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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Apr 25, 1918
Page
8
The Naseby Agricultural Society schedules 15 horse classes and 17 cattle classes for its July 23 fair with pigs sheep and poultry also to be judged. A new feature includes standing field crops with prizes totaling 200 dollars in wheat oats barley and flax. Directors urge farmers and merchants to support and join in the contest and aim to win part of the prize money.
Pte Frank Whiting writes to his parents from the front describing his uncertain age birthday wish for a last field birthday, his horse Jimmy replaced by a mule, and a comic misadventure while loading the stubborn animal. He notes a possible future return and his good spirits amid war.
Poetic tribute extols Saskatchewan as boundless, blessed, and healthy embracing rivers lakes plains and hills. It proclaims nature's plan for peace and plenty with a date of April 15 1918 marking the completion of this vision.
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