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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
6
In a candlelit New Cottage scene Mae Egerton reads aloud as Meyrick tailors plans for Dolly. Lionel Egerton confronts the news of Dolly’s engagement while Mrs. Egerton demurs, and the Squire weighs wealth and status against Dolly’s heart.
Hilary presses Langton for an audience in a grand house scene. A servant notes Langton has ordered a car for nine, while Hilary insists on seeing him now. The visitor waits in a corridor as the butler explains Langton’s schedule and the door to the study.
The article describes expanding rural postal routes boosting sales of eggs butter meat and poultry by mail. It praises parcel post for cheaper rates within 50 miles and cites farmers who ship eggs milk-fed chickens and meats. It notes box packaging and office clubs to handle orders and payments with the motto Fresh Goods and Cash With Order.
The piece praises fair traders who pay above asking prices for good poultry and turkeys. It notes two examples where buyers paid extra per pound for quality, highlighting mutual satisfaction and encouragement for farmers. The author urges applying the Golden Rule to improve marketing and curb current difficulties.
The Swine Breeders Association of Saskatchewan announces a junior swine contest open to boys and girls born 1902 to 1907 in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Prizes total 400 dollars to be shared by Regina and Saskatoon fairs under the Saskatchewan Live Stock Board. entries limited to eight months old, one per contestant, with transport and care provided.
The article notes eastern dairymen once viewed western provinces as future markets but western producers now meet their own needs and export to eastern cities declines. Alberta and British Columbia increase dairy output and quality, boosting western stock trade with the east while warning against shipping culls that hurt eastern reputations.
The Canadian Forestry Association launches a 1917 thrift in the forest campaign with Guides campers and sportsmen urging fire prevention. Most fires are human caused and cost four to ten million dollars plus soil and watershed damage. focus on fully extinguishing camp fires and avoiding leaves and bogs.
The London Chronicle reports a 1778 bet by Charles James Fox via an old Brooks’ club betting book. Fox promised Mr Shirley ten pounds that Fox would win 500 if Turkey in Europe came under Western control within Fox’s lifetime.
Cholly vows effort while Dolly retorts that he clearly needs it, highlighting tension between aspiration and skepticism in their exchange.
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