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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1887
Page
2
The Qu Appelle Progress lists weekly Thursday publication and ad rates. It details rates for column space and transient ads, mentions yearly discounts, and specifies charges for business locals and additional insertions.
A table records rainfall at the Jo'Appelle government observatory for April May June July and August of years 35 86 and 87. Measurements are in inches with decimals noted for fractions of an inch. The current month’s figures extend only to the 22nd.
In Qu Appelle a banquet for Mr. W D Perley M P East Assiniboia prompts defense against Leader attacks. The crowd expects Perley to recount his own deeds rather than those of Davin MacDowall and Davin, asserting he is accountable to his constituents for his own stewardship. The Leader’s critique is urged to be reconsidered as unfounded.
The Regina Leader mocks its rival in a brief note about the Gazette becoming accepted, saying the Leader is quicker to embrace it after earlier jeers and apologies.
The fragment suggests a caution about provoking a person to abandon stated resolutions. It presents no clear event, date, or identifiable organization, limiting for a full, stand-alone news item.
The banquet speech praised N F Davin M P for West Assiniboia for extending entry time for second homesteads and credited Messrs Macdowall and Davis as energetic workers for their constituents and the Northwest. Some pronoun wording in the report could have read they instead of he.
English temperance investigator Mr. Skinner reports the Scott Act in Canada largely meets prohibitionists' aims after six years of study. In Halton County tests, 2200 witnesses saw no open liquor. Oakville’s top hotel is run by a temperance man, and few drinkers were observed. Skinner calls the act broadly satisfactory despite some skeptics.
The Week notes The Nation as a rare American journal upholding genuine independence. It commands a large, devoted clientéle that appreciates its fresh, forcible voice amid a partisan political landscape.
The piece argues about fishing rights near Prince Edward Island and the three mile limit under the 1818 treaty. It cites incidents of Canadian patrols pursuing seining vessels French and Argonaut outside the limit and questions the legality of seizures and abandonment without protest.
A satirical notice welcomes Mormons to Medicine Tat with a pledge of work, no polygamy, and freedom to practice their church and schools while avoiding plural marriage. The piece frames settlement as mutually beneficial, promising farming, cattle, and community integration.
The comptroller reports that the Udal police party has orders to return to Plng early in the coming fall, with preparations underway for a patrol in Kootenay country.
Morning Call reports the death of Alexander MacArthur, founder of a vital scientific and historical institution in Northwestern Canada. The obituary praises his energetic temperament, prolific research, and lifelong work for the society, describing his loss as irretrievable for the institution and region.
The Lorne Agriculina Society holds its fourth annual Cohibition in Prince Albert on September 2. Prizes are numerous and valuable, including a Hudson's Bay Co cup for the winner who may retain it after two consecutive wins, with medals awarded yearly and the cup returned to the secretary after the exhibition.
Fragments describe a shelled site near Memphia with monuments and shafts, noting hieroglyphic metal work and the title Lords of Heliopolia. References mention a queen’s gift, a balsam from Ye Tete of Mots, and a noted figure claimed as birthplace of a remarkable man, amid scattered historical clues.
Incomplete OCR reads as a sketch of Irish origin life in Nevada City Cal Mar years beyond the limit of thirty five years age. Mentions Meath son Sie posppet movement dinlaiahing Viruleges of Ube epidemics.
A fragmented piece reflecting on liberty, money, and immigration. It contrasts American freedom with material wealth, mentions Bedloe’s Island and the Goddess of Liberty, and ponders national identity amid diverse arrivals and unequal burdens. The text blends rhetoric about liberty, immigration, and social dynamics.
A panhandled man pleads for a dime to buy bread, while another man offers harsh guidance about earning the money. The exchange grows tense as the advisor proposes a series of increasingly specific price points and deadlines.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses Persian cows and centers of interest with garbled phrases. No coherent event or entities emerge.
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