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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 11, 1920
Page
7
A local booster urges readers to seek a home of their own as the key to happiness and financial gains. The piece promotes cash purchases from November 1 to spring with a 5 percent discount, emphasizes honest business, and notes a planned winter rink to provide wholesome youth activities.
The Adit Bible Class of the Union Sunday School organized on Monday evenings electing President Mrs C A Awear Vice President Mrs 7 Creator Secretary Treasurer Miss Nettie Johnson Teacher Best Madden. The Sunday School plans a toast event next session with details to be given Sunday afternoon and Christmas program preparations already underway.
The editor welcomes reader suggestions and constructive criticism but will not publish unsigned or defamatory letters. Submissions must bear the writer's name and stamps to help protect individuals and avoid community harm. The column aims to aid town and district interests.
Planning a winter holiday consult the nearest Canadian National Grand Trunk Railway agent or write to Mr W J Quinlan Winnipeg Man district passenger agent. Representatives offer travel advice to pick attractive routes and arrange comfortable trips. If choosing the West we offer varied routes and circuit tours with diverse scenery and new interests all the way.
Church notices list evening service at 7 30 with Sunday School at 2 30 pm. Women and girls groups meet monthly on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 3 pm. Chair practice Friday evenings. Daily Sunday School at 9 00 am and public worship times noted. Pastor Rev WB Sallans referenced.
Rivers James Church holds Sunday School at 2 g9 pm with Evening Prayer at 7 39. Bible Class meets Wednesday 7 30 at the Rectory. Wheatland Christ Church offers Sunday School at 10 00 pm and Morning Prayer each Sunday at 11 00. Roseville service every Sunday at 3 30 pm with Sunday School at 3 39 pm. Mrs Hall hosts visitors first Wednesday each month at home.
A reflection on sudden riches and how people imagine spending vast fortune. Andrew Caralea ponders the stress of managing a hypothetical three hundred million dollars, noting friends’ flashy ideas and his own hesitation about prudent choices and ongoing interest.
Two male elephants court a female by a ritual of presenting increasingly larger branches rather than fighting. Each contestant uproots branches and lays them before the female, who chooses the owner of the tallest tree. The loser withdraws, the winner gains the female, a display noted for its intelligence.
Washington Star describes Parisian beggars who study victims at exams and races to exploit superstitions. They target students on Sorbonne exam days, promising luck and happiness while predicting bad outcomes like being blackballed. The article notes beggars’ presence at Hotel de Ville exams and sporting events.
The article describes Egyptian headgear such as wigs caps and hoods found in tomb reliefs. It notes large cupola shaped wigs likely of hair or tow and caps of unknown material, with yellow brass like helmets and white red crowns representing upper and lower Egypt. The pschent symbolizes rule. Crowned caps appear with hoods and chin straps.
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