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Newspaper
Cut Knife Grinder
Location
Cut Knife, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 08, 1917
Page
4
Osunda-elsewhere priced at $1.00 per year in advance. Bacan Sr Cur Kus Sas Advertising on application. Weinday evening publication. A weekly newspaper devoted to the best interests of Cut Knife and the fertile district surrounding. Ss. F Weaven, Publisher.
The notice outlines rates for various ad types including 14 game per line insertions at 8 cents per item, 10 cents per initial insertion, 5 cents per subsequent insertion, and 25 cents for each following insertion. Regular display ads cost 2 cents per inch with a single share, with wider spaces charged proportionally and special ads offered at enquiry.
Information from Regina reports a systematic plan to block farm labor for harvests. A harvest laborers union is to be formed, threatening work stoppages unless wages rise to the highest level. Many members are of foreign extraction, prompting calls for federal and provincial action to counter the movement.
Fragmentary scrapbook style lines describe a farmer testing rotations and treatments on his own farm through trial and error. The text hints at practical experiments to improve eductiveness and crop health in a local setting.
In 1913 Rafetadt homesteaded in Alberta and obtained a patent to a quarter section. He died without heirs or a will, leaving about $500 after debts. The Exchequer Court action by the King, on Attorney-General of Canada information, claimed the property vested in the Crown in right of Canada rather than in right of the province. Hon. C W Cross defended for the Trusts Company.
In fragmented prose the piece reflects on the farmer's workshop as a heart of rural enterprise. It links the workshop to the growth of the farming economy and the broader business built around agricultural work.
The Secretary of Our Knife issues a tax sale list and urges all in arrears to pay immediately to erase their names. This warning targets delinquent accounts and stresses that payment is the only path to removal from the list.
Our Clubbing Offer combines The Grinder and the Montreal Herald and Weekly Star at $2.00 a year and The Grinder with Farmers Advocate at $2.25. Subscriptions urged before rate increases.
Card of Thanks from Westhas notes public thanks for support following bereavement. Twenty years ago new potatoes were see August 6 at 75 cents per bushel. Offered assistance and endearing sympathy shared by family.
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