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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 15, 1936
Page
7
Superintendant of Detectives H Darling urged the Vancouver police and traffic committee to issue future licenses in airtight cases with a holder photograph and tamper fading mark. The tamper evident design would prevent license transfers. The piece also quotes unrelated wildlife migration trivia about bees and warblers.
Starr Ellison and Stephanie Dale collide as Michael Fairbourne’s attentions to Starr fuel Stephanie’s jealousy. Stephanie publicly mocks Starr’s publicity and calls Starr a “common adventuress” while noting Michael’s firm handles her book. The confrontation highlights rival motives and social tensions.
Starr Ellison reflects on Michael's story as Lance Marlowe, a dark complexioned playboy with a fortune and a yacht, approaches and Austinly recalls his reputation for leisure and diamonds. The encounter shifts Starr's perception of the social circle and the book's romantic intrigue.
A reader letter extols Kruschen Salts as a cure for backache after a mother’s advice. The missive recounts severe pain, prostration, and relief within two weeks of starting the remedy, noting improved kidney function and reduced acid wastes.
Starr, posing as a socialite, toys with Lance as they dance through a moonlit scene woven with flirtation and deception. He flirts over money and power while she weighs her mask and future in a city of decency’s remnants and peril.
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross director of the U S mint reports a large oblong box containing heavy silver coffin handles six feet long. She notes paying to melt gold and silver, and mentions gifts from kings and queens, bravery medals, and historic items converted to bullion. An opera star trophy case is cited as an example of valuables sold for cash.
A note outlines common gasoline waste by drivers due to improper carburetor adjustment idling high speed and neglect of lubrication. It cites additional causes such as leaking piston rings sticking valves and soft tires with broader claims about desertification in Africa.
Rt. Rev. Dr. Archibald II Fleming, Anglican bishop of the Arctic, reports on a tour of his 2,250,000 square mile diocese. He travelled 4,579 miles by air and 4,000 by rail, saying Eskimos show strong mechanical skill. He highlights a large native-built school at Aklavik for 100 children and a new 48-bed hospital with plans for X-ray equipment.
A luncheon of publicity men and reporters weighed public appeal and concurred that King Edward of England presently holds the world’s greatest personality prestige. The group discussed who with equal fame could draw maximal attention if visiting Hollywood alongside other leading figures.
Dr Hans Simona of the New School of Social Research urged that war is not inevitable and Europe can reach a peaceful solution through a balance of political and economic influences. He noted his former roles in the German Reich and Prussian interior ministry and spoke at a Canadian Club luncheon in London Ontario.
Dr Herman D Richroan of Albany New York woke with a toothache and treated himself at his office. He administered anaesthetic, applied forceps, and pulled the wisdom tooth before returning home to rest for the night.
A report notes many Tibetan monks live in small huts since youth with only openings for food. Some have spent over 40 years enclosed, sustaining themselves in austere solitude.
A devotional meditation quotes Psalm 25 10 urging trust in the Lord and submission to His will It speaks of God’s care for lilies and sparrows and the need for devout courage to bear life’s trials If one cannot do God’s will where one is, then one wonders why God placed them there.
Yoshimtsu Sonobonmatsu born in Japan and married to a Japanese spouse in California navigates the picture-card route to success in American business. After the death of Hotville Packing Co. proprietor in 1931 she took over the indebted firm and a superior court approves her ability to keep it solvent and satisfy all claims. Jethro Wood who invented the modern plow crafted initial models from potatoes.
A Glenboro Manitoba man, Mr Dowd, praises Minard's Liniment for barbed wire cuts on horses and cattle. He urges keeping a bottle at home for quick relief from common farm injuries.
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