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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 08, 1949
Page
3
The HRivers Gazette lists subscription at 250 dollars annually in advance. Published by the Post Office Department and printed at 411 Main Tar, with office located at 200oa. The notice mentions The Gazette Office and references subscriber services under publisher BARKER.
The Pembroke Bulletin notes anxiety over doubling radio license fees to fund television in Canada. Citizens with low incomes fear loss of entertainment as 32.50 licenses rise to 5, delaying nationwide TV. Report highlights that many would forgo other needs and relocate seeking work and land instead of paying for broadcasts.
The excerpt notes CS Lewis an English fantasy writer with theological ties. In a character’s line cited by the Print ed Word the piece suggests a remark that might illuminate why many husbands misinterpret domestic issues. The quote hints at a fundamental collaborative difficulty.
The Kentville Advertiser notes differences in male and female speech patterns with puns as a playful example. It contrasts a man’s verbose instruction about placing a bow with a simple female reply and asks where the item belongs. The piece ends by remarking on cooling weather and the plan to shovel snow to stay warm.
An Ontario piece urges farmers to protect crops by humane, swift shooting if bears invade farms. It warns bears are unpredictable when startled and, though plentiful, should be killed if they threaten people or property. It cautions against ax killings and frame risks of feeding bears to tourists. It adds a note from Abbotsford News advocating steady car speed to prevent accidents.
A verse from Jeremiah 2 11 asks if a nation can change its gods and declares that the people have changed their glory for something that profits nothing. The reflection contrasts divine fidelity with abandoned worship.
The article notes Saskatoon growing in popularity despite Saskatchewan’s fading provincial population. It describes a cleaner downtown with a modern railway presence and improving business districts, contrasting CPR train operations with an advertising car blaring past churches during services.
A bear seized a pig from Henry Halvorson’s farm in Hinchcliffe Saskatchewan but was stopped by sharpshooter Arthur Brown. Three weeks earlier a mother bear and two cubs were killed on another district farm.
Members must make all payments before September 15 1949 to 7 E Borrowman Rivers Manitoba Remittances accepted any time between now and September 15.
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