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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Apr 26, 1889
Page
1
Street index style notice listing Queen's Hotel proprietor Davidson and a long roster of merchants and tradesmen including Caswell Beauchamp Hockley Morrene Leedon Paterson Thomson Nelson McKenzie Burghill Collins McMillan Jarmstrong Bolland Wisdom Weidman and others with roles from watchmaker to builder to forwarder and farm equipment supplier in a mining era town.
Fragmentary OCR text lists names and titles such as ES LIE GORDOR Aprocare and NOTARY PUSSAC with references to marriage licenses and a box in QU APPELLE N W T. The legible items include possible officials, agencies, and places like QU APPELLE STATION and DAWSON, suggesting a public notice or legal filing.
Notice announces a two month window from April 1889 for applicants Bert Stuart Lake and others to seek incorporation of The Grenfell Cheese Company Limited under The Companies Ordinances. Aimed at North-West Territories involves share capital of five hundred shares, value not stated, with Grenfell Manitoba area engineers and farmers as applicants. Secretary BR W Francis signs the notice.
In April a posted notice invites sealed tenders for mail contracts. It outlines weekly service frequency and conditions for delivery, with details obtainable at the Post Office Inspector's office in Wismipeg.
Gabriel Dumont arrives at Lemont from Batoche with four half-breeds in good health, weighing 230 pounds. He aims to travel to Montana to collect debts from twenty Indians tied to 1885 rebellion, then proceed to France for the Paris World Fair in June. Lemont departs for Reyna by midnight, with Winnipeg track updates tonight.
The column notes arrivals by every train as settlers move into Saltcoats area. It lists transfers and new homesteads, accidents including Laycock and Urquhart, a store opening in Yorkton, and local views on the lake and railway misnomer.
Harry, eldest son of Inspector Constantine of the local police, died after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh while handling a rifle this morning in Moosomin. The wound proved fatal during medical examination.
A harsh petition from Pat Albert warns of rail delays and failed promises to Prince Albert. It accuses officials of deflecting the Manitoba & Northwestern line and lowering wheat prices, risking regional agitation and distress among settlers.
An old advertisement touts Hagard's Peotoral Balsam as a remedy for hacking cough hoarseness bronchial issues and throat or lung troubles. It claims to loosen phlegm heal inflamed mucous surfaces and cure where others fail.
A philosophical note argues drunkenness reflects repeated acts rather than a single lapse. The piece weighs whether intoxication is an actual condition or a habitual practice, linking habit to recurring behavior.
In Moxrarat on April 21, Donald Morrison, the Lake Megantic outlaw who had defied police for over a year, was captured by Montreal Constable McMahon and a police contingent. Morrison shot at officers in Maraden before being wounded and seized, then transported to Sherbrooke jail.
Mrs Rove Aun PeVloskey of Marmors Ontario writes that after three years of ulcerated stomach and ilefrated issues she found permanent relief using Burdock Blood Bitters, saying seven bottles cured her and left her feeling healthy two years later.
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