22 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 22, 1918
Page
1
Local news recounts weekend events and visits from Pte. L Halidorson and others, plus social updates on Bruce Davidson's accident and Red Cross plans. Reports on weather, farming prospects, Western Canadian relief drives, and a barn dance at Hamilton's with detailed receipts and community reaction.
The sixth council meeting of the Municipality of South Cypress held at Glenboro on August 17 1918 approves last minutes, authorizes paying F Dewart 18, reduces bull's assessment, restricts access to council, authorizes borrowing 1000 from Union Bank, and approves room use payment to McFarlane. Meeting adjourns to call of the Reeve.
Arthur Miller of Rapid City, born in Glenboro, is reported killed in action. Paul B. Paulson telegram reports head wound. admitted to 11th Military Hospital in Rouen on August 2. Harry Lalonder wounded in hand. Harry Jewsbury shot in ankle and leg. Community offers sympathy and prayers for full recovery.
Expenses from the August 2 Barn Dance totaled 143.45 with receipts of 138.00 and 32.00 noted, resulting in a net balance of 175.45 after adjustments. The document lists itemized cash figures including 4 45 40 20 and parentheses denoting losses or transfers.
A public notice warns riders that bicycle use on sidewalks is prohibited from now on and violators will face severe prosecution under local law. Authorities urge compliance and awareness of the new sidewalk riding prohibition.
Mr. F Manning editor and proprietor of the Reston Rec, with Mrs. Manning and three children, and Mr. and Mrs. Act Manning, spent Saturday and Monday in Glenboro on their way home from Roland. He is a notable Manitoba country town publisher with a linotype machine. His brother teaches at Reston School.
Stray BB branded horse appears at Grey Horse premises. Owner may reclaim by paying pasture fees and advertisement costs. Contact WM Turnbull for details and recovery.
Mrs Peter Paulson died in the Victoria Hospital Winnipeg after a prolonged illness. Born in Iceland on November 6 1853 she came to Canada in pioneer days and married Peter Paulsen at Gimli. The family settled near Glenboro later retiring to Skalholt Mansion then Arnaud Manitoba. Surviving children John in Alaska Oscar in King Edward Man Lorenzo Arnold at Arnaud. Funeral held in Skalholt Hall with Rev Fr Hailgumson officiating.
The Department of Colonization and Development of the Canadian Pacific Railway offers a Five Hundred Dollar Silver Cup for the best bushel of Hard Spring Wheat exhibited at the International Soil Products Exposition in Kansas City, Missouri, October 16 21, 1918. Farmers and boards of trade across Western Canada are urged to enter. For details contact Robert J. C. Stead in Calgary.
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