Rivers Gazette Opens Subscriptions at Town Outlet
The Rivers Gazette, a community weekly established in July 1998 by T. W. Offen, announces subscription rates. Prices are 2.09 a year in Canada and 3.00 a year elsewhere, payable in advance, with an Ottawa postal authorization and listing at 211 Main Street. G. F. Barker is noted on the notice.
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Post Office Department
Ottawa
T. W. Offen
Gazette Dcc
Main Street
Manitoba
Canada
Rivers Community Hall Election Day Plea
Millions aspire to tomorrow's vote as Rivers prepares a nonpartisan local election to choose a mayor and three councilors. Citizens are urged to vote freely on Friday, with reminders that town affairs are personal responsibilities and civic participation reflects broader democratic values.
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Rivers
Proponents Drive Debate On Complete Welfare State
Proponents of a complete welfare state rally support, highlighted by speakers from New Lis Keard and Tamisgaming as they advocate broader social protections and expanded government aid programs.
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Liskeard
Cancer Myths Debunked and Cure Knowledge Promoted
The article clarifies cancer is not incurable or contagious and stresses early cancers may be curable. It promotes booklets from the Manitoba Cancer Relief and Research Institute in Winnipeg and notes a Canada unity comment by Willard E. Ireland about regionalism and British Columbia’s role in the Dominion.
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Manitoba Cancer Relief and Research Intitute
William Avenue
Winnipeg
Rivers Ladies Auxiliary
Canadian Legion
Canada
Willard E. Ireland
B.C
Kamloops
A Family Heritage and Pride Across Canadian Roots
A reflection on family pride rooted in ancestry, noting many Canadians have relatives who founded a place, even if they lack famous forebears. The piece contrasts grand imperial founders with everyday lines of descent and the value of acknowledging heritage.
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Canada
Family memories spark a tale of loyalty and danger
A narrator reflects on ancestral feats from printers to a great aunt captured at Duck Lake, linking personal history to public shocks like Civil War editorials and draft riots. The piece threads through DDT debates, ancient Diana myths, and a temple’s ruin unearthed by British Museum explorers after centuries submerged.
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Duck Lake
Alberta
Horace Greeley
Tribune
Reproach Breaks My Heart in Heavy Sorrow Psalm Verse
A strained heart and sorrowful spirit seek pity and comfort but find none as the speaker laments in Psalm 69 verse 20, conveying deep distress.
Seven Wonders of the World Diana Temple History
The article recounts the Diana of Ephesus temple story from heavenward origins to decay. It notes eight century B C plat form, repeated rebuilding, a burning during the birth of Alexander the Great, and later temple replacements. It cites vast patronage and gifts, historic dimensions of the first temple, and the lack of a known current location.
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Diana
Ephesus
Herostratus
Alexander the Great
Wartime memories and 1945 family relief in Daly
The Daly column recalls postwar shifts in money and welfare with grandchildren receiving government aid, wartime price controls on beef, and a Vancouver rail accident. It notes the global impact of the atomic bomb and World War II sentiment spreading through Rivers Wheatland Bradwardine Carnegie and Daly communities as the piece leads toward a continuation.
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Prices and Trade Board
Yesteryear
Vancouver
John Tippeltz
Hong Kong
Tipperary
Japan
Daly
Rivers
Wheatland
Bradwardine
Carnegie
City sells land for hospital site at token dollar
Bovom reports Sydney council sold a parcel to St. Rita hospital board for one dollar to host a proposed 1.5 million dollar hospital. The city notes it had previously bought the land ten years ago for the same nominal price.
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Bovom
Sydney
N.S
St. Rita Hospital Board
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