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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 04, 1919
Page
5
Mrs E Halsey visited Winnipeg while Mrs W Morrow called on Mrs Chater and daughter at Portage la Prairie. Several townspeople visited Winnipeg and Brandon, with threshing delays from heavy rains. A variety of local news includes people visiting, car ownership, a fire hall addition, school moves, church and social updates, and notes on public affairs and entertainment.
Rivers hosts many returned soldiers and could form a local G W V D branch. Towns of similar size create branches that help them access services and information. A reading room and clubroom would give veterans a quiet place to chat and connect with others who served. Start discussions now.
The town’s school reopened on Wednesday signaling the end of summer holidays. Principal J Simpson and assistant principal Miss Alice Shaver lead a largely new staff including Mrs G Wishart Miss Lucille Rose and Miss Pearl Clarke. Edith Cathers and A M Harrison continue teaching. Attendance at opening exceeded average as the board seeks efficiency.
A learner reports on English spelling quirks with silent letters and pronunciation mistakes. The teacher explains why some letters remain silent, and the student experiments with sounds in words like now snow and how dropping letters changes pronunciation.
A manuscript in the National Library of Paris records医se old medical guidance for physicians. It counsels calm demeanor greet humbly and observe patient rapport yet warns that telling relatives of a grave prognosis only after leaving the room boosts perceived merit and fee if the patient survives or dies.
Ralph of Coggeshall recounts a thirteenth century incident where an Orford fisher netted a hairless beingshaped man. The "wild man" mocked the crew before being captured and eventually slipping back to sea despite their nets and pursuit.
In Quadring Lincolnshire England a village custom endures with a dog whip keeper in the church to drive away dogs. The sexton still earns 10 shillings a year for this duty and the oldest widow receives a brand new gown every two years funded by an elderly benefactor.
The crab lies in wait in a creek with claw extended. A school of killifish may swim by. a victim may drift into the open claw, and the crab snaps shut capturing the fish. The moment ends the prey’s progress and the crabs keep their meal.
The article explains that fish lack eyelids with no eyelids in goldfish. It mentions some species like mackerel and sea mullet may show a transparent film over the eyeball or a nictitating membrane controlled by a muscle.
A fragmented dialogue hints at a debate over mind reading and intelligence with philosophical digressions about supposition and foolishness.
A garbled exchange reveals doubts about a city figure named Basty, with Mr. Growch doubting credibility as the text shows unclear phrases and mentions of dates and a supposed writing.
A lawyer questions juror about understanding the distinction between character and nation. The juror responds with uncertainty about the meaning of the prompt and the attorney clarifies the concept.
The readable fragments describe a Tam as a bin ca ere orn a.
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