Community Weekly Newspaper Subscription Rates Listed
Authorized second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa. The Gazette Office at 211 Main Street, Rivers Manitoba publishes a community weekly established in 1905. Subscriptions cost 2.50 a year in Canada and 2.00 a year elsewhere, payable in advance.
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Post Office Department
Ottawa
T. W. Offen
Gazette Office
Main Street
Rivers
Manitoba
Canada
Spring Comes to the Prairies and Its Hazards
The article describes spring arriving on the prairies with beauty and danger. It warns about prairie fires from dry litter and winds, rotting ice at river crossings, and the need to clean up last year’s debris. Emphasizes planting shrubs and trees for lasting beauty and comfort in 1650.
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Prairies
Citizens urge tax on traveling peddlers in Virden
The Virden Empire Advance reports residents denounce itinerant pedlars for evading taxes and harming town welfare. They urge imposing a substantial business tax on out of town pedlars to protect local interests.
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Virden Empire Advance
Testimonial dinner honors Dr McGregor Easson in Ottawa
The aging educator and school inspector Dr McGregor Easson was feted at a retirement testimonial dinner after forty years of service in Ottawa. He recalled his long life on Main Street before industrial and social changes reshaped the area. The Val d’Or Star notes the city’s mining lure but expects a shift to sober, respectable citizens focused on raising children.
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McGregor Easson
Ottawa
Main Street
Henry Ford
Sinclair Lewis
Board of Trade
Canadaink
Typography Blues and Readers’ Mixed Reactions
The Gazette readers reacted to the first issue in three months with grim humor and sharp response. The note hints at production struggles and a self critical mood as the sheet resumes after a hiatus.
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The
Gazette
Resignation of Nova Scotia Vet at Agricultural College
The Windsor Tribune notes the resignation of a young veterinarian from the Nova Scotia agricultural college. It argues the province continues a flourishing export business in a commodity it cannot spare: brains. The commentary questions the quality control in delivering error free issues.
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Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Windsor Tribune
Ezekiel 18 21 Verse on Repentance and Life
A biblical verse states that if a wicked person repents and follows God’s statutes he will live and not die. It emphasizes accountability and mercy through proper conduct and adherence to divine laws.
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Ezekiel
Free Press
Chamber ‘Ag Commmerge
United States
John Foster Dulles
Herbert Hoover
Rubber topped roads prove durable and quiet
Rotarian Magazine notes roads with rubber asphalt topping resist moisture and freezing damage and cut highway noise. European and Indonesian tests show good performance under heavy wartime traffic. Alberta may avoid taxes within five to ten years, says H H W Beyer stein, Social Credit MP for Camrose, implying wealth could render Aberhart's money look foolish.
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Rotarian Magazine
Europe
Ingonesia
Windsor Star
Alberta
H. H. W. Beyerstein
Social Credit M.P
Camrose
Wi.a. Aberhart
Amusing snippets and local oddities from a compiled page
A collage of jokes, anecdotes and notes from various sources. Includes light humor about church life, a running gag with a doctor, and a parade of brief items from Canadian and American papers. Mentions Welland Ship Canal 1949 record and curling fraternity data amid miscellaneous society quips.
Dr Hermann N Sande trial in Candia New Hampshire
The case involved Dr Hermann N Sande accused of murdering a woman cancer patient by injecting a substance into Ber velus. Prosecution claimed a single shot caused death but the jury found him not guilty after three days. Comments from associates and the husband reflect broad happiness over the verdict.
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Amherst News
Royal Caledonian Club of
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Fort William
New York World Telegram
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Stalina
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John Lund
Don Defore
Marie Wilson
Irma
Battleground
van Johnson
John Hodiak
George Murphy
Ricardo Montalban
Clarke Gable
Alexis Smith
Esso
Imperial Oil Limited
Ream
Hughes
Ontario
Paul Schulze
Kivers
C. G. Baizley
Eighth Street
Princess Avenue
Brandon
Telephone
Marshall-Wells
Marshal. Wells
B.B.C
Marshall-Wells House
P.a.m.—Paints
Marshall- Wells Stores
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G. M. Setter
Wyal Drugs
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