11 Oct 1917
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Newspaper
Canora Advertiser
Location
Canora, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
1
F C Brooks serves as secretary treasurer in Sturgis for a September 1917 notice. Contact details and further actions are not fully legible in the fragment.
The notice from T. Spohn as administrator of Cates Estates requests all creditors and claimants to present their claims by law, referencing a seven percent per centum rate and the year 22-41 for filing deadlines and proceedings.
Notices announce sales of lands for arrears of taxes in Invermay No 306 on November 1 1917 at 1 PM and in Buchanan No 304 on November 1 1917 at 1 PM. Listings specify Rural Municipality offices and village locations with dates from September 27 to October 4 1917.
Notice states lands in Buchanan will be offered for arrears of taxes and costs on Wednesday November 7 1917 at 1 PM in the Village office unless paid. Full list of lands appeared in notices of September 27 and October 4 1917. Herman Son is secretary of the notice.
A jumble of local notices references W Schramm of Union Bank Brune visiting. Methodist Supper planned. Yorkton Red Cross aims for a big push this year. It notes past year receipts around 792086.37 in supplies and expenses about 414.35. Mentions Mrs Graham and family of Ottawa visiting Yorkton and Red Cross fundraising plans across the British Empire with Gov and Duchess of Cornwall backing the effort.
An article extols Chinese post office couriers who relay mail across 6,000,000 square miles. Relays cover roads, rivers, and tracks with average speeds near ninety miles daily, controlled by a vast domestic network and totaling about 136,000 miles of routes.
A London paper describes the Greek warm weather habit of boot cleaning paired with Turkish coffee. The lustros, a young shoe cleaner, polishes boots with metal tools and sponges, adds cream, and finishes with velvet cloth and edge painting. He insists on perfection before releasing the customer.
The text notes that maple sugar predates white settlers and that the Iroquois held a public spring festival to celebrate tapping maples. A government report from thirty years prior mentions a war dance linked to the festival and hoped to bring something significant.
The Japanese government allocates vast land to mulberry farming as part of a program to boost silk production. Officials envision sustained sericulture growth through these large tracts set aside for silkworm feed and related inputs.
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