Fargo Route Maze and Canadian Border Tour Ends in Winnipeg
An offbeat Fargo travel note describes navigating No. 10 highway past manufacturing districts where trucks block the road. The author recalls detours through Crookston and Noyes into Emerson and Winnipeg, contrasting Canadian and American towns, with a closing jab about a city truck spraying water on a limousine and a quip that there oughta be law.
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Fargo
Crookston
Minn
Manitoba
Rivers
Juyin Lee
America
Noyes
Emerson
Rivers and District
C. A. Maxwells
Colin Campbell
Violet Greasley
Monsieur Mephitis The Bebottied Skunk Op Ed
A humorous editorial on a skunk named M Mephitis drawn to refuse jars in suburban yards. The piece narrates the skunk’s pantry raids, backwards retreat after a jar break, and reactions of bystanders, urging practical aid when needed. It blends whimsy with a gentle call for humane handling of the animal.
Rivers local notes recall past events and figures
Five years ago Rivers counted over 200 telephones in the exchange and saw farmer F J McAndrew die in his 60s as 40 mph winds halted harvests. Ten years ago a Fred Smith potato hill yielded 82 spuds. Twenty years ago S Holtby, formerly of Rivers, was killed in an accident while two silk trains passed. Silk import value across the Pacific set at 7.4 million dollars. Thirty-five years ago a local sugar shortage led merchants to impose limits.
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Rivers Exchange
F. J. McAndrew
Pacific Ocean
Kinney Vacation at Granite Hotel Highlights Historic Guests
Art Kinney of Russell toured Grenfell Sask and stayed in room No 2 at the Granite hotel guest of honor in a property once hosting Theodore Roosevelt James J Hill U S Grant Jr and other notable figures. The Russell Banner notes the presidential room was Art Kinney’s last week and frames the visit as a nod to the hotel’s storied past.
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A Gazette
Winnipeg
Ponty
Main Street
City Street
Korner
Rey
Perth
Stretford
Len. Turnbull
Giichrist
Brockie
Brandon
Funeral Home
C. G. Baizley
Eighth St
Princess Ave
Dr. Baizley
Boissevain
Monsieur Mephitis
Bebottied’ Skunk
Ciaparcn
Creatine
M. Mephitis
von Rave
The
Royal Bank
Royal Bank OF Canada
Fred Smith
Carnegie
S. Holtby
Transcona
Pes
Russell Man
TS Presidents
Art Kinney
Russell
the Grenfell
Red
B.C
Colgates
J. W. Hanlon
Yg AN & Supply
Darrel Harris
Weigh Ggren
Amerock
Hvery
Pune
Wean Lumber CO. Ltd
Town of Rivers
Tom Wright
Confederation Life Association
Third Avenue
Borden Motors Ltd
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