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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 23, 1939
Page
6
Sally Ann endures a tense afternoon as Penny Dana asks her to take Sarah Lynn away. Aunt Helena and others push plans, while Sally Ann struggles with unwanted responsibility and memories of Lynn Dana's past.
Fragmented text shows a greyhound chases a figure named Sarah Lynn amid a chaotic scene. The narrator references Parisian rage and a quirky dialogue about dogs and character while two others move along with an older woman.
A fragment recalls Sally Ann thinking of her cousin Adelaide Mrs Edwina Dans and her buoyant sweetness that once irritated Sally Ann. The hazy recollection hints at a family dynamic and a shifting mood as memory returns.
A reader shares a case of long chronic rheumatic pain who after many treatments and hospital stays found relief using Kruschen Salts. The letter claims uric acid solvents reduce painful crystal deposits and aid recovery, noting prior dental loss and hospital fourteen week stay.
Sally Ann welcomes the fourth generation with curiosity as Ed Dana describes Keaton’s brood. Ardine, newly divorced and modern, is venturing into a roadhouse restaurant and dancing venue called The Stewed Prune with friends. The group anticipates the arrivals of visiting youths.
Two hundred fifty Sudeten German refugees depart Czecho Slovakia for England to be quartered in Scotland before moving to an English colony. Eighty head to Sweden and nineteen to Finland. The note adds that Jupiter and Venus are obscured by opaque atmospheres and that neon advertising lights were first patented in 1916.
Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson reports from New York that China remains patient and determined to push back Japan with leadership he regards as competent. He notes no hysteria and predicts continued resistance, with China's manpower vastly exceeding Japan's and the goal of victory achievable in time.
A Kittiwake Gull, killed near Little Fogo Island Newfoundland on September 20, 1937, carried a Moscow-banded ring 51412. The band was placed on June 19, 1937 on Kharlov Island in the Barents Sea, near Murmansk Bereg, Russia. Canada and Newfoundland cooperated with the Moscow bureau to add this to North American bird-banding records.
A gift to the Science Museum from Mr T H Court includes a micro engraving of the Lord s Prayer on a scale of 13 Bibles per square inch, claiming the Bible could be written 13 times in one square inch. The record reportedly reaches 22 Bibles per square inch using William Peter s machine in 1854.
The London Times death notices report 9,871 persons aged 90 or more over the period observed by C B Gabb. In 1938, 489 nonagenarians died, including 154 men and 8,335 women, 212 of whom were married. most of the elderly were women.
Mrs. Fred Guth of Evansville Indiana died December 21 1937. Her will was accidentally destroyed and a burglar, breaking into attorney H L Taylor’s office, scattered papers until the missing copy was found among the chaos.
A collection of quirky sayings claims a Kaiser is a stream of hot water disturbing the earth and Napoleon escaped from Melba, plus a quirky definition of an anachronism. These curious lines reflect playful, nonsensical humor among students.
A teacher asks what the Pilgrims did after a year in the new land. Gertrude answers humorously that they bought a car, highlighting a playful misunderstanding of history in a classroom setting.
The Newcastle Women's Flying Club in Australia plans an all female directed air pageant. Twenty of its forty members are undergoing training for the event.
Fragmentary notes describe unusual lake names in a forest region and cite 1937 production figures for honey in Canada with Manitoba and Ontario mentioned. Also references plum colored spring fashions and large cheese production figures.
Professor J W G MacEwan of the University of Saskatchewan animal husbandry department says the home farm concept is growing in Saskatchewan. He links past hardships to farmers diversifying to meet family needs, praising the trend as beneficial to western Canada and noting it predates Gardiner's federal policy remarks.
Gargantua the seven year old 500 pound gorilla billed as a fearsome brute performs in England for Bertram Milig Olympia circus with a steel and glass cage, air conditioned, on upgraded trucks and wheels. The giant ape recently toured with Al G Barnes Sells Floto circus and Ringling interests.
Ancient Rome faced many earthquakes yet survived with only minor damage. Some historians argue that reports of burnt temples and palaces destroyed by barbarians may actually reflect quake impacts rather than barbarian actions.
A clergyman tries to introduce a wealthy elderly spinster to the bishop. In a humorous misstep he blurts out I present to you one of my oldest sheep causing a stir among his parishioners and embarrassing the honoree.
The Journal of the American Medical Association notes the lie detector remains controversial and overly complex for practical use. It says many polygraphs are so intricate that only trained specialists understand them, and police and firms often misuse the method as psychological coercion.
One thousand London tradesmen who serve Buckingham Palace await December verdicts on royal satisfaction. The grant to display the royal arms with the By Appointment underline brings prestige and increased business, a mark of distinction valued by shops near the palace.
Mrs Mary Elizabeth MacQueen of First Avenue Toronto recalls looking after Rajner Wilhelm Ir s laundry during a Southampton yacht visit. Widowed mariner's widow and one of 21 children, she treasures a black cape that once belonged to Queen Victoria s mother the Duchess of Kent.
Britain has built over 1,500,000 new houses in about six years. The surge in home construction reflects sustained development activity across regions and supports rising housing supply.
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