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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
10
The piece blends light satirical notes on knitting soldiers' socks with sharp critique of government policy. It contrasts domestic concerns and international affairs, denounces Canada’s wartime economic decisions, and defends Liberal views on coalition reforms and fiscal prudence amid global turmoil.
Prongua district reports a strong threshing season with wheat averages around 15 bushels per acre and oats near 30. A farmer with 21 acres yielded 425 bushels, while others reached 20 to 45 bushels per acre. Local aid efforts include Red Cross wheat drives and a Belgian Relief Food box drive. A new Grain Growers elevator rises fast as road work and schoolhouse repairs proceed. A Grand Trunk engine fire near Sweetgrass caused fears but no major losses, thanks to quick action.
A quotation discusses the Brith system of Guancing where excess war profits are returned to the public treasury, comparing it to Canada’s "come all ye" approach. The text suggests greater confidence in the Brith method as a fiscal policy.
Willowmoor pupils attended the North Battleford school fair on Friday September 28 and did well winning several prizes. The Willowmoor banner placed second among many original banners while some prizes could have been won with prior notice that machine sewing and net handworks were required for first prize. The notice also mentions Mrs. Chas Laycock’s ill health and upcoming Rochester treatment, an agricultural fair on Friday Oct 12 with dancing and Grain Growers refreshments, quick trips by Ernest Staler of Denholm, threshing by Ernest Detter Owen Grove and Oscar Gubbe, the Homewakers meeting on Oct 4, and September exam results for grades IV V and III with top scorers listed.
A Rosthern Enterprise note reports a farm laborer in Rosthern yesterday demanded 86 per day for work on a farm with payment every morning in advance. The farmer refused and labeled the laborer a vagrant. the incident was recorded as a matter of board.
Two workers on J H Sneer farm were buried for hours when an 18 foot ditch caved in near Battle River. Jas Clark, buried to his neck with a broken collarbone, and a young Frenchman from Quebec, buried under four feet of earth, survived after rescue by Insp Proby and Mounted Police. Both were taken to the local hospital after about four and a half hours underground.
Public thanks expressed to citizens of the town and district and especially Snap Proby and the Mounted Police for their ready aid in saving lives.
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