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Newspaper
Oxbow Herald
Location
Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Sep 10, 1914
Page
4
Fragmented OCR text shows garbled phrases likely about a subscription offer. No clear names, dates, or places readable. Unable to determine a coherent news item or event for a concise card.
Miss Myrtle Burke of Gainsborough visits Miss Lulu McBride in town. Anglican services Sunday include Holy Communion at 9 am and matins with sermon at 7 pm. Oxbow hosts Peace prayer in Methodist church Wednesday. George J. Harris and daughter Florence depart for Hamilton Ontario after visiting son A L Harris. R P Armstrong alerts that his butcher shop will stay open until 9 pm during threshing season and credit is offered to purchasers. Papal election: Cardinal Gio Benedict XI was elected pope of the Catholic Church after the death of the previous pope.
The letter from Major Elliott urges Oxbow to organize a home protection corps. It suggests town councilors arrange for willing farmers and operators to drill weekly with local regiment instructors. Estevan recently formed a Home Defence Association with over 100 enrollees, and the piece calls Oxbow to join in defense of the British Empire.
The Ottawa general’s office reports a special allowance of 20 dollars per month for wives and families of married volunteers from Canada. Rolls are being prepared and checks issued to support families of those serving at Valcartier and abroad. Some soldiers may assign portions of their pay to their families.
Fragmentary notices report births in Glen Ewen and Oxbow Saskatchewan in 1914. Entries mention Mr and Mrs Brooks and Dr and Mrs Pegg, with gender notes of boys in some lines.
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