22 Dec 1887
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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 22, 1887
Page
1
A Manitoba town council meeting discussed finances showing a lean balance while approving James Conn’s tender to erect a new vestry at the Commercial Hotel. Minutes cover accounts, bylaw readings, and committee reports as officials plan for school board and teacher examinations with appointments across districts.
Moose Jaw news items report an absent pastor this week and a priestly ordination. A Presbyterian bazaar at Ballamy's hall netted 170 in receipts. The CPR dam on Moose Jaw creek is described as a substantial project, twelve feet high. Railway mail clerks east of town have duties extended from Virden to Winnipeg, with Mr. La Mothe joining. W Grayson law office moved up Main Street. Colpus's butcher shop relocated to Main Street. Hunter & Bell store occupancy shifts, and Colditt's building will sit between it and Miss Clarke's millinery shop.
The notice mentions Jd. R Neff as a likely candidate for Northwest council election. St John’s day social planned at the music hall on the 27th. Farmer Thomas Lobier heads east for months to work for the Canadian railway. death by exposure rumored. Local market reports list flour at 4.50 to 8.00.
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