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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 27, 1920
Page
7
Community booster writes about bumper wheat prices and falling supply as Canada and Russia affect markets. An advertisement promotes Chieftain Brand screens for homes and farm buildings, urging readers to request the Chieftain Magazine and plan efficient farm buildings.
The Canadian Red Cross Society opens a London hostel at 20 Prince's Gardens for women relatives of fallen Canadians. Operated with New Zealand Claim Service, it offers forty beds on a cost basis with a daily charge of two pounds for bed and meals. Winnipeg Manitoba Red Cross HQ is 317 Portage Avenue.
The Lucknow Chapter ILO 7 conducted a sale of home cooking and fancy work at the Town Hall last Saturday, drawing steady patronage and supporting the group’s community efforts.
A writer argues slang corrupts solemn scenes and misuses phrases. Examples include Love's Labor's Lost and A Tale of Two Cities where modern slang such as twenty three provokes laughter, risking loss of pathos in teaching and dramatic impact.
Professor W H Day of Ontario Agricultural College led a 13 year study showing lightning rods provide strong protection. In 1912 Ontario achieved 94.5 percent rod effectiveness, while insured farm buildings had 21 percent rodded and only three of 200 struck by lightning were rodded. Day argues rods, properly installed, are a scientific precaution with direct metallic connection to the structure and no insulators.
Saskatchewan reports growing dairy interest as co operative creameries increase beyond 11 with two more planned. The provincial creamery branch notes at least one new application daily for creameries in districts showing promising support. In Quebec, Mrs. A M Langstaff becomes the first woman in McGill law history to pass all exams and earn a B C L degree, with Bar Association decision pending.
The Dominion Government agrees to pay New Brunswick 66282 in settlement of long outstanding fisheries claims after the 1882 Privy Council ruling that riparian owners hold inland water fishery rights. The Provincial Government sought 140000 as compensation. Oyster cultivation near Miramichi river mouth to be started by a new company.
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