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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1917
Page
4
A. G. Cunningham reports selling 32 quarter sections in the Battleford district for farming this year. A Saturday afternoon Returned Soldiers fund tea raised 38.40, with 84.60 from French Relief fund tag sales. Mrs. E. H. White hosted a farewell for the Earles, assisted by others, prior to their Vancouver move.
A quiet ceremony at St Vital church at 7 am Monday united Mr Arthur Prince of the Land Titles staff with Miss Florence Slaggerty of Denholm. Rev Father Mourey officiated and the couple left by morning train for Winnipeg for a week with friends. They will reside later in Fr King’s former residence.
Found a ladies parasol with burnboo handle and bras kool. Owner asked to pay for advertisement. Also lost a raincoat near Geo Bond's farm town. finder to leave at Press office. A Third Class Normal Session will be held at Wilkie from November 16, 1917 to January 31, 1918 and applications should go to J. B. Gallaway or T. A. Dinsley Wilkie. GONE ESTRAY A two year old heifer dark red with a white forehead and branded CT or telt hip. Reward offered. P. Edelman Battleford.
William Wallace of the west of 24L-18 15 miles northeast of Wilkie and one mile north of Starview School sells his farm and retires from farming. The premises include valuable Clydesdale mares and colts cattle implements and household effects to be sold without reserve.
On Tuesday October 16 at 1 PM a sale lists twenty five head of Clydesdales including mares geldings and a bay 4 year old, several Standard bred horses, a bay pacer with 2.20 speed, brood mares and foals, yearlings and pairs. Also chickens cattle and a large farm equipment lineup from binders to plows and mowers with many items described and prices not listed. Includes one hundred chickens and five purebred Red registered Hereford? bulls and assorted household goods. Terms: articles under 15 dollars.
Captain Garandeau began the war as an ant and received the Legion of Honor after recovering a French officer’s body in No Man’s Land under enemy fire. He crawled forward with Verdier and tied the body, dragged it to safety under machine gun barrage, while French gunners covered the operation. A sergeant and another soldier also joined the effort and earned the Croix de Guerre.
Auld, deputy minister of agriculture, backs a flax based binder twine project in Saskatchewan. The government grants 300 to start the first experimental net for binder twine production, with hope the initial sum grows as evidence shows profitability and broader use of flax.
Fragmentary OCR describes Mrs. Lloyd George promoting household roles and personal supervision for housewives. It hints at wartime sacrifice and urging British people to endure shortages, with mention of young men and consumption of basics.
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