21 Jun 1888
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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 21, 1888
Page
1
A quirky local notice reports the Qu' Sppelle Progress published with references to Qu Fa pistols, Canada spacio, and Onsects, hinting at a facetious or garbled historical item.
Mortgage sale notice states the sale is held at a specified location in Wollsey on Saturday, June 30 1888, under the power of sale for a property within Sec 18, LL, on the Went of Second Meridian, in the N W district.
The item mentions Mr Lindenburg erecting a tall flag pole in front of his house and notes a weak turnout with little interest in the election. It records a marriage by Rev Gilbert Cook and references a segregated scene on Poor Man's India Reserve with Mr Brown of Round Pissy holding the contract.
Owing to recent rains crops look good and farmers are upbeat. A violent storm unroofed a warehouse and stable owned by W. H. Ellis, with wind carrying logs and lumber across yards. Rain followed into the night damaging warehouse contents. The day includes athletic events, a dance, and a picnic with self-provided baskets. Admission 10 cents per event. prizes for top performers and a post-event dance at 50 cents. The issue also notes industrial, political, and agricultural items including CP production, Nova Scotia governorship, and Indian beef contracts at various reserves.
An odyssey of a visionary Major William Bell and his grand schemes to colonize western Canada through farms, railways and banks. The piece details failed promises, displaced settlers, and the rise of a speculative frontier led by the self styled noble who wove utopian promises into a political plan.
A boy recounts an odd exchange where a lawyer warned him to wait five years and pay £10,000 if charged with a quasi offense. The strange counsel left the boy wandering off whistling, recalling a curious legal scene.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a retrial underway with a conductor interrupting a tense exchange. The excerpt mentions a woman of immense stature and a terse reply from a Madame, but the surrounding details are unclear.
Fragmentary text reports a Pan Presb Council action in Belfast involving a large Bible collection and a court writ. It mentions a grave site and a birth, with unclear details about readings, health, and religious matters. The damaged lines obscure names and dates.
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