A Few Reasons Why Roblin Should Have Electric Lights
A Roblin town meeting on the tenth will decide whether to adopt electric lighting like similarly populated villages. The piece argues power reduces costs, supports shops, boosts service quality, aids households with new appliances, improves studying for youths, promotes health, and attracts residents and visitors to a well lit town while deterring crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firate
Roblin
Manitoba
Shoal Lake
Restur
Butlying
Easter Awakening in Nature and Human Wanderlust
The piece celebrates Easter as a time of renewed nature and a national urge to be outdoors. It links spring to a gypsy, restless impulse in people to roam mountains and valleys, feeling vitality return with green earth, blue skies, and lively streets. It ends mid thought with an unfinished line.
Seed grain treatment tips for wheat barley and oats
Dr G R Bisby outlines formalin and copper carbonate methods to curb smuts in seed grain. Wheat smut can be reduced with formalin dips just before sowing or copper carbonate dust. barley stripe responds to formalin soak. oats hull-less varieties use copper carbonate dust. rye smut and millet smuts may also be managed with formalin. A short anecdote ends with a humorous Irish exchange about a wake.
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Hyer
G. R. ‘Bisby
Botany
M.A.C
Manitoba
Fulfilling the Law and Local Roblin News Roundup
A Manitoba town page reports a March 24 Roblin Land Settlement Committee meeting led by Mayor L. L. Mitchell with J. E. Baine as secretary and members including A. F. Porsyth and Rev. Robert Harvey to promote settlement and assist newcomers. Also notes Easter bazaar by Anglican Ladies Guild, a curling season wrap, and farm notes from M.A.C. and Experimental Stations with wheat varieties discussed by Prof. White and Prof. Weiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J E. Baine
Roblin
Farmers Drive Oats Shipment and Road Work At Silverwood
Cooperative farming grows with many loading a large oats car at Silverwood. Stone picking by Tom Adams runs through the grade as over 100 loads are placed. Deepdale concert party cancelled due to bad roads but hope to visit Silverwood later. A shingles bee on April 7 invites all to work on the horse shed with refreshments and hammer needed.
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Deepdale
Silverwood
Worrisome Darkey Attends Southern Church Revive
A troubled character attends a southern church revival where one member resists the elder. The exchange reveals a comically misheld belief about attire in heaven with a sharp retort about hat and horns.
Local notices and events in Togo area
Mr Wesley Thompson accepts a position with Slumber Company in Edmonton. Pig Club invites names via Mr Jash Fogg. Cattle shipped to Winnipeg by Messrs James McEwen Arthur Taylor and R J M Parker. Auction Sale in town Saturday April under Agricultural Society. Mr R Austin and Miss Marion Austin return from Winnipeg. Marion recovering from illness. Mr Brockelebank from Saskatoon Agricultural College to speak Friday April 9 with lecture and lantern slides. Makaroff players performed Yimmie Johnsons Yob. poor road conditions reduced attendance.
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Brockelebank
The
Agricultural College
Saskatoon
Makaroff News Highlights Local Visit Plays and Lectures
Geo Harvey Jr and D Davis visited Weyburn then returned home. The community slated Easter services at United Church with a Good Friday service at 8 and a 7 80 pm evening service. Nurse Glenn weighed pupils to study hot lunches. The Makaroff Players staged a debut play titled Yfannie Yonson's Yob with proceeds for a new rink. Lectures on poultry, seed, and poultry houses drew local interest.
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Makaroff
Tueday
Yfannie Yonson
Sweile
Cooch
Farmers Busy with Spring Work and Local News
The Bield district reports preparations for spring farming and trappers heading to camps. Mr A Stefano returns home after teaching in Shortdale. Mr W Snowdon plans spring farm improvements south of Bield. A March 23 birth greets Mr and Mrs Skinner, a son, and another daughter arrives to Mr and Mrs Odin Olson. Mike Dewhaisin buys a Fordson tractor in Grandview for power farming.
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A Stefano
Shortdale
W Snowdon
Bield
Stork
Skinner
Odin Olson
Babe
Bees Wintering Yields Noted In Meridale District
Merridale C Lloyd reports good success with bees wintering with only a fraction of time lost. H Fraser helps take out lumber as winter proceeds. Sterridale Lumber and Deepdale Lumber amalgamate and plan extensive operations for next season. Lawyer J Saunders returns from Deepdale to resume lumber work with efficiency. Vernon Taylor of Deepdale grows into an expert bush worker while Ed Saunders finds an old mower in the bush after timbering efforts.
Provincial Progressive Convention and Benefit Dance Planned
Grand Narrows Rent Lorgret announces a concert and dance for the Boys and Girls Club in the FM Hall on April 9. A joint meeting is set for April 4 at 2 PM to discuss election and convention business. The next meeting is April 2 after the March 26 wave ting. proceeds go to the Roderick McKenzie Memorial Fund.
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FM Hall
Ppm
Progressive Convention
Roderick McKenzie
Proclamation Sets April Week for Forest Fire Prevention
Excellency the Governor Geo fathis appoints an April forest safety week to curb fire hazards as snow melts. The observance aims to reduce ignition risk during leafless, tinder dry conditions and to align with U S authorities, encouraging precautions during the holiday season in wooded areas.
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Cunada
U. S
Canada
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Eoming
Hull
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Tion
Ladies Aid
Anglican Ladies Guild
Anglican Church
Review
Beneft
Odd Fallows Hall
Blues
Lawrence
Reds
Yeo
Whitemig
Weiner
Marquis
Tom Adams
Darkey
Eldah
Eidah
Togo News
Wesley Thompson
Slumber Company
Edmonton
Pig Club
Mr Jash Fogg
Messrs
James McEwen
Arthur
Taylor
R. J. M. Parker
Winnipeg
Agricultural Society
Mr R Austin
Miss Marion
Austin
Marion
Yimmie Johnsons
Geo. Harvey Jr
Weyburn
Sask
D. Davis
Ited
W. Rayner
Service
Glenn
Bield Locals
Work, Kate
Mente Ooett
Mr. Rat
Mike Dewhaisin
Grandview
Merridale
C. Lloyd
Metro Zebecki
H. Fraser
Sterridale Lumber Company
Deepdale Lumber Co
J Saunders
Cockedll
Uill
Omary
the Woods
Vernon Taylor
Deepd Jle
Lumber
Ed Saunders
Grand Narrows
UFM
Fathis
Royal
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