14 Mar 1918
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Newspaper
Davidson Leader
Location
Davidson, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Mar 14, 1918
Page
1
Classified listings from Davidson Leader include help wanted for a school caretaker and truancy officer with annual salaries of 800 and 100, a stray mare description with identifying marks, a lost dog sighting, and a tender notice for summer screws. Also notes grain prices and small personal notices from local residents.
A man named Jones is congratulated by a minister who mispronounces a blessing in the street. The exchange includes playful mishearing and humor as Jones responds with a puzzled joke about a cat and an iPad.
The Davidson Union Hospital board formed from four rural municipalities chaired by Mr. Hutcheon elected as chair. A secretary salary was debated. Mr. Robertson agreed to continue. The board approved a one thousand dollar annual deficit share and named The Davidson Union Hospital as the institution title. Meetings planned for the first Saturday of each month.
In New York City 284 West 2nd Ave on March 2 editor Davidson notes fashion obsessions including pugs, Airedales, and a dog in a green sweater riding in a $10,000 roadster, with commentary on dresses and style as readers peek at fashionable life.
A World War I era letter to the Damdean Ledge No 14 freemasons thanks members for a Christmas parcel. The writer describes welfare provisions, billeting in miners houses, minimal front-line duties, and hopes to see the lodge again soon.
About thirty prominent residents met in the copumped chamber to reorganize the Davidson Board of Trade dormant since March 25, 1915. F J W Coutts was elected president with A B McGregor as vice president and F L Cawsey as second vice president. A petition to reinstate Mrs Eli Kirshaw as chief operator received endorsement. Membership fee set at 1 dollar.
Davidson announces a March 19 concert at the Auditorium by the Military Hospital Saskatoon entertainment group. The sketch Two Hearse in France is produced by the hospital unit with proceeds for the Red Cross YMCA and Military Hospital. It features patient writer Corporal Scott McLeod and is staged by the soldiers with trench songs and comedy.
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