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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1917
Page
1
A bulletin from New Jersey state agricultural college outlines eggs as a rich source of nutrition. It compares egg composition to lean beef, notes yolk value, digestibility of cooked eggs, and suggests serving with starches and vegetables. predicts winter prices and preservation tips.
Card of Thanks Mr Alfred Jackson thanks all who helped during his late wife illness and at the funeral. Public sale A small cottage and lot in good location near post office to be sold cheap for cash. Apply 74p Somewhere between north town and old town a black hand bag with two pearl bags one fountain pen tickets of fair and $4 to $5 in money missing. Reward for reforming same. Name inside papers Mes D F Forbes co R N W M P Wilkie. Drummond Creek 5S D 2406 Requires teacher holding third-class certificate duties Sept 3 to December apply to W Smith See Sec Treas.
For sale a small well built shack 13x6 ft warm and in good shape for removal from lot. Also farm for sale one section five miles from Delmas with good farm land, suitable for cattle, running water near buildings, dwelling house, large stables and implements. Terms reasonable. For information contact Maguire's.
Mrs Alfred Jackson of Battleford died Saturday evening after pneumonia set in the day before. Born in York shire England 39 years ago she came to Canada in 1912 with her husband. Survived by husband six workers and two sisters three brothers serving in the army. Funeral at Methodist church with Mr Bellingham officiating. Ethel Redding and LO D E members listed among contributors and offerings from many local names.
The Protestant School Board decides to employ four teachers at the provincial hospital school as children will be educated there. Mr Gillesby will not re engage, implying a current female teacher may be named principal. Miss Burk of Wapella, formerly with MacLean & Hutchins, is visiting Mrs Schaeffer.
Miss McKellar vacationed with friends at Speers and Mrs G F G Atkinson hosted a dance at Eight Mile Lake. Jus Rourke, in Saskatoon hospital for pulmonary trouble, is in critical condition. Ottawa telegraph reports local school offered for a military hospital. School Board renews a favorable offer. Patterson, charged with assaulting a peace officer, awaits trial. Bailey jailed after liquor sale conviction. Steve Small jailed for drunk and disorderly, attempted suicide. medical board blocked enlistment due to varicose veins. rumors of Small’s death denied by doctors. Domestic troubles cited for Small’s actions.
Farmers begin wheat cutting as rains aid late oat crops. Nelson Bros cattle sale at Prongua attracts few buyers but ends strong with top price 2101 for a Shorthorn cow. Sale grossed just over 4400 cash. New elevators shipments arrive, a Dunlop barn dance raises 41.50 for Red Cross, and the Women’s Auxiliary plans a September event.
A wedding at the Church of the Ascension united Frank S Bradley of Battleford and Helen Javes Hayes. The Saskatchewan groom traveled to Canada to wed the former Battleford mission school matron now serving as a munition inspector. The bride wore blue silk with shell pink crepe de chine, and Canadian beauty roses adorned her bouquet. Gifts included a silver cutlery set and club bag from Manitoba staff and local companies, with several cheques from friends. The couple departed for a lake trip to their Battleford home.
The piece jokes about Bob Rogers resigning and laments Liberal tactics in Canada. It praises journalism against partyism, recalls past wages, and argues for international cooperation, world citizenship, and Allied victory to curb German militarism and reduce tariff barriers. It ends praising soldiers allied with Belgians French Latin and Slav peoples.
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