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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
1
A columnist mocks poetic lake aliases and social snobbery while reflecting on farm economics, drought effects, and food regulation. The piece notes Canadian postmen strike pay, mentions General Hell and Kaiser Wilhelm, and portrays wartime morale amid economic strain and food conservation.
Eight Mile Lake school and community members organized a well attended picnic for local children on August 1. Ladies led by Mrs Franklin and Rev Haynes hosted games and prizes while the Eight Mile Lake Young People's Club plans a box social and dance with proceeds benefiting the Red Cross. The event also featured Mr W Newman and a medal ceremony for Charles Franklin.
A historic hail storm swept south of town Friday causing widespread crop losses across the district. Witnesses report torn roofs, shattered windows, denuded trees, and many livestock fatalities with fences struck by lightning.
The Battle River claimed a victim in Lashburn district Monday night when George Cross about 17, working on J. McKenzie & Sons farm, drowned after a cooling dip. His clothing lay on the bank. the body was recovered about 200 yards downstream the next night, suspected to have been seized by a cramp and swept away by the current.
A North Battleford fair feature is the Child Welfare exhibit and Better Babies Clinic under the Provincial Public Health Dept with Dr Seymour and Stev Hugh Dobson of the Social Service League in charge. Free examinations and parental charts on child defects will be offered. applications can be sent to Mrs H Perry or accepted during the exhibition. Lectures on child well being will accompany the stand.
The article reprints Canada Food Board regulations on flour substitutes for private baking. It requires at least one pound of substitutes per nine pounds of white flour for private use and prohibits selling flour without the substitute ratio of one to four west of Port Arthur. It bans sale or possession of bread and pastries not conforming to these rules.
Lucy Storer aged 13 daughter of Pte Alf Storer of the Overseas Force died in Legima hospital on Tuesday after a long TB illness living with her aunt Mrs J A Storer. Victor Letendre aged 29 died in hospital on Tuesday night from advanced typhoid. Funeral for Lucy was at St Vital's church on Wednesday afternoon. she lived on the farm south of town owned by Andrew Inkster.
Rural Municipality of Kiel No 408 invites sealed tenders by 1 p m on August for the construction of a 42 inch woven steel wire fence with cedar posts every 10 feet and an iron gate. Corner posts anchored and braced. Separate tenders for material and construction. A 5 percent tender deposit required. S Bradley, Sec Treasurer.
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