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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 22, 1919
Page
4
A reward is offered by Robt. H. White of Rivers for information leading to the whereabouts of a suspected item. The notice seeks any help from the public to locate the subject and provides no further details.
Dark bay mare three years old this coming fall in poor condition with joint ill symptoms. Description notes dark points and large joints, owner offers remuneration for information leading to recovery. Contact J. C. Silcox Oak River Ruchange with reverse message 37-15.
Town of Rivers enacts curfew rules forbidding anyone under fourteen on streets after 9 PM with a bell warning. Constable may warn and remove loitering children. parents face fines up to five dollars plus costs after written warnings. Bylaw takes effect May 19, 1919, passed May 7, 1919.
A comprehensive list of town and out of town businesses appears in the Gazette. It names general stores jewelers hardware insurers bank services and more with contactable entries for readers seeking goods services and professional help.
The article details women using shallow inverted conical bateas to sift gold and platinum from river gravels and sand. It notes diving methods for sand recovery and that river deposits supplied much gold later shipped to Spain. It mentions that platinum was once unknown and that Quibdo banned street washing of earth in 1913 to curb health issues.
In Japan quiet booths host silent auctions where buyers place slips in a box. The auctioneer displays the item while no bids are spoken, and the highest bid wins. The system, though quiet, is heavily patronized by Japanese buyers.
A reward is offered by the owner for two 2 year old colts. The horses must be delivered to the Livery Barn or to Alex McKinnon in Pettapiece. The reward is payable by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.
Eggs for hatching from pure bred .C.W. Leg horns and Barred Rocks. Extra large birds good layers. 200 eggs per setting of 15 eggs at $12 per 100. Barred Rocks guild strain choicest hens. Cockerel pen headed to choicest. $3 per setting 13 eggs. 7 fertile eggs guaranteed. Order early CHAS. NOWE 6th Ave Rivers.
For sale a Shorthorn Bull described as a dandy. Also for sale cheap or for trade for mare or young cattle, the purebred stallion Flash Roffos. Contact R. W. Sargent at phone 46-5 in Rivers.
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