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Newspaper
Tisdale Recorder
Location
Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Apr 07, 1916
Page
1
The 188th Battalion local unit reports 31 men enrolled, up from 17 the prior week, with 6 to 12 more expected. Enthusiasm spreads across the district as uniforms are due and Sunad letters from outside districts arrive detailing enlistment interest.
Wanted a well grown Aberden Angus bull two years old. Apply to Geo. Fletcher at Tisdale P.O.
One black and white setter bitch and a mostly white setter dog with a heavy black mark over one eye are missing. Information leading to recovery will be rewarded by H. R. Jackson in Tisdale.
Hugh E. Jones visits Melfort on Tuesday. J. E. Storey reports RM Arborfield business on Wednesday. Percy Readman and family return from California and take a clerk role with J. R. Homer. Wat Buckle ill with appendicitis at H. R. Jackson home. Edgar Book enlisted in the 224th Forestry Battalion and undergoes surgery in Melfort Hospital. W. M. Thomas also joins the same battalion. John McDowell to Regina for sale of his Thoroughbred Clydesdale, sacrificing to enlist. Horse shipped Wednesday with Private McDonnell. Belgian Relief Fund executive meeting set for Tuesday at 8 pm in R. J. Reid’s office.
Mrs. R C Hamilton dies at home after sudden heart failure following brief illness. A pioneer resident of Tisdale with her husband, she helped establish the townsite and the funeral led by Rev. Robt. Young drew about 30 rigs in attendance.
Correspondence from Mrs. Robt Wilkinson and another writer defend and counter Onlooker views on women’s suffrage discussed at Auto Road gatherings. They emphasize scripture, loyalty to Britain, and social evenings that foster community while urging readers to consider God’s word.
A public meeting will be held in the Orange Hall Tisdale on Wednesday April 12 at 3 p.m. to discuss holding a Fall Fair next September. All interested are urged to attend to show support and help reorganize the Agricultural Society.
Death notices list two infant losses. On March 31 in Leather River died Janes infant son of Mr and Mrs David Coward. On April 6 at Tisdale died infant daughter of Mrs A C McIntosh.
A Red Cross benefit concert is set for this evening at Homer's Hall. Community members are encouraged to attend to support relief efforts and enjoy performances by local artists.
Miss Hazel Zola presents Our Navy at War at the Strand Theatre Tisdale on Thursday April 13. The program includes naval life scenes and modern warfare images such as torpedoes submarines and Zeppelins plus a Japanese destroyer in a Yellow Sea typhoon. Live vocal numbers and photographs from the French Army accompany the moving pictures.
The Silver Stream Social Club met on Tuesday March 28 with recitations by Queenie Pearce and Lena Eade and a Land Values Taxation address by E B Lloyd. A debate on farm power followed with Richard Welland and W Bowerman for mechanical power and F Pearce and L Bowerman for horse power. Judges C F Wegmiller A Marshall and A E Randall presided. The program closed with a dialogue The Obstinate Family. Next meeting adds more participation and a ten cent Red Cross appeal.
The Women Auxiliary of St Matthew's Church will hold a sale of homemade sewing in Bray's old drug store on April 1st. A ten cent tea will be served during the sale. Also corrected is a Red Cross subscription list error: Mrs Lewis G Jones should be listed for 5.00 and Mrs Salisbury's amount should read 100.
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