Comedy and baseball night to feature Yimmie Youson's Yob
Friday May 25 at McConnell's Hall attendees can enjoy a stage show after the baseball game. The event, promoted by local groups, promises waistcoat ripping humor and a lively performance by Virden's Yimmie Youson's Yob. Also a call for old clothes for the Women’s Institute and a farewell sermon as Rev. G Cowley departs Hamiota Oak River. Rev. Frank from Toronto arrives June 10.
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MccConnell
Virden
G. Cowley
Hamiota
Oak River
Makinak
Rev
Frank
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Canada 1926 births deaths and agricultural notes
Canada recorded 232205 births and 107318 deaths in 1926 with a birth rate of 24.8 per thousand and death rate of 11.4 per thousand. Excess births over deaths reached 124887. 66570 marriages were reported. Timber fires were low due to cool, moist conditions. Agricultural progress shown by Harvester Company threshers shipped west. polo pony industry grows in Southern Alberta. Wheat yield projected at 325,075,000 bushels with oats 389,758,000, barley 880,000, rye 12,169,600 and flax 5,219,300 bushels. Prairie Provinces dominate several crops. A Canadian Pacific- Macdonald College project tests gypsum in potato farming. A British press delegation will tour Canada by CP lines in August.
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Ont
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
Death of Mrs Whitworth at McConnell
Death of Mrs Stephen Whitworth occurred at her daughter Mrs A Pangman’s home in McConnell on Friday May 1 1928 at age 71 years 11 months Born in Creemore Ontario she was first married to Joseph Anderson who died 30 years ago Her second husband Stephen Whitworth died 12 years ago in Saskatchewan She leaves son Oscar Anderson of Moose Jaw Sask two daughters Mrs A Pangman of McConnell and Mrs A Winkler of Calgary Alta and one brother at Warren Ontario Funeral held Sunday from Mrs Pangman’s home to Hamiota Cemetery
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Creemore
Out
Joseph Anderson
Saskatchewan
Merern
Oscar Anderson
Mose Jaw
Sask
Alaminta Fair Promises Big Afterbaseball Show
The event announces a July 20 Alaminta Fair with a baseball game Friday night followed by a big show. The crowd favors Yimmie Youson’s job as the best play, Mrs Ruttan will sing two solos, and a dance will conclude the evening.
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Yimmie Youson
Prairie land sales reach record in 1927 across provinces
The 1927 Prairie land sales totalled 480,408 acres sold for 8,983,967 dollars, averaging 18.70 per acre with prices ranging from 7 to 79. Also noted are CPR appointments, travel notes, a Banff camp project, and rising Canada production with 1927 gross output near 5.77 billion dollars across sectors.
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Western Canada
Prairie Provinces
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