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Town urged to buy local goods and bonds over mail order deals
Rivers residents urged loyalty to local merchants amid higher farm implement prices and a national debate over mail order catalogs. The piece notes price hikes on Wagons binders and steel trucks, and promotes Rivers electric light debentures at 66 percent interest sold to locals. It contrasts Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier for wartime conduct and calls for sportsmanship.
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International
Cockshutt
Massey-Harris
Register
Neepawa
Rivers
Jack Dempsey
Gladiator
Torsooth Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Pilot Mound Sentinel