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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Apr 02, 1886
Page
2
Publisher's Notice presents advertising rates and terms with scattered figures and misread words. It lists prices for one week to a year and per word charges for classified ads, noting payable terms and the right to refuse inserts for questionable content.
The Regina Leader rejects the North mail route proposal, arguing the existing Regina to Prince Albert line is best. It contends distance comparisons are flawed, noting Saskatoon would gain least and Fort Qu’Appelle route advantages are outweighed by opening difficulties.
A dinner in Regina last night honored a three-man Northwest delegation to Ottawa. Mayor Mowat presided as Messrs Wade and Arnold provided a swift yet fine meal. To the guests Dr Wilson and others spoke of Ottawa reception and progress. Toasts followed including Perley Ross Kerr Benson and Hallam White Fraser. The social gathering closed after midnight.
Col Irvine resigns as commissioner of the Mounted Police and Lawrence W Herehiner, formerly of the Indian Department, succeeds him. Irvine had asked to be relieved some time ago but delays occurred.
The roll on the Landry motion split Conservatives and Reformers with 122 Conservatives and 24 Reformers voting against the motion while 36 Reformers and 17 Conservatives supported. Balter sided with the majority against the motion by 94 votes.
The column records the Gibbens family settling near Katepwa after a five day rail journey from Pem broke Oat with a stock cat in tow. Jim Gibbons weds Miss Amy Gartner in a Fort Qu’Appelle ceremony. A party hosted by Harold Ronnyesalle features a well supplied kitchen, dancing, fiddling by Billy, and Mrs Bonnycastle singing. Local land moves include Tom Gibbons securing a quarter section adjoining his farm for his father.
A fragmentary profile of Sophie Vassilievna tracing her life from childhood in Astrakhan to studies in St. Petersburg and Moscow. The piece highlights her education, linguistic abilities, and exposure to Russian literature and philosophy, noting her views on oppression and modern thought amid a cosmopolitan upbringing.
The Tuesday process notes its circulation rising quickly as the sole dollar newspaper in the Northwest region, reflecting expanding reach and affordability for readers.
A Georgia farmer reports crows destroying his wheat crop. He rigged a dynamite device to deter them. several hundreds of wheat stood in the field when the explosion occurred. The scene drew crows and a warning about safety concerns.
A traveler recalls meeting a young medical student in Boston who helped in the work that night. The speaker notes queer women in the city and remarks on their appearance and behavior with uncertain language.
A correspondent to the Boston Journal recounts a reading of a Vedic prayer and a decorous verse turn. The reader notes the difficulty of certain words and ends with a concluding moral about serving God and women.
The report notes that Senator Braun's New York law practice pays about $746000 annually. It highlights the unusually high earnings from the legal work tied to his legislative role.
Dr. Talmage discusses dancing, allowing natural graceful motion yet warning about excess. He deems round dances evil while some forms are harmless and urges restraint, leaving verdict to individual conscience amid cultural debate.
In June Atlantic, Oliver Wendell Holmes notes how Geff signs papers and receives requests to read and judge books. He is said to tailor opinions for advertisement value and to offer praise regardless of merit, with subjects ranging from poetry to civic themes.
A fragmentary excerpt reflects on navigation in an open prairie where directions are imprecise and exploration invites risk. It contrasts imagined guidance with real landscapes marked by sunflowers and sod-framed houses as readers confront the murky meanings of rural wayfinding.
A fragmented account describes Arctic travel diets and stimulants. It notes long northern sojourns with raw fat and blubber as common sustenance while canned foods and pemmican are rare, and beverages like whisky are used to bolster endurance during forced marches.
The narrative portrays a woman who ignores her mother's caution about marriage to a loquacious, lazy partner. After three years of hardship and domestic neglect, she leaves him to work as a sewing girl, while townspeople discuss the fate of two women blamed for her misfortune.
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