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Newspaper
Melfort Moon
Location
Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Feb 25, 1914
Page
3
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Masquerade event drew happy crowds celebrating a birth with varied costumes. Winners included Virdie Smith as Red Riding Hood and Fred Jameson in a comic costume. Other participants ranged from Jack Dawson in Devil to Elsie Arthur as Hottentot girl and Reg Lancaster reporting for the Journal.
All bands and the cook were present at the skating rink last Wednesday for the masquerade carnival. The event drew the largest crowd ever at Melfort’s municipal ice palace with costumes praised by judges C. A Anderson of Winnipeg and RK Haliday of Saskatoon.
A letter from Geo F Bradley notes Purdy near Melfort yielded 101 bushels per acre on oats and 106 on a 26 acre patch, while 116 bushels per acre was reported by Thos Harris and 100 bushels per acre across 600 acres for G B Johnston. Oats under 50 bushels are seen as ordinary.
Local land men report heavy inquiries for farms as actual farmers seek mixed farming ventures. Un cultivated land offered at reasonable prices is expected to set new sale records in coming months. Yesterday the E F Wyman Co sold a Brockington farm to a Goose Lake buyer who plans large scale stock raising in spring.
Nine of thirty two moose were seen near the outskirts of town last week. The report notes a large amount of big game shipped from this point by outsiders during the open season and mentions ongoing concerns about local wildlife.
An old town note urges spreading a pledge to the neighboring village as a breezy cold spell shifts winds from north to south in parts of the town. The sentiment reflects shared civic spirit and timing.
In a short briefing, officials consider funding to beautify the park immediately south of the town hall and west of the bandstand area. No final decision announced.
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