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Newspaper
Cut Knife Grinder
Location
Cut Knife, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1915
Page
5
A note from good authority says the Cut Knife branch will run three trains weekly starting October 3, on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. Tuesday train departs 7:45 a.m. and remains on the present schedule. Thursday and Saturday trains will travel at noon as at present. Mail frequency unclear.
A notice invites residents to apply by Friday for connections to the Cut Knife telephone system. Applications will be considered by the treasury and by W. Johnston W.W. treasurer.
Allied forces push forward after a major offensive last week capturing Hill No 70 near Lens and threatening to outflank Germans at that position. In two days the Allies held over 20 000 prisoners and seized more than 30 field guns amid heavy casualties on both sides as fighting rages across the front. It is unclear if Canadian troops were involved.
Notice to threshermen regarding telephones through accidents of this description.
Canary is set to win in the field of honor as it leads the terrace event. The phrase suggests a ceremonial display with a strong favorite anticipated to prevail.
Partial list of names for Cut Knife area soldiers in the Great War appears in The Grinder. Second contingent includes Ernest Robinson who died of wounds and R Woodall. Third contingent follows with other listed servicemen.
Ballinora group including Messrs H W Dion Dr Duv ial and Geo Laliberte traveled from Cut Knife for a midweek shoot. Laliberte bagged three wild geese while the others took ducks and chickens. Mrs Gee returned to Mr Rea's after a two week Saskatoon visit. Miss Emma Forest visits Mrs C A Loranger.
Galivan reports vigorous threshing with good yield and grade. Les Dewar now heads the Galivan Elevator. Rev Mr Small led a well received service last Sabbath. Rally Day set a plan for a fall Sale of Work on October 27 with four booths led by named ladies and as coordinators for entertainments.
Triple Lake News notes Parker Head Machine threshing in sand hills as Wheat turns out good. On John Andersson farm Stanley wheat yielded 28 bushels per acre with other fields around 21 to 30 and barley about 25. The Boudreau family is building a iframe house. Wonder what is going to happen. Jarvis lost a valuable thing into the creek.
An exchange remarks on Fo as the most powerful son and contrasts others as working lazy shirking lean thinking and thirsty drinking noting a restless mood. The wording reflects garbled OCR with unclear names and syntax.
The Department of Agriculture urges farmers in Saskatchewan to begin stacking grain immediately in the face of limited October days and potential early frost. Heavier districts cannot finish stock-threshing in the remaining time, so stacks should be prepared now and left for threshing in November if weather turns poor.
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