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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
12
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway offers day fares for Christmas and New Year. Round trip tickets go on sale December 22 to 25 and December 29 to January 1 with return validity to January 4. Also notes a stray yearling steer and two-year-old heifer with tags and brands, to contact G. H. Sandford, Batueford.
Reports note the Saskatchewan Hospital Unit to be sent to southern France and Nurse Thompson already in France. H Ghent to join Mrs Ghent in Sperling after New Year. Mr Makepeace and others returned from England with Makepeace in poor health. Nominations open Thursday for four council vacancies. A marriage unites Harold Nelson and Enid Cave with family support. Xmas social at Big School ends with Santa handing out gifts. Bourke undergoes bowel operation after sudden illness. condition improving. Local Red Cross donations tally to funds for the French relief and related causes. Bernard Foster of the Flying Corps injured in a 500 foot fall, likely to be non-recoverable. Food controller to license dealers with trades consulted before application.
The High School releases a merit order of results for the first term. First class students include Edna Quebl Louise La our Wyonna Searle Orpha Degear Lenore Nicoll Maris Parker Helen Drew. Third class listings feature Tertia Miller Lucile Giffard Mildred Gunson Myrtle Foster and others.
A batch of short notices lists lost and found items including a black handbag with cash and a bank book, a large electric torch, and a red cow with a calf plus an unbranded red boiler. Other entries include a cattle estray, a red and white steer, a red and white calf, farm goods for sale, employment ads, and a reward offer for a red and white car with a stub horn.
J. K. Hammond announces changes in policy for the Prongua Cash Store and Post Office. Starting New Year all purchases require cash. 30 day accounts may be net cash. Coupons offer silverware or photo instead of discounts. Store closes 7 pm nightly and remains closed on Christmas and New Year days.
The article reports on Hon. Mr. Crerar’s push to expand agriculture during the war. It notes county agent programs for both men and women, with men advising on land use and cooperative marketing while women organize farm women and social groups. It calls for labor-saving machinery, including a cotton picker and tractors, and urges wool production and sheep farming to ease global shortages.
The passage questions whether the Allies could propose a peace to the German people that acknowledges shortfalls in victory without harming democracy. It argues that exposing Junker deceit might destabilize the German regime and enable a peace achieved by the common people’s devotion. The trend suggests press reporting signals change in Germany as this is written.
A wartime appeal urges Canadian housewives to sign the Food Pledge to conserve supplies and reduce waste. The pledge promotes substitution, mindful eating, and avoiding spoilage to aid overseas troops and strangle Germany. It frames waste as disloyalty in war and emphasizes practical, domestic action over rigid rules.
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