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Newspaper

Battleford Press

Location

Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Date

May 17, 1917

Page

12

Local Notices and Society News From Battleford Press

Senator Prince ill this week from indigestion. Red Cross meeting Tuesday at Mrs. Millar’s home. Mrs Arcand and Miss Arcand return from Vancouver for summer. Rev Canon Matheson back from Anglican Synod in Prince Albert. Red Cross tea raised 24.25 dollars. Willieg Workers meet next Thursday at Mrs. Laurie’s home. Tea in Red Cross rooms Saturday. John Wesley Dobson and Mrs Bathsheba Hoover wed in Mount Hope on May 16. Princess Theatre ads warn of upcoming features. Dr Hurlburt to open practice in North Battleford. Long Lake camp site eyed for Mounted Police training. Mrs Cleveland of Saskatoon may address Cattleford ladies on enfranchisement benefits. Recent Clean-up boosts weed and vacant lot cultivation efforts. Church services May W with thrift and self control themes. Go to Sunday School Sunday observed May 27 with Grain Growers service in evening.

BR. H. Leiteh Jlam A. GC Cairns L.T.L North Battleford Saskatchewan

Obstruction Surgery At Willowmoor District Hospital

Jobe Jones of the Willowmoor district underwent bowel obstruction surgery at the local hospital last evening performed by Dr. Millar. His condition is extremely serious after the ailment reached an acute stage before relief was sought.

Jobe Jones Willowmoor Millar

April Fools Widow at Shrewsbury School Prank

Dr Kennedy former head master of Shrewsbury school recalls a prank by a schoolboy who moved the clock and rang the chapel bell early on April 1. The scene led to a mock punishment that failed as the boy remained unscathed and was dismissed with a light rebuke from the master.

Kennedy Shrewsbury School Londen

One of the Weather Men

A National Monthly item recalls a boy named Tom who set up a weather pole at his mother’s coal shed near Asheville. He raised makeshift “fags” to mimic government forecasts, influencing a neighbor’s daughter Mary to plan a picnic. The mother doubts real forecasts, while Mary trusts Tom’s guesses.

Wstheville Weather Bureau Tom Mary Nationa! Monthly

Evils of Prussian aggression and US responses noted

The Buffalo Express discusses German war aims and the global threat they pose. It cites a plan to destroy existing world order, German alliance with Turks, and persecutions from Be to India. It warns Americans to recognize Germany as a menace and notes Ambassadorial and political tensions. A separate note mentions an agricultural education program for returning soldiers and Canadians.

Europe Asia Buffalo Express Egypt India Straits Settlement Sinn Fein Society Ireland Poleon Lusitania Laconia Ge4 Texas Mexico Arizona Gament United States Zimmerman Lin Germany Gernas Vic United Stas Gerd Bepen

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