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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
1
The item notes a lake bed find near Maple Creek with valuable deposits including epsom salts, then shifts to Corp. Griffiths on bread used in German POW camps, suggesting 73 percent sawdust. It criticizes easy money during wartime and urges thrift and Victory Bonds, ending with a joke about Saskatoons and a writer’s sickly spell.
A Saturday sale at Leeder Hall Main Street Battleford on August 31 1918 begins 1 30 pm offering a piano kitchen stoves refrigerator cabinet dining suite rugs furniture and more. Cash terms no reserve highest bidder wins with Gowing Frost as provincial auctioneer.
Battleford mourns Dr Samuel Thomson Macadam a pioneer physician who died at his home on Friday night near age 73 He came to Battleford in 1885 and served Indigenous communities for decades Survived by widow three sons Grant Forbes Lennox and three daughters Evadne Geddes Minota Funeral held at home with Rev W A Cameron and burial service by Canon Matheson Pallbearers were local pioneers including Alex Rowland M G Meredith R Jefferson Supt West James W Ballendine and F S Bradley
A small, informal wedding took place Tuesday evening at Mrs. Gibson’s home uniting Mr Jas Clinkskill of Saskatoon to a Battleford lady. Rev Canon Matheson officiated with few friends present. The couple left for their Saskatoon home the following morning.
A Monday evening concert under the G W V A drew a large audience and earned praise for the young performers led by a 15 year old violinist. Corp Griffiths spoke of WWI experiences in Germany including amputations of Canadian prisoners and Red Cross relief via neutral lines. News from the Western Front remained favorable with Allied gains and Noyon retaken as Marshal Foch presses onward.
A farmer named Yourchenk of Wilkie faces attempted murder charges after allegedly rushing at neighbor R Speers during a dispute over cattle in pound at a rented property. Speers escaped serious injury when the car top was raised, and Yourchenk fled the scene. The report notes district wheat crops show resilience amid drought and frost damage is limited in Willowmoor and Red Pheasant districts.
James McKinnen, employed at Cat Knife garage, died at Flem ing’s lake when a trailer detached from his auto caused the frame to strike his head under the car hood. He was found hours later by Joseph Guichon while he went out for water. Local note urges continued food conservation during wartime.
A rural Grain Growers meeting sees low turnout and criticism of weed control policy. The piece notes two municipal weed inspectors, drought year crops, and a farmer praised for celery and cauliflower.
Ottawa notice reports B M Parkinson Riverhurst Sask ordered by the Canada Food Board to cease business for seven days from August 26 for selling four without substitutes in the wheat flour ration. Walter Phillips accompanying his mother is named in the report.
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