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Newspaper
Melfort Moon
Location
Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 06, 1914
Page
5
Published every week from The Moon office at Burrows ave corner Melfort Sask. Subscription price for the British Empire loc en dobar sae peat, postage charged. Subscriptions may start with any issue. Our shop is equipped for first class printing and careful attention.
A provincial farmer denounces government aid as worthless and wasteful, citing red tape and empty promises in both provincial and dominion schemes. He argues practical, businesslike efforts are needed to empower stock raising, and laments misdirected spending in Carrot River valley and across Canada.
A critique argues public schools undervalue rhetoric and latent elocution talent in children. It notes private schools offer such training, leaving the masses without access. The piece stresses cultivating an inborn talent instead of neglecting or dismissing it.
A Melfort High School Cadets concert showcased local pupils whose embryonic talents in spoken rhetoric and stage performance could, with development, yield history making results. The writer argues public schools should devote substantial weekly time to vocal expression and platform control exercises, highlighting future potential beyond famed orators and actors.
An essay argues that temperance efforts should target the cause of drunkenness rather than the drunkard. It critiques using ridicule about alcoholics and cites moral tales from temperance and church sources, including John B. Gough, to urge humane, biblically grounded advocacy.
A collage of snappy items from editorials and radio era quips. Notes include Billy Sunday in Winnipeg reception doubts, a remark on American boxcar slang, a skewered line about hair length, and jests about Sir Thomas Shaughnessy and CPR stock. Also mentions Ottawa punishment for girls who smoke, Hamilton as Ambitious City, Roosevelt in Brazil, Halifax editor jailed, and roads to market boosting farm value.
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