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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Feb 19, 1886
Page
2
A condensed notice of a lecture titled Holy Catholic Church Its Continuity in England delivered by Bishop Qu Appelle on June 28. The item notes possible print delays and that the sermon will appear in the next issue.
The notice lists subscription price at $1.00 per annum with advance payment. Advertising rates show one column or two inches for business cards, with per line costs for first insertion and extra insertions. The publisher reserves the right to refuse objectionable content and provides address for James Weidman at Ez F Wieewx, Peptor.
Winnipeg papers debate Mr. T. W. Jackson's remarks at a Fort Qu'Appelle banquet meant to defend Northwest Council actions. The Progress withholds comment, noting Jackson failed to address council issues, collapsing when countered by Lt Gov Dewdney. Fort Qu'Vidette is accused of backing his charges through a pocket organ claim.
The letter rebukes reports praising Mr. Jackson and denies the Free Press claim he has broad backing. It states Jackson has eroded trust in his Northwest constituency through tactics at the Northwest Council and the subsequent speech. His supporters say he should have proven his charges at the council session.
The Manitoba Legislature will meet for the dispatch of business on Tuesday March 4th. The notice outlines a planned session and agenda items to be addressed by members.
It is expected that all rebel lion prisoners still serving sentences will be liberated before the Dominion Parliament convenes. The move aims to ease tensions ahead of parliamentary proceedings.
The suggestion urges forming local cavalry volunteer groups in settlements in the North West to assist the Police during emergencies. It argues these organizations could quickly nip troubles in the bud and provide incalculable benefits.
The Fort Qu Appelle Vidette, in its final issue, acts as censor for the Northwest Lieut Governor. It praises publishing T W Jacksons banquet speech as ammunition for Grit papers to attack the Federal Government. It calls for Dewdney and Ottawa administration to resign.
Fort McLeod Gazette quotes officials denying reports that a detachment of the North West Mounted Police was escorted off the Blood Indian reserve with uplifted rifles and warned not to return. The Gazette calls the tale a fabrication spread by a young boastful individual.
W D Perley J Troms and Dr J T Wi reach Ottawa as Northwest Council delegates to urge a bill of rights. They seek railway rebates timber access habeas corpus territorial courts land transfer Torrens system homestead entry rail expansion and local government funding and recognition.
Clerks recorded a long list of unusual given names and parentage in a memorandum book kept at General Somerset House. The names include Sykes, Inkpen, Patience, Zaphnothpaaneah, Thocktale Joy, Albertena Regina Victoria, Scamp, Fergus, O'Brien, Jane Sticholavene, Hastilina Maria Hypsibile, James Death, Samson Catchasites, George Dada von, Testottle Cross, Martin Luther Spooner, Cann Jacobina Caro Moffat, and others. The article notes the names are real despite questions about authenticity without official documentation.
A damaged excerpt shows a debtor’s note seeking forgiveness of a long standing debt. The writer mentions religious visions and hope to meet the Sun of Man in heavenly clouds, dated in the seventh month of a Jewish year, with lines expressing remorse and a plea for the creditor’s mercy.
A humorous sketch recalls Seipkins cheap art tastes as he views a fourth-rate chromo at an exhibition. He takes his girl to the show with mild enthusiasm and jokes about the frame being made of gold while assessing the price of the pictured work.
The Parisian sportwomen invite the venerable Victor Hugo to watch skaters in the Bois de Boulogne. Hugo declares he has no overcoat and dresses the same year round. President Havalin of Males, aged 76, is also noted as never wearing an overcoat.
A California judge ruled that a man cannot recover damages from an individual who ejected him for frightening their baby amid a dispute over kissing the infant. The ruling addresses consent and public decorum in handling infant privacy and safety disputes.
The Lancet discusses Dr Rolleston's strain from heavy duties and recalls a terse encounter in which a stranger misinterprets his time. Other snippets mention Dumas's payment ethics to Delacroix and a Lyon shoe dealer affected by 1781 British action. Professor Willis G. Tucker is cited on water purity in an address.
Fragmented OCR notes recount religious and educational activity, naming Omaha figures and the Archbishop, and mention a semi annual meeting in Boston. It notes several schools in the region and ongoing efforts by associations to expand religious education and influence.
The passage asserts hands are not identical and no two faces are alike. It notes slight asymmetries and differences between paired hands, with variances in length and thickness. It discusses astral impressions linking hand features to familial resemblance and character, suggesting right hands mirror the father physically while left hands reflect the mother mentally and spiritually.
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