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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 08, 1942
Page
2
In wartime Beldon Hall hosts a village flower show with the anticipated Rose Cup. Stationmaster James Ballard wins the top prize for a flower nicknamed Mrs Miniver, while Lady Beldon secures the second prize amid crowd cheers and mixed emotions.
Ordinary Seaman Kenneth Watson the youngest rated aboard H.M.C.S. Assiniboine was the sole Canadian lost when the destroyer rammed and sank a German U boat after a close range battle. Watson hailed from Revelstoke British Columbia. Mrs Miniver scenes of war unfold in England as a village watches a bombing raid while a church service honors the fallen and mourns a bell ringer and a young girl married at the altar two weeks prior.
A collection of light quips and one liners set at a dining scene with Mary and her father. Jokes cover marriage quirks a stubborn debt and a wry take on rural life in Glasgow with an American soldier's offbeat banter about burying the dead.
Scientists estimate Prussian amber to be 40,000,000 years old. Birch oil is taking the place of synthetic wintergreen oil used in drugs, disinfectants, insect powders, candies and chewing gum.
A Home Service booklet from Winnipeg News Es 173 McDermot Ave offers grammar fixes and sample letters. It teaches picking high spots, using picture phrases, and correcting common errors. It includes 24 model letters for business, friendly, and social correspondence and costs 15 cents.
Puzzle-like list of clues covering varied terms from anatomy to geography and language. Includes science terms, historical names, and mixed wordplay across multiple categories. Appears to be a crossword style grid with numbered hints and some OCR glitches in several entries.
British Columbia has practically no log stocks in reserve due to a labor shortage. Lands Minister Gray noted that normally during this period there would be between 200,000,000 and 300,000,000 feet of logs in the water awaiting shipment.
An inventor from Sydney Nova Scotia claims to see through solid objects up to 12 feet thick and has submitted the device to the New South Wales section of the army invention directorate which said the invention is on the right track.
Canada hosts numerous mineral deposits of great value including amber bentonite corundum diatomite feldspar graphite mica and phosphate rock. The article highlights the abundance and economic potential of these minerals across the country.
Aboard a 19 ton schooner fleeing the Japanese, eleven unskilled crew members reached Auckland. Led by Rev. E. C. Leadley and including Dr. A. G. Rutter Miss E. Harkness and Miss V. Cannon the group sailed 1000 miles from the Solomon Islands to Mackay Australia. Only one crewman was an experienced seaman a cripple who had sailed thirty years prior. Five men and six women comprised the party.
A housewife reports trekking about eight miles each day as part of her standard domestic routine, illustrating the physical scope of everyday chores and errands in her household.
A concise note highlights the lasting legacy of ancient Greek art and structures, tracing influence across millennia. Prominent achievements in sculpture and architecture are cited as durable cultural pillars, shaping Western aesthetics and monumental design through modern eras.
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