Community Weekly Newspaper Established in Rivers Manitoba
Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office Department at Ottawa. A community weekly founded July 1908 by T. W. Offen, issued Thursdays from The Gazette Office at 209 211 Main Street Rivers Manitoba. Subscriptions two dollars yearly in Canada and two dollars fifty cents to the United States, payable in advance.
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Post Office Department
Ottawa
T. W. Offen
Gazette
Main Street
Rivers
Manitoba
Canada
United States
Rivers Cemetery Cleanup Reveals Forgotten Graves and Pride
A Rivers cemetery cleanup exposes neglected graves beneath tangled weeds and rotting posts. Citizens with rakes and shovels restore order, turning a once dismal site into a solemn, dignified resting place for pioneers and neighbors, while critics complain about socio economic neglect and memory. The piece also notes doubts about taxes, referencing Canada’s sales tax history and wartime rate changes.
Fire Alarm Warns Rivers Citizens To Stand Back
A Rivers editorial warns against crowding around active fire scenes as spectators risk danger and obstruct equipment. It notes upcoming drills with a red fire truck and urges motorists to pull over and keep sidewalks clear while firefighters work. The piece cites local incidents and reflects on community pride and restraint.
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Fire Brigade
Community Planning Week Highlighted in Manitoba
The week from May 28 to June 2 is set aside as Community Planning Week in Manitoba. Sponsored by the provincial division of the Community Planning Association of Canada, it aims to foster public understanding and participation in planning to improve housing, recreation, culture, and business facilities, and to make towns better to live in and more attractive to industries and visitors.
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Manitoba
Community Planning Association of Canada
Pattering of Progress and Puzzles in A Living Newspaper
A collage of lighthearted observations on TV demand, home appliances, and clever inventors from a mid century column. The piece riffs on factory life and consumer culture with jokes from classroom exchanges and a housewife’s wary optimism about rationing. It also notes a Davron synthetic fiber for suits and a joke about a rainstorm test launch.
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Davron
Proverbs Verse About Ants Conies Locusts and Spider
A reader quote from Proverbs 30 25 28 urges reflection on small creatures and their enterprise The passage highlights ants preparation in summer the resilience of small creatures and the spider's industrious grip while noting even feeble beings can reach places of power
Global and local notices mix from Niagara Falls and Moose Jaw
Ottawa pledges universal service if needed, while Japan backs conservatives in most prefectures. Socialists captured four governorships as Shigeru Yoshida secures US cooperation. Argentina foresees atomic power for national energy. In Moose Jaw, Charles Stokins and wife faced jury duty in same session, with one juror excused. London War Office lists 371 soldiers.
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Shigeru Yoshida
United States
Peron
Argentina
Congress
King's Bench Court
Moose Jaw
Charles Stokins
Mr. Stoking
War Casualties and Jobs for Disabled Veterans
A scrambled wartime note reports fifty two officers and two soldiers missing or wounded in Korea involving Royal Fusiliers. It mentions a York hospital patient with a peculiar wound and a cash amount of 20 500. Great Lakes Steel Corp is highlighted for hiring veterans with disabilities seeking meaningful work and recognition.
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Koreas
Figt
Royal Neethumberiant Fusiliers
Pas
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
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Menoy
G. F. Barker
Rivers Cemetery
Neatniss
Morden Times
Matt, Bill and
John Wareham
Dinsdale
Brandon
Talter Dinsdale, Dec
George Dinsdale
Walter
Raiko
Florida
Washington
Ilelt
Schoolboy
Tommy
Niagara Falls
War Office
London
Peterborough
Aoman
York
Watson's
Castile
City Dry Cleaning
Marshall- Wells
Forman
the Rivers Drug Store
Rumford's Dry Cleaning
G. M
Nyal Drugs
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