Local Briefs and Society Notes from the Region
A. Finch visits Maidstone with friends while Dr and Mrs Millar and Master Donald return from Rochester. Sergt Browning departs for Tarteford after a transfer. Mrs Porter and sister head to Saskatoon for a fortnight, J D Noel travels to Winnipeg for a mother’s visit. G Gowing Frost advertised for sales. Aitkin returns from Regina after court stenography duty. Willing Workers thank Edith Makepeace for socks. Society meets at Mrs Osborn’s home next week. J W Heskin plans move to Vancouver for shipyard work. Fish to rise in Canada market. refrigerator car service announced from Nova Scotia to Toronto. Hailstorms near High River and Saskatoon cause some damage but not serious. Wilkie fair sees Adam Keys win Sunbeam flour cup and bread prize. Sunbeam brand linked to Sunrise milling. Train crew ballast work near Battle River and Cat Knife branch. rains disrupted ballast previously. Dr Brown, ex-Edmonton, now in Bribeton area, returns from England on furlough. Guido Prediger drowns at Carlton Crossing after cramps. body recovered next day.
Breeding Practices In Poultry and Available Cockerels
The writer argues against condemning purebred poultry and explains that breeding for size color or exhibition does not reflect overall value. He notes heavy laying strains pass traits through males and announces ear ly-hatched Cockerels for sale at 2 each through December, with price increases after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cate
W. Smith
Sugar shortage reshapes English pantry and pride
A reflective chronicle describes rationing in wartime England, where a Canadian narrator recalls being refused sugar in a Tottenham grocery, the scramble for limited sweets, and social habits around tea, shopping, and charity events. It notes crowded sugar shops, sugarless tea, and the ritual of rationing shaping daily life with humor and resilience.
Merits and Boots and Venizelos Clash in Fractured News
The article blends a comical tale about a man named John seeking oversized singsong boots in America with a separate note on German fury over Venizelos in Berlin. The boot story centers on a California merchant and a Chinese buyer trading oversized boots for three dollars. Venizelos’ Greek triumph provokes pan German anger and threats of Greece smarting over the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
California
John Chinaman
John
Venizelos
Berlin
Wilhelmstrasse
Herr Zimmermann
Germany
Greece
Also Mentioned on This Page
Te Princess Theatre
METRO
House of Eden
Viola Dana
United States
Wrigleys
Europe
Battleford
Wilkie
Cottleford
Sask
A. Finch
Maidstone
Mrs. Millar
Donald
Rochester
Sergt
Browning
Tarteford
Mrs. Porter
Mrs. Barker
Saskatoon
J. D. Noel
Winnipeg
G. Gowing Frost
H. NM. Aitkin
Regina
Edith Makepeace
Osborn
J. W. Heskin
Vancouver
W. J Hanna
Nova Scotia
Toronto
Pacific
Atlantic
Central Canada
High River
Alta
Red Pheasant
Here
Wilkie Fair
Mes
Adam Keys
Sunbeam
Bishop Milling Cr
Battle River
Cat Knife
Loveron
Salter
Dr. Brown
Edmontd
Bow
Bribion
Eng
N. T. Brown
England
Lome
Guido Prediger
Carlton
Carlton Crossing
South Saskatchewan
Restheru Enterprise
James F. MacLeas
Supreme Court of
Saskatchbewa
Hat Ueford
Saskatchewan
Judicial District of
Central Avenue
N &A Nee Jv19
R. Arcand
Liniment
Douglas & Company
MAFRS
Napene
Ontario
Sharples
Masse
Harris
Prongua Cash Store
J. K. Hammond
Galvin Lumber
H. S. Stewart
Lobb & Clark
DeLaval Separators
McLaughlin Carriages New Superior Fanning Mills
Maytag
Junkina
the New Home Machinery Co., Ltd
Syd
Curlyle
Charles Boughey
Ik and
Nels Nelson
Bank of Hamilton
KH. M
Ecclestone
Tottenhaim
Nothi
Ani
Edgeware Road
Romley
Christie's Red Cross
Rubens
Savoy
Lodon
the Song of Merit
Boots
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