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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 14, 1888
Page
5
A wide array of global notes this week covers Britain and its colonies, Russia, Spain, and Canada. Reports detail political moves in France and India, robberies in Madrid, ships wrecked off Oregon, and local Ontario railway incidents.
A historical account describes how caoutchouc from tropical trees is collected in Brazil and Central America. It details sap extraction, smoking to coagulate, and the creation of rubber sheets, noting the labor of schinzueiros, the curing process, and the material’s export as the world relies on new sources.
A worn out horse and a donkey discuss prosperity and hardship as a bean cart passes. The cob driver tastes no beans while others enjoy abundance, teaching Teddy that often others profit from what appears desirable. The tale ends with the horse reflecting on shared misfortune and distant happiness.
A recipe notes boiling fish with milk butter flour and caper sauce. It also comments that sheep and chickens thrive with ample fresh water and challenges the idea they need little. The text includes Italianate phrasing and stray garbled words from OCR.
Sunday services listed for St Peters and Col lege Chapel with times 11 and 19 hundred, Holy Communion alternately at 8 and 12. Evensong Wednesdays and Fridays. Sunday School times. church groups and post office hours for Qu Appelle area. Includes Methodist and Roman Catholic schedules plus Masonic and B P Os.
A partial readable passage mentions Ptah ree apples at the bottom and scattering them with a little water. The snippet includes stray phrases about sufficient water and a distant time or event, but the context and full meaning are unclear.
D H McMillan and Company present the Canadian Pacific Railway time table dated November 11 1888 detailing eastbound and westbound schedules. It notes daily and specific weekday departures, time standards for Broadview to Canmore, and lists railway officers W A VanHorne WM Whyte and Robert Kerr.
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