Community Notices From North Battleford and District
Local brief items report A Champagee in Winnipeg for the week and events at Protestant Public School on Oct 31 with 25c admission. Marriages include Richard P. Steele to Elsie Dye on Oct 18 and a Dillabough daughter birth on Oct 17. Sidney Simpson to Edmonton for a Bank of Commerce post. Willing Workers fundraiser raised 30.25 at a Saturday sale. Furniture sale at curling rink Saturday at 1 pm. Gow ing Frost auctioneer. North Battleford meeting on Monday about Victory London Coast with Dooning speaking. Farm sale at A W Claxton’s on Wed Oct 24 with 40 Shorthorns and horses. Red Cross tea at Provincial Hospital Sat Jan 20 by Ned Cross society. Horse and cattle consignments invited for sale at ix dale’s. Saskatchewan Provincial Hospital Ladies Red Cross formed. branch to aid Red Cross. Halloween dance planned in hospital hall as first in a winter series to support Red Cross. admission 75c per couple.
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Couss Society
Red Cross
Prairie Fire Strikes District Burning Vast Prairie
This district faced a week of prairie fires sparked by a G T P train last Monday. Farmers and threshing crews fought fires across four afternoons and into nights, with losses limited by large turnout. Claxton sale announced, grain elevator progress noted, and H Y Boek reports the district's highest wheat yield.
Five Russian Farmers Fined for Survey Mound Interference
Five Russian farmers about 25 miles north of North Battleford were fined ten dollars and costs for interfering with government survey mounds. It was alleged they altered the mounds at land corners to affect road allowances on neighbors' property.
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North Battleford
N. S
Terms Cash for well bred cattle and goods
Free lunch at 12 noon. The cattle are Shorthorns and in beef condition. Horses are good workers. Implements are new and in good order. It will pay you on this sale as everything will be in order.
Good Egg Laying Report on Barred Rocks
The author updates egg production for Barred Rocks, noting an average around 70 eggs per year with several birds in the 200 egg class. Excluding February, production remains high as birds molt, and early cockerels are described as quality and ready next month.
Tea and supper benefit at Red Cross rooms
Thee Willing Workers will serve tea and supper in the Red Cross rooms on Saturday October 0th to raise funds for the soldiers Christmas parcel fund.
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Red Cross
To Let Rooms to Let in the Clink Block
Rooms to let in the Clink Block for light housekeeping. Apply at the premises to A. W. Claxton.
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A. W. Claxton
Wanted Comfortable Shuck for Moving
A notice seeks a comfortable shuck about 12 by 4 feet suitable for moving. Apply Gowing Frost, Auctience, leer.
Notice to Creditors Settle by November 15
Notice requests all unsettled accounts be settled by November 15, 191. Unsettled accounts will be placed for collection on that date. W. J. Milner, executrix.
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Creditols
W. J
Miljer
Flo rence's sales and auctions across towns in 1917
Listings describe multiple auctions near Starview, Battleford, Rockhaven, Wilkie, and surrounding areas in October 1917. Items include cattle, horses, livestock, fall machinery, fowl, household effects, a 1916 touring car, and farm equipment with notes of no reserve and cash terms. Many details vary by sale.
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Veale
McLaughlin
A Little Knowledge From Murky Exam Papers
A garbled list of miswritten phrases offers comic misstatements on science religion and grammar. It parodies exams with errors about geometry moral claims and social norms.
Typewriter Salesman Charmed by Chief Executive
A young salesman visits a magnate in his private office and is brushed off as the manager admits no interest in his typewriters. The man quips that the only typewriter he ever cared for was a slim brunette he married, a remark that ends the brief encounter.
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Chicago Record Herald
Miracles of Surgery and Soldiers Survive Shot Hearts
An English correspondent notes modern surgery and X rays saving lives of soldiers wounded in South Africa and Morocco. Cases include Corporal Thomas of the Worcester Mounted Infantry shot near the heart and abdomen, then recovering, and a French soldier with a bullet lodged near the heart, retrieved by surgery.
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London
South Africa
Corp. Thomas
Worcester Mounted Infantry
Arundel
Waterloo
Thomas
Sir William MacCormac
Morocco
Unclear fragment about Adam and Bay dialogue
Fragmentary dialogue mentions Bay and Adam with uncertain reference to a longest day, but no coherent event, date, or identifiable facts to summarize.
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H.Y. Boek
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Harry Beck
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Jack Fiel Lake
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