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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 03, 1889
Page
4
A fragment outlines advertising space rates by contract and notes a liberal commission for parties willing to act as agents. It mentions form writing and Seeman ingle 5 Sele as contextual cues.
The Northwest Bill introduced by Mr. Dewdney proposed amending and consolidating three Acts and would grant the Northwest Legislature power over liquor laws. It was withdrawn as not urgent this session, with plans to reintroduce next session.
The Regina Journal column on Tuk Progress and Prohibition in Northwest politics faces sharp criticism for dodging the core issue. The writer defends Prohibition first in politics, attacks the Journal’s motives, and notes a railway land grant for Wood Mountain and Qu'Appelle Railway amid broader partisan claims.
In an essay on prohibition the author argues the law should reflect public will. If voters support prohibition, legislators will act to enforce it. if a license majority prevails, a license system may arise, though the narrator hopes this is unlikely for the Northwest.
A St Louis express on the Grand Trunk near Hamilton Ontario derailed at 7 am. The locomotive struck a water tank and seven of ten coaches burned. Seventeen dead including Gur ney of Chicago and an unidentified Italian. about twenty injured. The smoker area yielded most bodies. the crash described as Canada’s worst in decades.
The article reports a father struck by quinsy cured by a tonic. It also notes three Edinburgh meetings on the 22nd inst where resolutions protested granting freedom of the city to Mr. Parnell. The text names Bardock Brood and B. B. B. as curing agents and mentions Parnell in the civic-ceremonial context.
Promotional copy extols Burdock Blood Bitters as free from danger and the universal cure for impure blood. It claims wide curative power and promotes the tonic to readers seeking health benefits.
Parliament approves a plan to pay a company 80 000 dollars yearly for twenty years to complete the Long Lake Railway to a Saskatchewan river point near Saskatoon and then north to Prince Albert. 50 000 yearly begins on completion to the Saskatchewan and 30 000 after reaching Prince Albert, with 50 000 ceasing if the line is not completed in two years. plus a land grant of 6400 acres per mile.
The document from the Indian Office at Regina designates Hayter Breed as commissioner for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1800. The note clarifies the financial year in use and the relevant ending date.
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