22 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 22, 1918
Page
1
The piece rails at German autocracy and royal pomp, cites U S and Allied wars, and condemns Prussian press restrictions while urging support for Victory Loan drives and Red Cross. It notes a lemon extract drinking scare and warns against unsafe tonics as citizens face wartime shortages.
Auction at Leeder Hall Main St Battleford begins at 1 30 pm offering a dandy piano and wide range of household goods. Items include stoves, furniture, sewing machines, china glassware, beds, garden tools, a DeLaval separator, wagon gear, clothing, and more with cash no reserve and all goes to highest bidder.
District trustees praised for school repairs grounds tidied and care of school property Coyote activity near barns reported Dr F G Nelson takes hospital post Moose Jaw Mea Chas Truscott visiting J O Bridge Winnie Stewart returns home from town Indian reserve hay stacks impressive missed opportunity to harvest earlier Bay camps returning home for harvest Homemakers club meets at Mrs Palmer August 29th
Allies have captured 100,000 prisoners since their big July offensive begun on July 18. The holiday Monday, September 2, marks Labor Day in this report.
A letter from Fred Starnes asks to remember the 232nd boys left behind and recalls a canceled Grain Growers meeting. School reopens with good turnout and concerns about free range cattle damaging crops. The district laments losses from cattle and calls for fence laws, while mourning J. Griffiths, son-in-law of A. Rollitt, who traveled to Rochester for Mayo Bros. assistance.
Mr. Gordon of Saskatoon leaves his family town after taking a position in the grocery department at Maclean and Hatch ine.
Major Campbell arrived and held no formal inquiry after witnesses spoke of harsh enforcement. The Military Service Act will be enforced with fewer objections, offenders to be tried locally. A farmer praised selling milk to Battleford Creamery, plans to expand his herd from seven to twenty cows as grain crops failed.
Casualty reports include Maj. Layton son of R. Layton, and Allin Richardson adopted son of Mrs. Mary Smith. Pte. Bloomfield of North Battleford and F. A. Evans of Thackersy also named. Garland Entertainers, veterans’ children group, perform at Battleford Town Hall Monday at 8 30 p.m. Advertisement noted.
The piece praises the district’s dairy cows as a symbol of enduring prosperity and contentment linked to ancestral wisdom. It suggests an inspection tour would show the positive bond between the community and local dairy farming practices.
The notice records the purchase of agreements of sale and mortgages in Saskatchewan A, detailing transfer of contracts and secured obligations to new holders. Reading indicates formal assignment of rights and potential implications for debt and property encumbrances.
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