Readings at Quappelle Observatory and local listings
Readings of thermometers for the week ending Wednesday March 30 1889 from Quappelle Observatory. The page lists numerous local businesses and professionals including Queen's Hotel Leland House H Caswell G B V Bulyer Dr Edwards J F Guerls Brydon Redpath Cullen P E Durst J B Robinson McKenzie Harness Mills insurer, lumber dealer McMillan & Co, A Axford Paterson forwarder, Thomson Nelson building material, Macaul Lumber merchant, holdingshead painter dos, Johnston livery stable Vicars livery stable brick dealer McKwen blacksmith woodworker N W Land Co, and others as part of town listings for Qu Appelle Station.
Edgeley Letters Share Local Happenings This Week
A bustling Edgeley page notes weather easing seeding underway and streets drying. Town news covers council meeting, local tradesmen repairing implements, farming supplies, base ball and cricket club meetings, and church services with visiting ministers and reorganized church leadership.
Ex-Councillor Craig lauded for land prospects in Ontario
The article praises Craig's abilities and appeals to farmers in Ontario seeking land. It highlights first class schools churches post offices and a railroad nearby with No 1 land available cheap or on easy terms. It emphasizes water timber grass and abundant climate as benefits and wishes him a safe prosperous journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig
Ontario
Rainfall and Soil in Ansiniboia District
The article compares local rainfall in Ansiniboia during April to July over four years with Ontario and other provinces, noting drier conditions due to altitude and distance from the ocean. It discusses climate, soil types, subsoil clay, black surface soil, and the moisture retention benefits of work on land, citing observations from 1886.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansiniboia
Ontario
Oetory
Dominion
Meteorological Service
Manitoba
Quebec
Correspondence to the Editor About Settlement Conditions
A long reader letter describes life in the Qa Ap ile district since 1892. The writer notes high altitude 2015 feet above sea level and claims the area offers healthy air, good for children, with fewer severe storms than Quebec. He warns about water supply care and typhoid risk, cites emigration and seasonal cold nights, and compares local weather with U.S. cyclones. The correspondent urges cautious optimism.
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Sin
Qa’ Apile
Thane Gayla
Ontario
Quebec
Aekhan
Ey Bey
United Stats
Northwest settler recalls early frontier life and harvests
A letter from Awen Watasa, Sa, recounts arriving in the Northwest in 1482 with family, homesteading 160 acres, fighting dry seasons, and achieving mixed crops. He compares milder winters to Ontario and urges new settlers to persevere while noting initial hardships and eventual satisfaction.
Letters From Farmland Pioneers Describe Saskatchewan Settlement
Two letters dated March 6 1889 recount rural settlement in Qu Arrelle and Baul Qu Appelle areas of what is now Saskatchewan. Authors describe years of farming wheat oats barley yields, livestock counts, cash values, health and climate, praising the region and advising others to move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progress Sin
Baal Qu'Appelle
Leeds
Ontario
Letter to the Editor Describes Homestead Struggles and Move
A writer recounts traveling from Oak Take to Qu aprElle seeking land, building a shanty, and farming with a wife and three children. He notes stock, granary, tools, and plans to cultivate about 40 acres this season, detailing early hardships and perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Camatry
Fragmentary note on climate and idle idle talk
A partial, incoherent excerpt mentioning climate and various names with little context. The readable phrases offer no clear event or participants beyond vague references to weather and someone named Hexney.
Prairie Prosperity Argument for Northwest Settlement
Letter praising the Qu Appelle district as a good place to live and work for industrious people. The writer cites cheap food, plentiful work, opportunities for capitalists, and farm success within five years. He recounts personal experience since 1882, stock sales, homesteads, and post office facilities near Qu Appelle Station, urging others to settle if willing to work.
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Northwest
Prairies
Ontario
Adler
Toronto
Quappele District
Manitoba
Qu’Appelle
Manitoba settler appeals for prospects in prairie life
Letter from Quarreiee dated March 6 1889 to the Progress editor recounts a Carlisle England migrant's move to Manitoba in 1881. He describes rough beginnings, stock holdings including 3 brood mares 2 foals and 14 head of cattle, a wagon mower and gear, and praises prairie living while noting water supply issues in some districts.
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The
Progress
Carlisle
England
Manitoba
Beveridge
Mer
Sota
Appelle
Leames
Pioneer Bulletin on 1840s Qu Appelle Settlement Prospects
Letter from Anpasw Duspas dated March 5 1889 describes his homestead near Qu Appelle Saskatchewan Territory. He outlines land location Section 2 Township 18 Range 14 four miles south of Qu Appelle and reports cattle horses farming crops including wheat oats barley and potatoes with various yields per acre and encouragement for new settlers to move there.
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Progress
South Qu’Appelle
Qu’ Appelle
Qu’Appelle
Manteha
Sax Omthing
Qu Appelle Prospect for Northwest Territory Settlement
A March 7 1889 letter promotes Qu Appelle as an ideal gateway to the Northwest Territories Canada. The writer describes rapid settler progress from a bare start to stock value around $500 and 20 acres of crop in three years, plus a 160 acre homestead entry and a five year lease to prove the district’s promising future.
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Qu’ Appelle
Progress
Qu’a
Canada
Also Mentioned on This Page
Quappelle Observatory
Qu’Appelle Business Directory
Queen's Hotel
Davidson
Leland House
Love & Raymond
H.caswell
G. B. V. Bulyer
Imeurance
Dener
Edwards, M.D
J. F. Guerls
LDS
Ance J. Brydon
W. ‘G. Redpath
Notary Public
Cullen
P. E. Durst, ‘Watchmaker
W.H. Bell
A. McKenzie
J. G. McKenzie
J. B. Milliken & Co
Harness and Sandert
H. Collins
D. H. McMillan, & Bro. Roller Mills
A. Harris, Son & Co
A. Axford
A. GC. Paterson
A. Holdingshead
J. B. Robinson
J. Burghall & Sons. & Contractors
Dunden
Johnston
W. G6
Vicars
TLE
JO McKwex
Someral Hlacksmith
Frank MakwWood
Carriage Canada N. W. Land Co
Ee Wisner
Timemith
Essie Gordon
Apvocate
Notant Possac
Cosvevaxcen
Canada North West Land (Co. and
Qu’ Appelle Town
Moweero Lavo
QU Appelle Station
Dundas Strony
Raz
Boramwr
Exalann
North West Territories
Neliciter
Aoena
Qu'appelles Station, Nwt
T. Thompson
Dewees Laxp Secrevos Axe
Quappelle Station
Lincumexp
North
West Territories
Odliee
J. P. Beauchamp
Home & Gossip
Edgeley
J. A. Cowan
Implements
Purches
Mounted Police
Qua'a Board of Trade
Queens Hotel
Leslie Gordon
Manitoba 3 Nest Loan Company
J.F. Burnett
Mounted Police Force
Territories
HA Asford
Massey Manufacturing&Co
Leeson and Scott
Qu'Appelle
Sueyay Town
Aet
Alex. Robson
Fort Qu’Appelle
Presbyterian Church
J. Ferry
Falas Fleet
A. Andrews
Alberta
Upper Canada Bible Society
Mr. Thompson
Cone Waray
Andrews
Quappelaz
Lah. Barr
Loches Inehes
Manttora
RBI
Isa
Led
C. C. Evnands, M.D
the Progress
Jdohana Agen
Awen
Qu'Arrelle
Gray
Es Aml
Alwat
Sally Young
Soay
Srakia
Recetas
Everser
Quarreiee
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