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Lawn Tennis is being played out in the open at Napinka. ‘The Oak River Curling Club will hold a bons pier in that town on Feb. 4th. The Free Press is seeing but terflies this winter. Thats noth ing, editors and employees of smaller papers sometimes see snakes at Christmas time. Socialism is becoming a grave menace to England. England has decided to put into commission four new “Dreadnaughts” each year. ‘The CP. R. shops at Winni peg closed down last Saturday for one week. The cutting down for expenses account for this ac tion. The home of Wea, Young, east of town, was invaded last , Friday evening by a most hap py surprise party from town. Dancing and games were the order until the smal wee hours. A sleigh load of young people paid a surprise visit to the far m A. Bannin south of Town, a Thursday evening last. They r eport having had an excellent time. Why do not our “old-timers” get busy and have a reunion? We learn that many other t owns are holding these con ~ vivials at present. Rapid City could make a good show. slow often the remark is heard from a person who does not read the advertisements, “[ paid too much for it” Read the advertisements and save money, ‘The Board of Trade at Mini ota have one into the hotel business, having arranged to temporally take over Mr. Turn er’s hotel, and run it for the ‘The Provincial governments will handle the money loaned by the federal government for the purpose of buying seed grain for distribution among the farmers of Saskatchewan For the calendar year of 1907, #24 Alberta. The total trade of the Dominion Rapid City’s bonspield is on was $658,590,974, an increase of this week but by some misman $64,280,681. This increase is agement Hamiota is not repre made up of about sixty millions seated at it. This seems too bad ‘a imports, and about four as Rapid City has alw millions in exports. ‘reuized Hamiota’s’s The next regular meeting of Rapid City Board of Trade, wil take place on Friday evening Jan. 7th. at 8 o'clock. Ts said to be a time of depression, and there is one cure for it. Jet together and devise ways and means to shake it off. A good meeting is asked for. A movement is on foot to form a turf circuit. The propo rtion is meeting with great f avor in Manitoba, Saskatche wan and Alberta. ‘Towns and_ cities in these three provinces , will be asked to send delegates to a general meeting which will be held at Moose Jaw, Feb. 12, for organization purposes. [Mr Marconi states that wire less service between London and Montreal will be opened to the public on February or 2 at sixpence per word. He has chosen Montreal instead of New York because of the Canadian r bsidy of 16,000 pounds ster ling. It is understood no land! ires to the wireless terminal will be laid yet, nor will the sending of wireless messages by duplex be attempted. The editor of an exchange who knows what he is talking about says: Times have chang ed in many ways. In former times when a man got up his stomach his wife had a red hot stove lid on him and next morning he was ready to slop hogs, feed the calf and kick the cat. Now if he gets an uncom fortable feeling back of his waistband the doctor calls it appendicitis, lays him on the table, cuts a hole in his anatomy and he—dies may be. Again in the good old days you could take a razor or a corn cutter and trim your corns, put on your shoes and plow all day. Now if you scrape the top of your corn toe, blood poisoning sets in and off comes your leg.. This is a strenuous age and don't you forget it—Ex. Many people were seriously injured at an election riot re cently in mid Devonshire, Eng land. Women Sufferagists took part in the opposition, but were recognized by the infuriated mob and were bustled and pelt ed with stones and eggs. ‘The ‘timely arrival of the police 'saved their lives. Notwithstanding the fact that quite recently a scientist dis covered that there are 72,007 snicrobes on the average dollar vill, and that we informed our subscribers we would give full ‘ace value for the same bills, we regret to report only a slight ran on them, and we would urge that they should scome larger numbers, as we are making a specialty of collecting these money-eating microbes.
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Rapid City Marquette Reporter
Rapid City, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Jan 30, 1908
Page 5
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Eileen T.
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