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Newspaper
Tisdale Recorder
Location
Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Apr 26, 1917
Page
1
The 188th Casualty List brings news of Nipawin brothers Mitchell with Motel hospitalized from a gun shot wound pleurisy and brother Private George A killed in action. The district mourns Mrs. Wm Matthews as sister.
Further local casualties are to hand this week. Billy Hill of the 188th battalion is reported with a gunshot wound on reserved April 11th and James Intyre of the 203rd battalion with a gunshot wound on the shin received April 13th.
John McKinnon will speak at the Presbyterian Church Sunday evening at seven. Mr Young will travel to Birch Hills to occupy the pulpit on that date. The Saskatchewan Gazette issue mentions 16 telephone company incorporations and totals of 993 telephone lines. Mrs C F Peterson holds an event on May 2 at 3 30.
Rev C B Lawson of Prince Albert will preach at the Tisdale Methodist Church Sunday evening April 20. On Monday he will lecture on Jean Valjean from Les Miserables, promising a profitable evening with music. The event begins at 7 o clock. a small charge is asked for trust funds. Lawson will also preach at Golburn Sunday at 2 30 in the afternoon.
A large crowd gathered at Auto Road School on Friday for a Ten cent tea and social in honor of the district men enlisted overseas. The event featured a roll of honor, speeches by L Howlett and others, plus a raffle of an India cloth tablecloth raising 10.50 for Red Cross. Dance and songs followed with proceeds of 27.50 to the Homemaker's Club for Red Cross gifts.
A ten cent tea fundraiser by Mr and Mrs Sleight at Tisdale House on Saturday April 28 supports the Returned Soldiers' Welcome and Aid League with a children's attraction. Invitations extend to all ages. A rural telephone cost argument and local notices about Metcalfe’s reception and a Connaught by election result are also mentioned.
Dear Sir I write from France amid shelling and machine gun fire. The writer, with two broken ribs, details life in the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles, urges Red Cross support, and notes soldiers going over the parapet amid cold, hardship, and ongoing war.
North districts saw two rural telephone firms formed this week. Connaught Rural Telephone Co. across 46 pole miles with 60 plus subscribers signed. Fern Glen Rural Telephone Co. with 19 miles and 25 to 28 subscribers. Directors named for each company. Enthusiastic meetings promise early start.
B. W. Willoughby of Regina a King’s Counsel is billed to address a Conservative party meeting at Homer's Hall on Monday evening April 30 at 8 30.
The Recorder will publish one day earlier from this week due to changes in the northern mail service. Advertisers and correspondents are asked to submit copy by Tuesday night so the paper reaches local subscribers the day after publication.
A cheerful surprise party was given to Miss Winnie Eastman on Tuesday by about twelve of her young friends who attended and enjoyed the celebration.
A wartime letter from Tisdale describes thousands of refugees and harsh conditions. The writer mocks German culture, imagines underground living, and notes lice as a reminder of hardship. He mentions rations and plans to meet at Nick Nelson's, hinting at a hungry, patriotic mood before year’s end.
The article argues that small towns hold the largest home market for farmers and cautions that population decline in midwestern and northeastern towns harms business, land values, and credit. It urges bankers and farmers to cooperate to revitalize towns and sustain local commerce.
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