Rivers Manitoba weekly newspaper details and rates
Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office Depart ment at Ottawa. A community weekly newspaper established July 1908 by T. W. Offen, issued Thursdays from The Gazette Office, 203-211 Main Street, Rivers. Subscription rates are $2.00 per year in Canada and $2.50 to the United States, payable in advance. G. F. Barker.
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Post Office Department
Ottawa
T. W. Offen
Gazette Office
Main Street
Rivers
Manitoba
Canada
United States
Rivers council shelves sidewalks until 1952 estimates
Rivers council has shelved a petition for sidewalks until the 1952 estimates are made. About 50 blocks need work including repairing or replacing damaged walks from wartime and the building boom era. Residents may improvise by building temporary gravel walks fronting their properties. Fire protection costs and street lighting add to the taxpayer burden before 1952. Mayor Caouette supports a by law restricting firecrackers to holidays due to complaints from frightened residents.
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Corporation of Rivers
Daly
Rouyn
Maurice Caouette
Rouyn-Noranda
Freedom’s Quotations Question Americanized
A Wellington New Zealand weekly defends corrections to familiar quotes attributing proper origins and wording. It lists misattributions for phrases such as a needle in a haystack and the end justifies the means, noting historical changes and accurate authorship.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Puty
R. J. Deacman
Canada prepares for vast 1951 census expansion
Herbert Marshall, the Skaninoma statistician, predicts unrivaled expansion amid rapid population growth. The 18,000 enumerators will survey fisheries irrigation and resource sectors, with data kept confidential. The census, costing about 9 million dollars, aims to gauge social and economic conditions and guide national commitments.
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Herbert Marshall
Skaninoma
Canada
Saind
Marshall
Dominion
Verse for Todayn 4 The Lord reigneth let the earth rejoice
The Toronto Star notes a reader quips that butter rose to 93 cents but adds prices do not move by themselves. Prices rise when producers or middlemen raise them, with added markups along the way. The piece shifts to a wedding anniversary moment as Pa prepares to work while Ma questions how they will celebrate.
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Toronto Star
Vanity and imagination spark a quirky diary tale
A fragmentary piece recalls Milosh Ruzich claiming a 225th birthday milestone and a daughter quizzing her father about Jim. The punchline lists odd items emptied from pockets before washing, ending with a bureau drawer full of random objects and a humorous note on vanity and memory.
Canadian-German society marks 45th anniversary
Winnipeg citizens of German descent praised as strong Canadians at a dinner for the Canadian-German society's 45th anniversary. Education minister W. C. Miller highlighted this group's role over two centuries. In McAuley Manitoba a freak cyclone uprooted trees toppled poles shattered windows and cut power for more than two hours with no injuries. Halifax Rev John Linton urged temperance. provinces seek royal commission to study alcohol in Canada.
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Winnipeg
W. C. Miller
McAuley
Man
Cherry Grove
Halifax
John Linton
Toronto
Canadian Temperance Federation
Canada
Two Minutes of Silence Proposed by Po
St Thomas Times Journal commentary urges motorists to avoid overdriving headlights during fog examined with a safety voice. It notes visibility limits of 26 to 30 yards and warns that even at legal speeds a crash risk remains if stopping distance exceeds headlight range. A wartime statistic appears in Berlin context.
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St. Thomas
Fragmented wartime notes mix armament talks and peace hopes
The item surveys arming capacity and wartime spending, questions if Allies can pressure Soviet leaders into a real peace pact, and references anxious commentary on MacArthur and a communist description of civilization amid wartime discourse.
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Tivan
Hay & Stiall
Theo Sere
Esaeiiy
To Oxly
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Rivers Gazette
G. F. Barker
Addison
Fletcher
Cibber
Ghia Grabba
Heywood
Lowell
Biglow
Prior
Birds-Eye
Matt, Bill and
John Wareham
Gazette Azings
Milosh Ruzich
Prasant
Alan
Dad
Jim
Welt
Berlin
Korea
Palestine
Conan Ea
United Nations Relief and
Near East
J. W. Hales
Detty
Act Aitiog Peranpent Ag Eer
Fat Re Baee
U.N. Relief and Works Agency For Palestine Palestine Refugees
Sudbury Star
General MacArthur
Rewa
Quebec
Adesic
Davenport
Marshall- Wells
Forman'’S
Brat
the Rivers Drug Store
Rumford's Dry
G. M
Nyal Drugs
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