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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Apr 07, 1887
Page
2
A fragmented OCR notice lists rate cards for display and classified ads in The Qu Appelle Progress. It mentions annual and monthly pricing, per-line and per-word charges, and channel fees. The text indicates exceptions for certain ad types and options to change yearly listings monthly.
E L Wetmore of Frederickton N B is named Superior Court judge for the Northwest Territories and will serve Whitewood in East Assiniboia. Veter King is appointed sheriff and O Neff of Moosomin becomes clerk of the court. Local readers urge appointing officials from within East Assiniboia and question eastern immigration for such posts.
The Rat Portage Progress now bears a pen name The News as it passes to new proprietors Its political and temperance views have shifted and supporters of true progress celebrate the Popnetors dropping their old name.
A well bound 800 page volume listing residents and business firms from Port Arthur to the Rocky Mountains. It serves as a valuable reference for business men surveying Northwestern Ontario Manitoba and Northwest Territories access and affiliations.
The article outlines plans for an Imperial Institute in London to unite the Empire and showcase colonial and Indian resources. Prince of Wales speech supports the project as a hub for emigration guidance, trade, and cultural exchange with provinces and colonies. A Northwest Territories lieutenant governor letter urges widespread support with a low subscription cap of one dollar per person. The Manitoba News is renamed the Morden Monitor.
The monthly Winnipeg publication offers travel and railway information. It is sold for 10 cents per copy or 1.00 per year.
Report from Wolseley Public School dated April 2 1887 lists third class students Percy Bray Arthur Perley Burton Campbell and others with marks led by 656 for Burton Campbell and 611 for Ernest Perley while second class includes Abbie Kennedy Lizzie Sutherland and Frank Grant among ten pupils with J F Mippiewass noted and average attendance 26.
A dubious ad-like text touts Dr. Clerk’s cures for blood diseases and a universal remedy labeled Cuma, claiming positive effects for various high gain symptoms. The fragment references a case of someone named Rerofu and hints at a throat or kidney remedy.
The text indicates rules about returning schedules to bidders and choosing the lowest acceptable tender. It notes that schedules must not be mutilated and must be sent back in full to allow tenderers to revise their bids. It emphasizes that the lowest tender is not necessarily accepted.
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