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Newspaper
Grenfell Sun
Location
Grenfell, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Oct 08, 1914
Page
3
The Grenfell Sun is published every Thursday at the Grenfell office on Front Street. Subscription is 61.00 per annum. Advertising rates apply. firth line pricing and spacing noted. Bowen as manager and printing details. Corrected by W H Bowen.
Local notices update train times with West Bound 14 00, East Bound 4 100 am and 2 21 06 am. Harvest Thanksgiving service planned at Presbyterian Church and Sommerberry. Home Makers Club meets Oct 10. prize winners invited. Nelson Wilson auction set for Oct 14. Minor auto accident on Front Street reported with injuries but no serious harm. Mechanics Institute meeting Oct 20 to elect officers and discuss year reports. Red Cross knitting proceeds encouraged.
The Windsor Hotel and Windsor Theatre promoters plan a picture show on October 21 with a dance after to aid the Patriotic Fund. A railway wreck west of the depot delayed freight cars for hours while a repair crew worked to rerail. Palms market advertises the best barrel apples and the Home Makers Club receives 33 volumes of the University of Saskatchewan Home Makers Travelling Library for members through Librarian Mrs O Wolters.
At a September 29 meeting Dr Eliot chairs the Red Cross with Mee T. W Wright as vice chair and Mra G. Powell as secretary, Mre M. G. Fraser as treasurer. An executive committee and canvassing unit are named. total funds received reach 258.00 by October 2 with 125.00 earlier, and teachers in rural districts will canvass before the October 19 verification in the Armoury.
church notices list St Michael's Anglicans with W L Connor in Hector on October 11 at 11 and 7. new Friday evening service at 190 Chole. Methodist services in Grenfell Pollock and Grenfell with Rev H Nizon and others at 11 and 7. Sunday School address at Natty. additional sermons by T Loweridge and W P Adam in Grenfell and Bunmerberry.
The article notes dealers rename common furs to boost appeal, turning ordinary coney and raccoon into marketable skins such as electric seal skin and Alaska bear. It explains that branding, not quality, often dictates demand, with cheaper furs selling more slowly under real names.
Clyde Buell of Minneapolis, working for a Fort Frances lumber company in Ontario, rode a submerged bull moose to safety after a log jam broke. Buell clung to amber piece, then grabbed the moose antlers and rode it toward shallow water as the animal fought to reach shore.
Andrew Craig of Brightside Kingston was heading to fetch his cows when a mother bear appeared with two cubs. The cubs climbed a tree while the mother charged, leaving Craig and his dog at a disadvantage without a weapon. They fled, leapt a fence, and fell as the bear returned toward the tech to the joy.
A fragmented advertisement seeks a sales agent for all districts in Manitoba and surrounding areas. It promises a varied supply list including hybrid apples, cherries, plums, seeds and seedlings, windbreaks, and shelter products. Territory exclusivity is claimed by Stone & Wellington, Fonthill Nur series, Toronto Ontario.
For sale Falmoet new upright plane in good condition call Sun office or plane 0 ring 5 for inquiry.
Tradwell of above will be in Grenfel Friday and Saturday October 16 and 17 for the collection of taxes and settling accounts. Transfer of property or payments will be discussed. party lines not stated.
A historical notice outlines homestead rules in Alberta and Saskatchewan regions. It details eligibility for settlers, land parcel sizes, residence and cultivation requirements, purchase prices, and duties. It notes Crown land administration by the Interior minister and cites penalties for unauthorized publication.
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