Saskatchewan Red Cross Fund Urges Schools to Help
The Saskatchewan Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society aims to raise 1 000 000 during 1918 with school children contributing through teachers and trustees. Past drives raised 26 000 in 1915 and 70 000 in 1916 for relief funds. a 50 000 target this year is set, hoping 25 per school yields 100 000. The fund supports care for sick and wounded soldiers and those captured, honoring soldiers' service while urging student effort. A letter from the Lieutenant Governor urges participation.
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Saskatchewan
Canadian Red Cross Society
Patriotic Fund
Red Cross Fund
Red Cross
The
Education Fund Appeal Encourages School Contributions
Minister of Education W M Martin urges schools to contribute to the Schools Red Cross Fund and promotes current magazines and periodicals available at the Record Office including Red Book Blue Book Everybody's Cosmopolitan Popular Mechanics Argosy and Top Notch with regular weekly issues.
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Organization of the Schools’ Red Cross Fund
W.M. Martin
Red Book
Blue Book
Everybody's Cosmopolitan
Popular Mechanics
Top Notch
Canada Military Service Act 1917 Public Notice
Public notice under Regulations of the Governor General and the Proclamation of 1918 requires every male British subject in Canada born on or after 13 October 1897 who is at least 19 and unmarried or a widower to report by 1 June 1918 or within ten days after his 19th birthday. Reports must include full name birth date residence and post office address and be sent to the Registrar by registered post. Noncompliance risks severe penalties and issued by the Department of Justice Military Service Branch on 15 May 1918.
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UBLIC
Governor General of
Canada
Aciiary Service
Department OF Justice
Military Service Branch
Fragmented Military Service Address Directives Fragment
OCR text lists inconsistent regions and provinces for reporting under the Military Service Act 1917 across multiple Canadian provinces. It mixes Quebec Ontario Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island British Columbia and Manitoba with garbled city and county names and erroneous spellings. The fragment shows directive style but is unreadable in parts.
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Strar
Quebec
Wolfe
Tichmond
Compton
Beauce
Be’ Bonaventure
Dorchester
Gaspé
Kamouraska
Levis
L'Islet
Champlain
Charlevoix
Chicoutimi
Montmorency
Portneuf
Saguenay
Lotbiniére
Montmagny
Matane
Mégantic
Rimouski
Témiscousta
Mull
Timiskaming
Pontiac
Ottawa
Labelle
Nova Scotia
Malta
Matar Sree
New Brunswick
Wey
Prince Edward Island
Province of
Prince Ed Minny
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Sprung
Acert
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Landis Pharmacy
Mickelson
Rodo
S. M. Martin
Pharmaceutical
Landis, Sask
J. B. Tinant
Landis
Ontario
London
Essex
Kent
Lambton
Elgin
Middlesex
Oxford
Waterloo
Wellington
Perth
Huron
Toronto
Lincoln
Welland
Norfolk
Brant
Wentworth
Halton
Peel
York
Grey
Dufferin
Simcoe
Muskoka
Parry Sound
Algoma
Nipissing
Mattawa
Bonfield
Ferris
Durham
Victoria
Hastings
Prince S Haliburton
Dundas
Renfrew
Ruseell
Stormont
Grenville
Lanark
Prescott
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