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Newspaper
Tisdale Recorder
Location
Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1915
Page
1
A large crowd gathered last Friday at Mr Harbridge's farm for the Presbyterian Sunday School outing. Children enjoyed foot races and egg and spoon events, with a tie in the married ladies race between Mrs McFarlane and Mrs Will Dempsey. Basketball games followed, and an excellent supper satisfied all.
Crop prospects in the Carrot River Valley show unusually bright outlooks with harvests expected in the next ten to fourteen days if weather stays favorable. Wheatfields near the town are estimated to average around 40 950 bushels, despite early spring cutworm damage, and prices remain favorable for a rich harvest.
The deciding baseball game between Star City and Tisdale will be played Tuesday at the local diamond. Community backing is urged to cheer the local boys to victory.
The new Methodist minister Mr J Cumming stays with Mr John Howes. A large Sunday service filled the school seating. A Sunday School may be organized to serve many district children. Telephone line to Tisdale delayed by war demand but now likely to reach soon. Farmers ship cream to Melfort Creamery via Osgoode Siding. Mrs W Howes had a quilting bee. Local men F England D Peters D A Peeble and James Thomson left for Saskatoon for harvesting. Mrs Kenney notes son George expects to leave England for the trenches. Miss Violet Jones visits Aunt Mrs T Will at Eldersley. Baby born to Mr and Mrs John Fish August 2. School to open next week. teacher unknown.
A transport driver writing from the front in 1915 July 4 shares seven days of expected leave in England and travel plans. He describes near Boilean, trench danger, shellfire, and a Maxim attack, recalling his Royal Canadian Dragoons regiment, and notes worsening war conditions and hope for an end to fighting.
Mrs J R Homer visits Winnipeg while the Methodist Parsonage gains a fresh paint coat. Janitor job at Tisdale Public School goes to S Boyd. Local travel includes Readman family from Seaman and Bill's visit to Manitoba. Cattle shipments, potato and garden produce arrivals, and a binder sale are noted along with church events and community items.
Melfort readies two day event on August 1 and 13 with livestock, agricultural, horticultural and home product displays. Prizes donated by merchants, the Provincial Department of Agriculture and seed houses boost expected exhibits while baseball, grandstand attractions, horse racing and driving contests enhance the program.
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