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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 14, 1948
Page
4
Hedy Gillis, proprietor of a one edte old forge, laments tractors stealing business as three of his sons refuse to follow in smithing. He notes his family history and mocks modern ambition while lamenting decreasing demand. The piece mentions farmers and a changing craft landscape.
Saskatchewan breeder Edward McCrea, among five western Canada men, raises 30 Appaloosa horses in McCord. He won multiple ribbons in Lewiston competition among 80 Appaloosas, tracing the breed to Nez Perce history and Palouse region.
The excerpt notes primitive clocks and hand wound watches, a refrigerator that ceases refrigeration, and an electric range that stops. It mentions Cleveland baseball, a season surpassing ten million, and critiques big business gaining free advertising, with major league baseball cited as a contrast.
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