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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 17, 1923
Page
1
In a tense frontier town, Helen and Moran discuss Gordon Wade and local unrest as Moran hints at arrest risks. Parnel l's influence looms, while soldiers may soon intervene, and family dynamics mix with suspicion and flirtation.
Helen and Wade's rival Moran schemes and flirts with danger as Moran accuses Wade of infidelity with Dorothy Purnell. He presses Helen to betray Wade and reveals alleged letters and photos, aiming to break Wade and gain control. Helen resists yet contemplates leverage against Wade.
A study of Canadian post offices shows 2377 women serving as postmasters from a total of about 12 000, led by Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. Distribution of offices by province, including clerical workers, city posts, and a single Alberta postmaster of Chinese origin, reveals a broader participation than commonly assumed.
Construction awards in Canada in March estimate 19,954,800 with 6,489,300 more than 1922. Residential 30 percent 5,974,200. business 7.9 percent 7,566,300. industrial 9.2 percent 3,843,000. public works 12.9 percent 2,571,300. Quebec leads with 8,305,600. Ontario 7,342,000. Manitoba 3,165,700. Residences 1,149 projects 5,737,000. stores 67 projects 1,455,500. factories 26 projects 3,815,000.
The Canadian Air Board report shows pilots flying 294,449 miles and carrying 9,153 passengers with 77,850 pounds of freight in 1992. Saskatchewan led passenger work with 3,622 travelers, followed by Manitoba and British Columbia. Airplanes aided forest fire control, with twenty seaplanes and five land machines protecting forests and saving timber worth millions.
Toronto Star notes the western region faces unsatisfactory conditions as thousands of homesteaders struggle. Optimism is hard to maintain without decisive finance, transportation and governmental leadership, with a bumper harvest year essential for relief in 1923.
The new Basilica of St Anne de Beaupre will be a grand Roman Gothic church in Canada. Its front steeples will reach 225 feet, and the structure will house 26 altars across chapels and shrines.
The Ottawa Progressives are criticized for seeking economy while urging Hudson Bay railway construction. They were pressured by orders to tear up parts of already built road. The west insists on steady progress and not abandoning the enterprise. A Toronto Star ad promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a household remedy for people and cattle.
A London Daily Herald note urges the High Court of Parliament to draft laws in the Commons language. It praises brevity and stresses that the wise teacher instructs the verbose essayist to use words of one syllable.
The total grain cars inspected during the period ending February reached 17 863 as per figures compiled by Theo Wandiat railways showing a rise of 498 percent. The Canadian Pacific Railway moved about 198 233 ears, up nearly 25 300 ears from the same period last year indicating substantial activity in grain transport.
Rural roads from Montreal to Quebec and to the U S boundary will be transformed into lighted routes. The plan aims to ease traffic and foster urbanization by installing permanent lighting along these two great provincial highways.
Mrs. James Harleigh of Chatham Ontario writes that years of heart palpitations and nervous distress improved after using Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills. She reports better sleep and strength after about three months of use. The pills cost 50 cents a box, available through dealers or by mail from The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ontario.
Sun Yat Sen praised Britain for its global role and urged Chinese students to imitate British governance. He cited Hong Kong's eighty years of stable rule as unmatched in China’s four thousand year civilization. The Chatham News notes his remarks during a university speech.
District Inspector notes fire danger differs across Manitoba with south and southwest at risk from snowmelt to June rains and autumn drying, while northern moss dries later in July and August when most fires start. Also mentions Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a cheap, portable remedy.
A playful exchange frames a biology class with a student describing an oyster as a “fish bull” and a professor asking “What is an oyster” while Burr notes the King of Siam has published a Siamese translation of a Shakespeare work.
Advertisement for Borden's Eagle Brand Milk touted as the best food for babies used for sixty two years. Promotes free materials from Norden Company Limited Montreal including feeding instructions, a baby book, or a recipe book in various languages.
A fragmented editorial voice complains about incoherence among Europeans and praises persistence. It contrasts linguistic flair with persistent aim to obtain desired outcomes, mentioning a Blasp London Daily Express.
The revised war damage figure for France totals 85 750 000 000 francs, announced by the Minister of Liberated Regions in response to a parliamentary inquiry. France has paid 41 225 000 000 francs to war victims, about 48 percent, largely in government securities.
A terse note notes the phrase lazy man is a dead weight in a sale context, implying lost value from inactivity and lack of effort. No further details or named entities are provided in readable text.
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