Regina Local Briefs Highlight War, Travel, and Community Notices
Local notes report Newsham, a Regina sword instructor visiting family here, and Mrs Hewetson of Coleville visiting with daughter Mrs Taylor. Pte Ronald Holliday returns home on extended leave after months in Moose Jaw hospital. Farm work near Battleford Academy expands land use with a large tractor. War relief appeals call for lands to aid devastated French districts. Gardiner church outlines services and a memorial for Pte Hector Morrison. Presbyterian Ladies' Aid hosts home cooking sale and tea for Willing Workers. Saskatchewan Hospital Unit to be reassigned to England hospitals. Walter D Trainor of Edmonton marries Miss Mary Josephine McKenna at St Marys Calgary. they will live in Edmonton. The Battle Cry of Peace shown at Princess praised for strengthening preparedness awareness. A coyote disrupts a Webb farm, injuring Guinea fowl during an attempted abduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter D. Trainor
Edmonton
Mary Josephine McKenna
John McKenna
Gunter River
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral
Calgary
F. C. McKenna
Maud McKenna
Market Prices From Battleford District Show Mixed Edges
Market roundup lists batter andPresbyterian trader prices with per pound figures for eggs and chicken. Includes live and dressed hens and pork values with noted per dozen or per pound rates.
Fragmentary Note Reads Like Threat Amid Gulpens Incident
A garbled OCR snippet references a figure named Gulpens and an attack, suggesting crime or violence in a historical context. The fragment mentions a person called questoon or mr here be dis and hints at attempted harm, with little verifiable detail remaining.
Notice of Mortgage Sale of Battleford Town Property
Notice of sale by public auction under James PL Mac Lean Masters order dated 1917 in Saskatchewan. Lot Nos 9 and 10 on 22nd Street West of Central Avenue Battleford. Sale September 18 at 2 pm under Sheriff, payment terms 25 percent cash, balance on transfer within two months. Plaintiff may bid. Property subject to taxes. For details contact Livingston & Atkinson Solicitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James PL MacLean
Merruary
Supreme Court of
Battleford
22Nd Street
Central Avenue
Saskatchewan
Livingston & Atkinson
Germans Punish Belgians With The Peace Joke
A wartime anecdote describes Belgian civilians defying German orders with quiet humor. Belgians wore national colors, mocked proclamations, and Brussels observed stern punishments yet retained festive resilience.
Victory Or Defeat In Europe The War For Public Law
A historical analysis of a rising hostile force in Europe led by France and England in opposition to aggression. It recalls the invasion of Belgium and France, wartime atrocities, the Marne miracle, and the siege war as a stark choice between victory for public law or defeat. The piece declares no compromise with the foe and frames the struggle as existential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
France
England
Belgium
Marne
Belloe
Iowa Boys Earn Thousand Dollars in Beef Contest Profits
A report from the Iowa Beef Producers Association shows 238 boys won about one thousand dollars in prizes last year from the state dairy and livestock show contest. The field representative noted strong participation and profits from the boys’ beef projects across multiple counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Towa
Towa Beef Producers
Associa
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Princess Theatre
Harold Loockwood and
May Allison
Saturday Fox
Blue Blood & Red
In & Reels
Marie Correllis
Wrigleys
Wilkie
Coleford
Siealie
L. G. Davidson
UWO
Dicken
Scott's
R. Williams & Son
British Columbia
N.W
Willowmoor
P.O
Foo
Jersey
Chatham
Leigh
Messrs
Williama & Son
R.williams & Son
P.m.florence
Mrs. Hewetson
Coleville, Sask
J. G. Taylor
G. Dark
Brown's Drug Store
Ronald Holliday
Moose Jaw
Battleford Academy
Battle River
Germany
Gardiner Presbyterian Church
Pte
Hector Morrison
Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid
Red Cross
Thompson
Uoit
Salonica
Manager Hemming
United States
Messrs. Webb
Webb
Ile
Prongua Cash Store
J. K. Hammond
Galvin Lumber
H. S. Stewart
Battleford Markets
M. A. Holliday
Sharples
Masse -Harris
Lobb & Clark
DeLaval
McLaughlin Carriages
Superior
Maytag
Carlyle
Charles Boughey
EU and
Nels Nelson
Bavaro Flanan
Irene
Bank of Hamilton
R. M. Ecclestone
Brussels
Crm
Nnns
Brusels
Sudder
T Wat
Antor
Avenue Louise
Huel de Ville
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