19 Mar 1886
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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Mar 19, 1886
Page
1
Notice announces a meeting to vote on borrowing 1500 dollars for ten debentures to fund a school house project and related costs. The document includes oath language for eligible ratepayers, with age and residency statements and election eligibility.
The tender must be signed by the tenderer and two acceptable sureties for proper contract performance. The message notes a portion of flour and mentions delivery, with emphasis that the lowest bid or any bid may not be accepted. Names and clear details are fragmented.
Notice of a district vote to borrow twelve hundred dollars for three purposes erecting school buildings land and furniture and maps and supplies. Voters must appear at Fish inigh Dillon's store entry hall for the ratepayer meeting. A sworn statement asserts eligibility and tax payment for the election at Indian Head in 1886.
Legal notice references ESLIE GORDON Notani Fame Coxveraxcea and the COMMISSIONER FOR MANITOBA as agents for Canada North West Land Co. and a site at Quappelle Station in the Northwest Territories. Details are unclear due to damaged text and titles.
A compliment supper for Mr. W. D Perley MN WC followed his Ottawa delegation trip. Speakers praised his service on the Northwest Council and urged his continued leadership as the Council debates elected versus appointed members and the term of Gov. Dewdney. The event closed with God Save the Queen.
Prince Albert sees a new Indian agent as Charles Adams succeeds Mr Rae, formerly with Hudson's Bay Company. An Indian man was arrested under the Vag rancy Act for being in town without, the first enforcement here. A surplus oats sale Tuesday realized strong prices averaging about seventy five cents per bushel, with lots ranging ten to fifty bags.
A concert in connection with St Mary’s church is planned for Friday March 26 at 7 30 pm. An excellent program is prepared and a dance will follow. Supper at Whitewood hotel at 12 o clock. Admission single 50 cents, double for a lady and gentleman 75 cents.
Cambridge scholar Mr T J Lawrence argues in a second edition of essays that a Canadian railway route to the East strengthens Britain's position on the Suez Canal and offers a military alternative. He contends an overland link enables rapid troop movement from Halifax to Vancouver, Singapore, Hong Kong, and India, reducing reliance on the canal and broadening leverage in Egyptian affairs.
Regina Meyers Gileon Pred G Smith Ranker and J H Benson barrister attended the sale of the Macdonald estate at the Fort. The estate has been in court for two years.
A new clause in the liquor license bill before the Ontario Legislature makes it an offence to sell liquor to a person without a license. The measure tightens who may be served and aims to curb unlicensed sales.
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