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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 18, 1919
Page
5
Thanksgiving Day falls on October 13. Rivers Fair is set for October 9. Local updates include recoveries, visits, and departures. An auction of farm stock will occur October 1 at Cousins farm. Rivers Boys and Girls Fair on October 4. Community notices cover church, school, and club activities with several residents traveling or relocating.
The Town of Rivers lowers its tax levy to 25.14 mills marking a big reduction from last year. Vincent and Miss R Hill led the Epworth League social event on Monday. The Lyric moving picture theatre has reopened after a weeks long closure under new management.
The Methodist Church marks its anniversary with morning and evening services led by Rev. R. E. Spence of Hamiota. An annual concert follows on Oct 27. Fuller details to be announced later.
Rivers reports a large town delegation seized the first day of duck season with ideal weather and roads aiding travel. Early bags are described as good and many residents are already enjoying duck dinners.
J. H Barker, painter and decorator, attends to the interior of the Presbyterian Church, refreshing walls and detailing the sanctuary.
Hail damages across Saskatchewan this year require an indemnity nearing two million. Municipalities will fund the payment by levying a flat rate on all land within their jurisdictions.
A Saskatchewan farming accident near Biggar killed 26 year old Adrian Forget while starting a gasoline engine. The fly wheel turned and caused a fatal head severing injury.
Last Thursday and Friday, 1Sergt. A. Birtwhistle of the RNWMP, Corp. F. Duckworth of the Provincial Police, and Preventive Officer J N Danis of the Inland Revenue Department raided many houses in Melville town and district and seized eleven stills. Among those caught were a town policeman, a municipal councillor, a liveryman, a blacksmith, several GTP laborers and several farmers.
A dark brown cloth overcoat lost on August 27 near Rivers land at Robt. White's corner. Finder is asked to leave it at the Gazette office.
In the matter of the estate of Martin Wareham late of Rivers Manitoba deceased all claims against the estate must be sent to the undersigned at Rivers Manitoba on or before the first day of November 1919 Dated September 12 1919
A humorous exchange reveals a bachelor’s bold reply to a scolding lover. The lady cautions him against flirting, while he bluntly admits he sought a prettier face than hers, highlighting the pair’s witty tension.
A fragment shows a judge prompting why the plaintiff was beaten. The prisoner offers a bizarre horse query with a misfired pun about equinormity. The scene ends with an unclear discharge remark.
A new group, the Non-Smokers' Protective League, is organized to curb public smoking seen as a nuisance. The piece labels smokers as insolent and argues non-smokers deserve comfort in shared spaces. It criticizes smokers for assuming rights to public air and urges smokers to consider others.
A bedside medical kit for nurseries should hang within easy reach of the nurse but out of children’s reach. It includes blunt scissors pins needles cotton wool bandages and a card of directions plus remedies such as sticking-plaster calendula lotion linseed oil lime water diluted ammonia mustard and vinegar for common injuries.
The text describes China as isolated from the world up to the 19th century, surrounded by deserts, forests, mountains, swamps, and seas. It notes vast natural resources and self-contained development, with dynastic changes and invasions mostly from the north, shaping a unique civilizational trajectory.
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