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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
4
The text outlines seven stages of ownership from conquest to contentment. It traces evolving attitudes to land as humanity progresses from seeking to partial possession and finally to a restrained, half strip of the earth.
Town of Rivers enacts Curfew Bell bylaw to keep children under fourteen off streets after 9 PM. A bell warns them to return home. constables may guide loiterers home. Parents face fines up to five dollars after warnings, with a May 19 1919 effective date.
Announcement notes a program including a play titled An Old Time Ladies Old Business Meeting to be staged at Mohawk Crossroads with emphasis on the date to follow.
Wheatland church holds service next Sunday at 11 o clock with Sunday School at 2 30. The I O D E monthly meeting is set for next Wednesday afternoon at Mrs Bridgeman's home. A daughter was born Wednesday May 14 to Mr and Mrs S B Nunn and a son to Mr and Mrs H Bicknell.
Watch our advertisement next week for Graniteware Sale announcement. J. E. Thompson's Hardware promotes a sale event with details to follow in upcoming notices.
A seven month old red calf with a white flank spot is missing near Rivers. A reward is offered by Robt H White for information leading to the calf’s whereabouts.
A dark bay mare, three years old turning four this fall, described as coach breed with dark points and large joints, rustled all winter. Information leading to recovery is welcomed and will be rewarded. Contact Oak River Exchange via J. C. Silcox.
Advertisement offers 100 acres of oat land and 50 acres of summer follow in 1917 for two outfits. Landowner S B Johnston provides location at R R No 1 Wheatland and contact details.
Advertisement for fertilized hatching eggs and birds. Pure bred Barred Rocks Guild strain offers extra large horned birds and choicest hens. Prices: $200 per setting of 15 eggs, $12 per 100 eggs, or $3 per setting of 13 eggs. 7 fertile eyes guaranteed. ORDER CHAS NOWE8 Rivers 6th Ave.
The Gazette publishes a business directory listing local firms and service providers. Entries include General Stores, Jeweller and Watchmaker, Stationery and Hardware, Lumber, Insurance, Bankers, Druggist, Physician, Lawyer, Notary Public, and more, with names such as J A Grommets, L Marsh, North American Lumber, J Moxley, Canadian Bank of Commerce, D C Jonason, F G Schwaim, J S Couch, and C W Angel.
Shorthorn Bull advertised as a dandy for sale or trade for a mare or young cattle. Also offers the pure bred stallion Flash Roffos. Contact R. Wy, Sargent, Rivers, phone 46-5.
Registered Shorthorn yearling bulls offered for sale apply to Wareham Bros Rivers for sale inquiry and terms.
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