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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1886
Page
1
Notice of a tax vote to raise funds for school building and furniture. The proposal calls for a levy of eleven hundred dollars or more and includes details about property, buildings, and related charges. The specific date and voting location are to be announced.
The article notes a sailing of Teemer Gaudaur and Courtney to row in athletic tournaments. Wind conditions are mentioned as affecting events in July and at sea.
Readable scraps note dancers in full costume performing at Berth-West with a bustle of activity and observers nearby. The brief glimpse captures motion and attire typical of a staged event in the era.
Second day features turf and trotting events with a 3 minute half mile pace and a 2 in 3 sprint for the Manitobia trot division. Stallion race records a 3 in 5. Dayfe es hosts lacrosse and baseball tournament continuation.
Morning reports show final best in the professional race with a sunlit program on Ladies day Amid novelties for the Director's Cup and various trotting and dash events Three notable figures Preston Mulholland and a Democratic committee secretary are mentioned in association with the day’s events
A massive blaze swept across Vancouver from northwest districts near the Canadian Pacific Railway. Dense smoke and wind fueled rapid destruction, with McCartney's drug store and the Vancouver News office among the first hit. As flames spread along Abbott and Carroll streets, residents abandoned goods and fled, some reaching safety by improvised rafts. Only a few houses remain of about 600, with many bodies identified or yet to be found. property losses and lives lost are extensively reported.
A prospectus from the Northwest Buffalo Breeding company outlines a plan to buy Mr Bedson’s entire herd at Stony Mountain to establish a pure and half breed buffalo operation. The document claims high returns from cattle-like buffalo and crossbred stock, with projected profits and a $25,000 lump purchase for the Bedson herd. Major Bell serves as a director and Canadian investors are sought.
The council met on the 8th with chairman and councilors present. They considered bridge repairs on Fort Trail and a separate clerk kept account for all municipal business. Auditors to report receipts and disbursements and unpaid school taxes. clerk to notify poundkeepers and apraisers to take oath.
A retired physician named Levine offers a controversial patent cure for consumption and nervous delusion claiming dramatic powers in a Freka style remedy. He presents the treatment as a free cure to relieve suffering and seeks subscribers through a mail campaign.
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