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Newspaper
Melfort Moon
Location
Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1916
Page
5
The notice from A. BR. Babington publisher announces the Melfort Saskatchewan issue dated Wednesday August 9 1916. It details subscription cost one dollar per year and postage charges as well as local reading notices rate ten cents per line and classified ads rates. It invites advertising agents and correspondents and provides phone contact.
A local report details the second anniversary commemorations of the Great War. The program featured divine service, patriotic addresses, loyalty to the British Empire and Entente Allies, and a youth program with races to entertain children. It noted recruitment impetus and honored guests with relatives serving. A critic questioned the Recorder’s view as cynical.
The Saskatoon Phoenix laments widespread hail damage across the West that ruined a season's work. It notes many farmers lack insurance and warns that no district is safe from future storms, stressing the harsh gamble of farming margins.
The piece notes hail damages in Pathlow and Silver Park with many farmers bailed out and little insurance. It argues wheat reliance is risky and promotes mixed farming as a safer, long term option, stressing fodder abundance and resilience against future storms.
A fragmentary poem by Annonymous uses Scottish dialect to depict a lodger facing threats and odd remedies. It blends domestic imagery with wartime bravado as the speaker contemplates blocking paths and a mysterious mixture that will make a pest disappear.
Rural Municipality of Nipawin advertises sale of lands for arrears of taxes under the Arrears of Taxes Act. The sale is scheduled for Saturday September 1916 at 10:00 am at the municipal office, listing parcels with description and lot details.
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