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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 21, 1929
Page
5
The piece condemns listening in on neighbors by phone as contemptible and unfit for trustworthy people. It argues that eavesdropping on conversations is as bad as opening someone else’s letter, calling it a serious breach of privacy and character.
The piece reflects on Lent observation and living in a material age. It urges taking time to rest and meditate, contrasting modern stress with Wordsworth’s warning that the world is too absorbed in making and spending. It questions whether we are wiser than our forefathers.
Framé visits Brandon this week while Ru Gi Sinclairue travels to Portage la Prairie after word that her mother was in an accident. The Alexandra Hotel changes management with B Cond replaced by A M McLeod who returns to leadership after two years.
A Genovese attends a Raw eigh Dealers Convention in Winnipeg this week. A Monday school board meeting was held. Mrs D McCallum traveled to Winnines with Edwin at week's start. John J Arkite will test glass at the Alexandra Hotel next Wednesday March 27.
A playful note explains the term bonspiel blending French and Scottish roots. The writer jokes about watching the game for two to three days and describes feelings as the game unfolds, noting the longer they watch the more the game is called a spiel.
J. C. Franklin, a lineman for the Canadian National Telegraphs, says coal sells for $80 a ton and flour at $25 a hundredweight along the Hudson Bay line as he pushes north toward Fort Churchill.
The piece explains spring as the season after winter and before summer, noting March 21 as the vernal equinox and June 21 as the solstice. It also references Northern and Southern Hemisphere seasonal names and Britain’s spring months, followed by a lyrical cheer for spring with joyful imagery.
A collection of humorous exchanges and quips about Adam and Eve, telephones, brides and mothers, a weary conductor, and a professor stumping a student. The snippets pivot on wordplay and social obser vations with light, dated humor.
The McBride A F M sponsors a public meeting this Saturday at 2 30 p m in the Masonic Hall to discuss the municipal doctor question. Reports from communities employing municipal doctors will be presented to inform attendees. Mr Jacob W Gerbrand of Gretna travels to Spooner Sask by house sleigh, leaving Feb 27, about three weeks to reach his homestead.
Leonhard Sepella wins the Seventh Eastern International Dog Sled Derby at Quebec covering 123 miles in eleven hours six and a half minutes with his Siberian huskies. Dupuis finishes second with a 41 mile lap world record time of 8 hours 22 minutes 42 seconds. Nine completed all three laps, with only two matching the 1928 Derby winner’s pace, showing advances in dog breeding and speed.
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