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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jul 16, 1886
Page
2
Publisher James Weidman lists advertising rates and terms including monthly and quarterly payments, word counts, and discounts. The notice notes possible refusal of ads deemed objectionable and outlines rates for business and local advertisements.
The drought is widespread in the northwestern continent with Minnesota, Dakota, Manitoba, and the Northwest seeing poor yields. Some localities may still produce fair crops, but straw will be short and harvesting difficult. Gopher damage and water shortages worsen failures. immigration may slow and will take years to recover. Settlers who endure and work their farms may prosper in the long run.
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Sir John Macdonald travels to the Pacific coast with brief stays at Regina and Banff. He plans a week in Winnipeg on return, and a similar length stay at Regina is anticipated.
The Dominion Government contemplates a broad amnesty for all involved in last year's Saskatchewan uprising, with a subsequent general jail delivery. Peace is said to be restored and mercy urged for all except those guilty of cold blooded murder, though some argue Gabriel Dumont might be excluded.
Mr Dal discusses the bonanza farm bearing his name noting 600 to 800 men employed seasonally for plowing harvesting and threshing about 500 horned stock and 300 additional horses. The No 1 spring wheat yields twenty bushels per acre with seeding starting April 10 and harvest three months later across 2900 acre divisions each with a superintendent and six railroad stations on the Northern Pacific and Manitoba lines.
The Montreal Star notes two Halifax officers will depart for Esquimalt I A to meet station needs as a military base on the route from Dagl and India. It suggests British Columbia may soon host large troop bodies to serve India, with ships moving through the Suez and Mediterranean routes while Russian ships near the canal could aid or hinder.
An unclear note questions the proposed canal project at Hrviua Wily with a claimed cost of 6,000,000 francs and asks where the 90,000,000 francs in funds will originate. The text appears garbled and references M de Leeseps.
Graham, 33, a cooper from Niagara, built a seven by three foot iron-hooped barrel with ballast and embarked yesterday from Buffalo for the falls. He rode the river through eddies and whirlpools, emerged near Lewiston with minor injuries, declaring the trip largely painless. Police later arrested Graham in Toronto after the sensational stunt.
Alameda arrives with details of a massive eruption in New Zealand last month. Mount Tarawera and the Vareora range unleashed lava, fire, and earthquakes over a 120 by 20 mile area. Extinct Etna eruption revived and the land turned to burning soil under a 4,000 foot peak.
London reports that Austrian and French press view Russia as acting to pressure Gladstone to retire and let Salisbury become premier. Bismarck allegedly counseled Russia before Batoum port closure while Britain contemplates unified action with Rosebery preparing a note to Russia. Russian Guards arrive at Kishineff amid East crisis.
The Week notes Canada’s firm stance on fishing rights pressures a settlement before next season. It says New England fishermen face reduced hake catches, with about 5 000 barrels this season versus 26 000 last year, as mackerel move toward Nova Scotia under the 1818 treaty, prompting calls for renewed commission oversight.
The article cites Mr. Alexander Begg on Canadian Northwest settlement, praising soil richness and health benefits from 400 women in the region. It notes West of England cheese prices, emigration trends, and legal actions around Northwest Central railway funding. Also reports smallpox eradication in Donald, N W T and the Selkirks.
Trustees of the Northwest Territories Protestant Public School District No. 45 announce a loan of three hundred dollars by debentures repayable in ten annual installments at eight percent interest. Funds cover lumber, finish to the schoolhouse, and nurse’s home. Polling on Saturday July 17, 1886 at 10 am to approve three hundred dollars loan. Voter eligibility requires a resident ratepayer oath and age 21.
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