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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 17, 1949
Page
3
Montreal officials weigh adding numbers to street names to reduce navigation confusion for visitors. The plan would pair numbers with existing names, creating clear, unique identifiers across districts and major routes.
A historical note records the first printing presses in France established via the Sorbonne in Paris in 1470. It also cites weights for items, mentioning a hiom weighing S17 pounds and a tiger weighing 670 pounds.
A nostalgic survey of historic transport modes from horse drawn streetcars to cable cars, rails on stilts, and double deck trams. It notes the costs of parcels on early street railways, the sight of funeral cars, and odd fleet details like windowless Puerto Rico trams before turning to ship provisioning for the Queen Mary and reactions to bagpipe music by Scottish-Canadian troops.
Liverpool. Lawyer described Mrs. Doris Lake as lonely after release from jail calling it the most terrible thing in her life. Lake, who began crime at 15, has spent more years in prison than out. Defense notes she fears life outside after repeated incarcerations. Judge imposed another five years in jail.
London reports warn of soaring fur coat costs as current stocks dwindle and prices could nearly double. Mink muskrat beaver coats expected to rise, with limited supply and warnings of production constraints across major retailers.
A September 17, 1914 cheque to Norman Fox remained unpaid as he died before cashing it. His executor also died before presenting the cheque. This year Grenfell lawyer A Gowley located the papers, recovered the cheque, and cashed it.
The Saskatchewan sheep breeders association plans a winter campaign using a new poison that is tasteless odorless and has no known antidote. It is deadly to coyotes but reportedly less harmful to other animals.
Isolated voters across Cranberry Portage to the Saskatchewan border received ballots by parachute in the Manitoba provincial election. Returns were delivered by dog team and short wave radio, highlighting remote participation.
Canada’s largest grain carrier Hochelaga sailed from Fort William on its maiden voyage to Pt Colbourne Ont. The vessel can carry 570000 bushels of wheat to the empire’s largest flour mill, marking a milestone in shipping history.
About 40 600 vitamin capsules have been provided for local school children and the home and school association. Milk for the winter months is now being distributed to pupils in grades one to five.
The article discusses an old superstition that emer alds could sharpen mental acuity and grant predictive power when placed under the tongue, linking the herb to wealth and foresight in ancient thought.
Indigenous residents of a Manitoba reserve north of Winnipeg are urged toward self-sufficiency as schools near completion and farming programs expand. Since Mr. Davis’s tenure two years ago, educational facilities have doubled, three new teachered towns rise, and at least 20 new farmers obtain tractors. The Winnipeg Electric Company seeks fare increases approved by the municipal and public utility board, with tickets at three for 25 cents from the prior two for 15 cents.
Newsweek notes Sweden may be pressed by its army to revise abstention from the Atlantic Pact. Swedish general staff officers complain of isolation from Pact colleagues, and resented not being invited to maneuvers in Germany. Britain also refused Swedish air cadets training with the RAF.
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