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Newspaper
Oxbow Herald
Location
Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Feb 08, 1917
Page
8
The past week brought extreme cold and a fierce blizzard with temperatures around 40 below and a strong northwest wind. Shoppers were forced to delay weekend plans, many staying in hotels or with friends as the storm raged into Sunday evening leaving uneven snow drifts in places.
The Dixie-re Onion entertained at the Oxbow Methodist church on Tuesday evening. Despite two members battling severe colds their chorus and solo numbers drew solid interest from attendees. The male quartet received strong appreciation for their sale of choruses quartets and part songs, and their rendition of Ste Away to Jesus was notably well received. A return visit by these artists is anticipated with pleasure.
A diary style entry recounts Christmas Day travel on a train from Bergvnen. The writer mentions Saskatchewan Province and Glen Ewen, Ontario ties, family in Oxbow, and a “Mill on the Flows” run by a Canadian. It covers holiday time at home after eleven years and a few personal family notes.
Property rental notice aimed at Souris readers refers to a site near the northeast of the 4 and 8 marks from Or aa A McMorran. Details are incomplete due to damaged OCR but conveys a rental inquiry.
Allan G. Paul sued Ignatz Schiestal for 582 dollars as contract price for boring a deep well and installing a pump. The plaintiff claims delivery and payment were due 1 September 1915. The defendant argues water was muddy and pump late, water remained unusable. The court upheld the plaintiff's contract claim.
Public notice announces a mortgage sale of farm property at Grand View Hotel North Portal Saskatchewan on Saturday the third 1917 at 1 pm mountain time. The listing includes several acres described and notes terms and conditions with reserve rights and statutory provisions.
The report notes soldiers from Oxbow dine Christmas dinner at a parental home in England. The piece references Lansdowne and Merald, with dated hints from December 1917.
A brief notice reports a legal action involving 268 er t led property and related proceedings. Details are limited in the readable text.
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