Auto Batteries Stored and Re charged for Winter and Spring
Battery storage service offered for vehicles to keep batteries safe during winter. Batteries are stored in a secure facility and returned fully charged in spring for the next season.
12 Dec 1918
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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
1
Battery storage service offered for vehicles to keep batteries safe during winter. Batteries are stored in a secure facility and returned fully charged in spring for the next season.
For sale three male Berkshire pigs listed along with Plymouth Rock roosters and bronze gobblers. Apply to b34 W. N. Worrutheron Landis.
Tenders for janitor work in two Landis school rooms are invited until December 21 1918. Duties include sweeping dusting daily fire starting and fuel provision and fresh water each day. Service begins January 2 1919. Lowest tender not guaranteed. Address bids to P A De Rocque Sev Treas.
Landis and district services set to reopen next Sunday. Local figures travel east and west with travels to Winnipeg Glenavon Moose Jaw and New Zealand. Grand Trunk Pacific announces through sleeping cars Edmonton to Toronto for Christmas travel. Landis Carling Club retains officers and eight rinks. Local road mishap nearly rims an upset. Health notes cite Dr Woods Hutchinson on masks vaccines and influenza. Canadian agriculture eyes exports as peace arrives with Crerar urging continued breeding and careful stock improvements.
Mrs W O Brien and a baby visit Mr and Mrs Cunningham at the Sidlaws while J W Sim returns from overseas to visit his sister Mrs A D Fowler. EK Titus returns from Winnipeg with stock and shows a good market. A large Red Cross gathering at Mrs Fowler’s home plans a sale of fancy work and home cooking at the school on Friday December 20 starting 2 30 with a whist drive to follow.
Mr. Thos. Bell and George traveled to Winnipeg carrying a rock as part of an unclear local event or anecdote referenced in the snippet. The item’s purpose and outcome are not specified in the readable text.
Two horses strayed from Landis in mid November each weighing about 1300 pounds. Both have white stripes on their foreheads and down the face. A reward of $10 is offered for information leading to recovery. Contact J Bant in Landis.
The Record warns subscribers they must settle dues or be dropped after January 1. The paper, priced at 1.00 per year in advance or 1.50 otherwise, emphasizes it cannot operate without revenue and will transfer unpaid accounts to collectors.
Back East for Christmas invites travelers to plan early and obtain special privilege tickets from Grand Trunk Pacific Railway agents. Travel via Winnipeg to Eastern Canada offers stopovers and options through Canadian government railways or US lines via Minneapolis St Paul and Chicago. For details contact local agents or General Passenger Agent W E Duperow, Winnipeg.
The message notes that the Christmas period will wrap up in two weeks, signaling an approaching end to holiday festivities and potential post holiday changes.
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