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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 03, 1888
Page
4
Northwest business card insertion offer markets Tre Paccarss area. The plan notes a $508 subscription with BESS and a $200 initial subscription followed by quarterly payments of $100 in advance.
Readable items list hotels, merchants, craftsmen and agents in a historic business directory. Entries include proprietors such as G. Davidson of Queen's Hotel and Raymond Leland House staff, plus traders J. P. Beauchamp, Frank Maryood and A. Rutherrland among others. Also notes agents for organs, sewing machines, and Canada N. W. Land Co. firms active in trade.
Civic issues and social news fill the page with council and society items. Meetings for the South Qu Appelle Agricultural Society and Building Society are announced, health bylaws prompt compliance, and residents plan cleanups. The notice lists attendees and travels of locals, plus a series of theatrical lectures to come next week.
A late 19th century church social in Qu Appelle features Ina Fenwick’s recitation and Miss Nellie Welsh’s song, with Rev Messrs Andrews and Hamle giving addresses and a reading of a national air. Langill suspends church duties due to voice fatigue, and Philar is expected to seek medical treatment soon.
A fragmented notice lists interdenominational service times across churches in May. Rev. A And and Rev. J M Inkensen rotate pulpit duties at Presbyterian and Methodist churches with sessions including May 6 11 o clock and May 13 11 o clock through May 27 11 o clock, detailing locations and times for the religious gatherings.
Appellate court met on Monday April 30 with a sparse docket. Cases included Tigrew versus Dibson for 15305 damages over a legal seizure. Jane absent. Leslie Gor as plaintiff with Dundas Strong for defendant. Raymond versus Hockleyson for 5580. Leaky Gordon plaintiff. Wmi. Smith withdrew appearance. d¢ ns for plaintiffs 4570. Tryon versus none.
The 1888 cricket season inaugurates with a Saturday match between town and country elevens under R D Strong and G N Dobie. A post match meeting will enroll members and elect officers, with Mr Peck and Mr McLaren likely to play again. Fort Qu Appelle proposes a Queen's birthday game under consideration by the executive.
In a Yonkers Statesman fragment a wife stages a social experiment to prove a point about attention toward a wife. The husband participates as an observer while passengers ogle the wife, revealing behavior between sexes in a public setting.
A fragment from a local newspaper notes a controversial altar related incident involving Reverend Pather and R. Me amid rising tensions in the community. The report suggests a scandal affecting church leadership and parish trust.
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