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Newspaper
Melfort Moon
Location
Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Oct 02, 1918
Page
3
Local notices outline rates for advertising and government notices with a note on printing. A patriotic appeal urges readers to start a personal saving fund to support the war effort, claiming decisive action now determines if one is a patriot or enemy as lives go to Flanders.
In Manitoba, Souris farmers boast roads let them haul 344 tons of coal without straining horses. By contrast, Carrot River Valley faces costly losses from poor roads and widespread traveler discomfort in the district.
A rural editorial condemns antiquated statute labor for road work and urges contracts with professional builders. It argues high wages delay maintenance, causing impassable roads after rain and raising transport costs by over fifty percent per ton versus well kept roads.
A philosophical note suggests that delaying action reveals our inner forecast. It argues that spontaneous behavior is guided by prior mental preparation shaped by pessimistic outlooks.
The notice advertises weekly market days Monday and Tuesday for hogs and cattle with seller contact Wes White in Melfort. It also lists job ads seeking a young lady for a responsible position and hundreds of stenographic workers for banks through the Western Commercial College in Prince Albert and Saskatoon. A farm sale by C W Rader and Hugh N Bennett is set for October 18 at 10 o'clock with lunch at noon and handbill available.
Best of blood advert lists 2 imported and home bred Clydesdale stallions 4 roan Short Horn Bulls 2 cows in calf milking strain yearling Berkshire boar Toulouse Geese Pekin Ducks Barred Rock Roosters work horses ponies outfits for children Apply H. H. Burroughs Somerset Farm Melfort.
50 head Registered Short Horn heifers, etc. 20 Registered Clydesdales, fillies and mares. Short Horns 1-3 years, Clydesdales 1-3 years. Black Soam Stables Melfort late October date to be announced. Also Registered Shropshire ewes and rams. Ram buyers write Brampton Ontario. Items from Canada’s Largest Importers Gale chairs. House and lot for sale Brampton Ontario. Arabian grade team for sale near North Canada Lumber Co. 500 head breeding ewes Asquith Sask. 2.3
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