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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Feb 15, 1889
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices and advertising rates with options for agents. It specifies per annum payments in advance and outlines rates by column width, column inch and business cards, plus conditions for transient ads and yearly amendments. It excludes auctions and certain notices from standard rates.
An 1889 discussion argues against separate Catholic schools in Ontario and cites New Brunswick’s 1871 public school law as a model. The piece contends that a single non sectarian system lowers costs for all ratepayers and upholds principles common to all Christian groups, urging legislative action to end segregation.
A reader correspondence reveals community concerns over post office duties and perceived gender bias. Mrs Johnstone requests relief from mail tasks as Mr Johnston travels. The writer condemns bachelor culture and mocks the idea of women lacking agency in marriage decisions.
A reader gathering in Wolseley heard a debate on stringency versus prohibition with Mr Snow and Mr Nim mong supporting the affirmative and Mr Thompson and Mr Middliemiss the negative, judged to be a victory for prohibitionists. Rev A Andrews spoke on the English Bible and the British and Foreign Bible Society. A branch was formed with officers named and a book supply ordered from Toronto.
In the school district effort to establish a separate Catholic school, Catholic taxpayers would bear a large levy. Property owned by Catholics totals over 10 thousand dollars and the maximum 10 mill levy would fund a debt already incurred at 2 mills, leaving 8 mills to support the new school. Even with government grants, an 8 mill base cannot sustain a separate school, and voters meet on the 18th to decide against establishing it.
A fragment warns of a fatal attack of croap among children noting dangers from household products and urging guards with Harvard's Pectoral Balam to treat coughs colds and bronchitis. The text reflects medical advisory language with cautious claims.
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