Community Weekly Paper Ottawa Gazette Office Rivers Manitoba
Authorized on Second class mail to the Post Office Department at Ottawa. A community weekly newspaper established July 1908 by T W Offen and issued on Thursday at The Gazette Office Rivers Manitoba. Subscription rates two dollars per year in Canada two dollars fifty in advance for United States. G F Barker.
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Post Ofce
Ottawa
T. W. Offen
Gazette
Main Street
Rivers
Manitoba
Canada
Wanted Men
A column credits Gren Wille Kiefer with a piece on character and integrity. It extols virtue leading to action, notes leadership and national security rely on principled individuals, and urges young men to embody honesty, conscience, and servant leadership. The closing line proclaims Wanted Men.
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Franklin
Visitors react with calm amid Virden oil strike news
Comments from city visitors report excitement over Virden oil strike while noting the Scottish residents here are marked by canny, cool-headed response. The piece highlights the mix of keen interest and steadiness among locals as the news spreads.
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Virden Empire
Virden
Education Week Spotlight A Canada Wide Focus
Education Week runs March 4 to 11, a yearly Canadian celebration backed by national and provincial associations. Despite broad recognition, its core aim remains to highlight local school efforts and education campaigns across communities.
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Canada
Education Week Promotes Canadian School Reform and Public Involvement
The piece argues Education Week boosts awareness and support for local, primary, and secondary education across Canada. It urges visitors to value displays as part of citizenship and emphasizes safe driving as winter ends and public responsibility continues.
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Corner Brook
Western Star
March Forecast Sparks Hopes For Warmer Days
The piece foreshadows March as a renewal month with spring cleaning, golf clubs, and sport season buzz. It notes Maple Leafs playoff chatter, bonspiels by local ladies and farmers, and lingering cold weather before spring. Norway plans a 30 percent force increase to 270000 by 1952 end, says defence minister Jens Hauze in Oslo.
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Maple Leafs
Norway
Jens Hauze
Oslo
Fragmentary Gazette Style Dialog Reveals Class Contrast
A jumbled clipping contrasts wealthy and poor lives, noting a rich man with many staff and a poor man who marries. It also mentions a diner waitress seeking to confirm if a colleague who ordered a steak is still employed, reflecting workplace uncertainty.
Verse Quote from Job Containing Thematic Reflections
A biblical excerpt from Job 15 6 7 reflecting on speech and innocence. The lines challenge the listener by asking if they were the first born or created before the hills, emphasizing the limits of human testimony against divine insight.
Letters to the Editor Await a Representative in Lansdowne
Editor of The Gazette prints a reader letter about Thomas Seens. The writer predicts Lansdowne electors must remove him from a trap and criticizes Seens for dog in the manger conduct while urging a fair representative for Lansdowne.
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the Gazette
Re. Thomas Seens
Lansdowne
Canadian mines to hire 1200 to 1500 workers in spring
The Brantford Expositor notes that Canadian mines plan to add 1,200 to 1,500 new employees in the coming spring. The piece challenges opponents of immigration to recognize the need for workers and to take part in the labor effort rather than blaming outsiders.
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Brantford
Canadians to join American forces in Europe
Ottawa reports that Canadian troops in Europe will likely operate with American forces rather than British ones as in the past. The note signals a shift in Allied coordination and prompts reflection on coalition roles.
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Ottawa Citizen
Europe
Brussels
McGill winter carnival snow stunt called off
Montreal star notes admiration for publicity for McGill’s carnival plan to create artificial snow using dry ice. The scheme, announced yesterday, would have involved a chain reaction in the clouds. City officials and the mayor reacted, and the proposal was cancelled today. The paper urges caution and recalls the February snowstorm’s impact.
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Montreal Star
McGill
Rivers school orchestra to perform March sixteen
The Rivers school orchestra will present a variety show on March sixteen arranged by Alex Whyte, a longtime annual af fair organizer. The Keen-Teeners’ mocassin dances last Saturday drew a lively crowd despite few attendees, who enjoyed music by Orlo Brown. Mrs. B Kettner of Bradwardine wins a Rex theatre pass for The Gazette list picks and will view Tripoli this week.
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The
Rivers School
Alex Whyte
Rex Theatre
Rivers
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G. F. Barker
Gren Wille Kiefer
Maty, Bill and
John Wareham
Naples
Sitcaten
Tatie Waeb
Talis
Gazette Azings
Tory
Orlo Brown
B. Kettner of
Bradwardine
Fach
Rey A
Atu
Im Dhe
Nles de Opwear
Ibie Sach
Perth
Zenith
Marshall- Wells Stores
the Rivers Drug Store
G. M
NYAL
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