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Newspaper
Cut Knife Grinder
Location
Cut Knife, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jul 29, 1915
Page
4
An unclear scanned snippet reads like an advertising page with stray names and prices. It mentions advertising rates in advance and references individuals or proprietors, but the legible content is insufficient to identify a specific event, person, or organization.
The article urges Cut Knife and district to support World War I efforts after Canadians answer Kitchener's call. It emphasizes home front sacrifice and collective duty while acknowledging volunteers who have already departed and urging men women and children to contribute to the war effort.
The Ballinora Grain Growers held a wet picnic and a dance was hosted at the new Carruthers school on Friday. Al Gee departed for Saskatoon to enlist. Mrs J D Parker suffered three broken ribs in a runaway accident near the post office last Friday. Haying is general. Mrs J O Forest of Cat Knife visited relatives Monday and Tuesday. M L Ryan is building a new house. Mr Dickson has the contract. Mr Richardson of Drummond Creek visited Tuesday to seek a homestead. John McGirl moved to the east of Rockhaven for baying and harvest.
The text explains armor piercing shells using hardened steel bodies and soft caps to absorb impact, the role of copper rings in imparting spin and containing gases, and the extreme wear from high powder pressures. It notes old cast iron shells failing against modern armor and cites the Queen Elizabeth as having limited barrel life, at about ten pounds per shell.
The Gaekwar of Baroda owns four artillery pieces two gold and two silver. The gold guns, each weighing 400 pounds, were carved with silver and made in 1874 by a Lakhs craftsman who worked on them five years. In 1876 they accompanied the Gaekwar to Bombay to salute the Prince of Wales, the only time they left Baroda.
In the British House of Commons Hon Lewis Harcourt reports life expectancy trends. Dr W C Waugh of Michigan cites the US life span now 16 years longer than 35 years ago with a lower tuberculosis death rate by 54 percent. Royal letters tally seventy two annually.
Affected heads of families or single persons over 18 may claim a quarter section of land in Manitoba Saskatchewan or Alberta. Applicants must reside at a Dominion Lands Agency or Sub-Agency district. Applications may be made at a Dominion Lands Agency on prescribed dates with six months residence and three years cultivation requirements.
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