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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jul 30, 1914
Page
1
Community marks sendoff for ten residents after twenty five years at Starr's Point. The event featured a yard and neighborly tribute with gifts to J. F. Oates and the Oates family. Mementos included an umbrella, chinaware, and a Gladstone bag. A short address and refreshments followed.
The writer visits Milden and notes poor prospects from Moose Jaw to the north and west. Heat, drought, and a hail storm on July 18 have strained crops and left many farmers with little seed or food. Grain Growers Association strength contrasts with high living costs blamed on the Dominion government.
Mr and Mrs Robert Johnston of McLean were seriously injured in a Fort Qu Appelle auto accident when the car stalled on a long hill backed over a bank and turned turtle. Their son escaped injury. Mrs Johnston suffered multiple fractures to her wrist and hands while Mrs Johnston was dragged alongside the vehicle.
On Saturday Thomas Stevenson faced charges for refusing to pay wages owed to J. Schaefer, with Indian Agent H Nichol present. A separate assault case against J Weisbeck led to a warning on good behavior, adjourned for three weeks. Friday’s Public Health Act infraction saw HF Foster fined ten dollars and costs for sending a scarlet fever patient home against hospital wishes. Madame Caillaux was found not guilty in Paris. Tensions between Austria and Serbia flared as Russia kept peace for now.
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