. The fragment combines children’s curiosity with a linguistic aside.
A devotional meditation urges surrender to divine will. It cites Luke 22 42 and emphasizes unity with God, contentment, and avoidance of thoughts that separate the soul from Him. The piece warns that opposing desires cause inner torment as God’s will advances in sanctity.
The American Bible Society reports two million copies of scriptures circulated in China in 1935. For a fifth straight year, three societies working there placed more complete Bibles in circulation than ever before.
The Toronto Telegram notes Canadian Maple used as trimming in one Queen Mary bedroom alongside other rare woods during a tour of the liner. The feature highlights the wood's role in the luxury decor.
A new cosmetic product in Australia uses dried shark brains to create a face powder. The unusual ingredient draws curiosity about safety and sourcing.
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