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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 30, 1941
Page
2
Devona, under Macias's calculated control, faces danger as Freda Camp appears with a pistol. Macias traps Devona in a high stakes game while brazen threats and a quick act of violence threaten to topple the fragile power balance inside the Louis Quatorze suite.
Devyona cowers as Macias brandishes a gun and orders her to stay put. He plans to force her departure with the help of Wong, while Wong’s arrival is interrupted by the police and a mysterious gunman. A tense standoff ends with a police disruption and a new threat emerging.
A des patch from St Pauls Minnesota reports a young man on a dance floor fell when a friend pulled the chair and injured his spine. He will be an invalid for life. The piece urges not to meddle with others lives for mere laughs and notes a London Chronicle forecast of another HMS Hood in commission by year end. It also notes a woman finds no joy without tears.
The Department of National War Services seeks 300 cooks for the Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force and Canadian Women's Army Corps. No culinary expertise required beyond home style recipes. Volunteers receive a uniform, board, and medical care, with pay at ninety cents daily. Training includes Havergal College and a six week course at Guelph, then postings to RCAF stations.
A collage of aphorisms from March Shaftesbury Channing Eddy Taylor and Marcus Antoninus extols thinking self examination and guarding thoughts. The collection links wisdom to virtue and reason as keys to happiness and human progress.
A German man returns from Hitler's funeral to tell his wife about the pomp and flowers. He recalls speeches by Goering Gobbels and von Ribbentrop and the crowd's repeated lowering and raising of the casket to encore the applause.
The For Better Health Standard A resolution from the British Columbia Teachers' Federation urges an intensive education campaign on health preservation and disease prevention. It was forwarded to Ottawa by the Health League of Canada, calling on the Dominion Government to lead nationwide efforts in cooperation with public health departments and other bodies to raise Canada's health and efficiency standards.
An odd historical mention describes an ambulance drawn by a bicycle to assist injured persons in maid areas. The piece jokes about the feasibility and access, noting that hanging vehicles cannot enter certain zones and referencing a person named Kaiser in a curt, fragmented style.
Learn to create self watering glass gardens using cacti, sempervivum, and African violet in jars and bowls. Article promotes a 32 page booklet from Winnipeg Newspaper Union detailing terrariums, bottle gardens, herb setups, and other indoor garden projects priced at 15c.
A Mancheter Guardian note recalls a Scots superstition where herring drifters ban pork aboard ship due to theological scruples against eels. Two nights of poor catches followed by a skipper uncovering pork, which was then discarded and blamed for the dearth. The story highlights kitchen taboos shaping seafaring lore on the Fife seaboard.
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