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Newspaper
Oxbow Herald
Location
Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Mar 15, 1917
Page
4
The opening featured the new switchboard and a remarkable semi diesel engine. Storage batteries were charged during inspection to supply 24 hour light at minimal cost, ensuring continuous service when the engine is off. The new council chamber drew praise as a fitting home for town governance with Red Cross ladies serving tea.
A Monday night carnival in Oxbow drew large crowds at the Municipal Rink. Miss Hollingshead and Mr Bert Winteringham won best dressed prizes, with Lloyd Decker and Miss Paosy Noble first in comedy. Isobel Ossen took a consolation prize while Ralph Mills led boys racing in a vigorous program.
The piece argues ancient empires relied on Baghdad and the Mesopotamian valley. It notes Mongol and Tartар control proved fleeting without Baghdad, and that a British force from the southwest and a Russian force from the northeast now threaten the city, signaling a first British victory and a hopeful future.
A well attended basket social at Auburn school on Friday evening last March gth proved sociable and enjoyable. Baskets sold. proceeds benefit Belgian relief efforts. Credit given to school children Miss Leslie and trustees H R Brown M A Hutchinson plus district ladies for help.
The Souris pair wed away from home with a ceremony led by Rev. M. L. Leitch and Rev. John Russell. Friends honored the couple with a tea and a gift of sterling silver cutlery, as staff and residents extend congratulations and best wishes for their future in Oxbow Regina Leader.
Austin Joslyn son of Rev. J H L Joslyn, wounded in battle losing sight of one eye, passes through town with stock bound for Calgary. Public auction of horses cattle farm machinery and more of R J Evans at his Coldridge district farm section 2442 on Wednesday March 21 at 1 pm. Farmers and others invited to bid on work stock and milch cows. W J Lang.
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