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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 20, 1920
Page
8
Ontario and Western Canada agricultural notes urge farmers to plant sunflowers for silage, claiming 15 to 35 tons per acre and superiority to corn. Advises building implement sheds to protect farm machinery and notes a pine lumber car has arrived for viewing.
Bradwardine Mrs A Hunter Miss Hannah Batty and Miss Mary Barr visited Brandon last week. Inspector Hatcher has been visiting the district schools. Another carload of cars arrived for the garage. J R Morrison is back in town after a four week stay at his Beresford farm.
Mrs A Brown spent the week with her daughter Mrs Ashfield of Brandon. Mr Dyer is on the sick list. Mr and Mrs Albert White and family visited Mr and John Thomson on Sunday. Miss Pommer drove to her home at Oak Lake on Sunday. Rumors whether Sid got home all night Sunday evening remain unclear.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs A Rice on Tuesday May 11 at Rivers Hospital.
The Women’s Institute schedules its regular meeting for next Wednesday afternoon the 26th at 3 o'clock in the Rest Room.
Ralph of Cotteshall recounts a tale from Orford where fishermen pull from the sea a man with a long beard living in Orford castle. He eats fish and meat raw and cooked but cannot be spoken to. Eventually the creature escapes back to the sea and vanishes.
In Quadring Lincolnshire Breland a village custom preserves a dog whip used to drive away dogs from the church. The sexton is paid 10 shillings annually for this duty and a yearly gown is given to the village widow. The crab kills fish by stealth catching killies with outstretched claws.
The text notes fish lack true eyelids and sometimes have a transparent film over the eye. It mentions a winking membrane in certain sharks and a muscle regulating it, while musings about mind reading appear in dialogue.
A courtroom exchange questions credibility as Growch challenges a message on a postcard. The lawyer tests the difference between character and reputation with juror responses about how neighbors perceive a person.
A foreign student relays lessons on English spelling and pronunciation with examples like low now snow and why the w is silent. A Paris manuscript for physicians warns of irony in praise and blame as cure outcomes affect merit and hope.
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