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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 17, 1889
Page
4
An old classified notice outlines advertising rates and policies for space, including monthly changes and charges for edits. It mentions a hotel commission, solicitations for agents, and restrictions on certain ad types. Names such as JAMES WEIDMAN and Appeile Station are present in the fragment.
The article discusses Hon. Mr. Dewdney now Minister of the Interior and his strong position in Parliament. It notes opponents once ready to strike with scandals are silent as the Indian Department estimates pass, praising Dewdney for dispelling prejudice and earning public confidence.
A reader denounces the Regina Journal for harsh criticism and claims it dodges fair debate. The piece ridicules the paper for calling opponents criminals and accuses it of meanness, mockery, and misrepresentation in its protest against prohibition.
A contemporary speaker argues that warlike rhetoric and prohibitionism must be used to overthrow the liquor traffic, insisting Prohibition is the defining issue for the Northwest Legislature race and predicting a heated political battle similar to the Journal’s approach.
A review of The Great War Syndicate first instalment praised as remarkable modern literature. It is witty and political with humor, set around a fisheries dispute off the Canadian seaboard. The piece notes the incidents are believed to have occurred there.
An April 1 1889 ordinance requires birth marriage and death registrations. Registrars were appointed by the Advisory Board to oversee division records. Parents or guardians must notify births within 30 days, marriages must be reported within 90 days, and deaths require certified details for burial certificates. Clergy must aid reporting. burial officials to provide certificates on request.
Officials must file death cause certificates within 10 days of death and cemetery managers must report burial details to the division registrar within seven days. Fines apply for noncompliance. The text also critiques a newspaper printing office dispute over rates and profits.
In Qn White Island a Tonawanda suburb workers dug a cellar and unearthed eleven peculiar skeletons. The skulls resemble apes in appearance and intellect with slender long thigh bones and thirteen ribs on each side. Shoulder blades are absent, prompting Buffalo Academy of Natural Science members to declare a possible missing link discovery.
A patient from Kingsbury Man. reports severe headaches and weakness, unable to walk. After taking Bardock Ulow medication, she claims recovery began with the first bottle and complete cure after the second.
A Dominion Government source predicts Chapleau will move from Secretary of State to Railways and Canals, with Colby named to a State post after Jesuit debate, while Mercier and Cure La belle return from St Hyacinthe. The Jesuit Estates issue remains active with a Montreal committee to push Protestant rights and monitor Catholic influence.
An advertisement promotes wallpaper hanging at the Qu Appelle Medical Hall and offers Mr Brydon's cleanser for removing stains and grease from clothing and various fabrics.
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