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Newspaper
Tisdale Recorder
Location
Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jan 26, 1917
Page
3
A community event in Silver Stream features a program of songs recitations and plays including Away Down East Outwitting the Colonel The Moose Trap and For Love and Honour. Proceeds from admission at 25 cents go to Red Cross Funds as crowds are expected to pack the evening.
The first village checker tournament drawn eight players in Orange Hall. Teams of four faced each other two games per pairing, eight games per man, finished about 11 30 pm with coffee and biscuits. A J Mallinson of Carlea won with top wins and one draw, scoring seven points to claim honours.
Private Win Amos of Auto Road returns home to six months leave after eight months in the fighting zones of France. He served with the 1st C.M.R. and fought at Ypres. He is greeted by his family and joins his home on a peaceful morning despite a bronchial illness.
Early Monday morning the school building at Osgood Siding was completely destroyed by fire. The blaze started from an overheated stove while the teacher was away at breakfast. some contents were saved and a meeting was planned to decide on a new school.
A brief talk occurred last Saturday with Superintendent Roberts of the C N R during his Prince Albert pass through. Members argued the need for more cars due to impassable roads and a grain backlog as all terminal elevators were at capacity. The superintendent took notes and pledged to review relief options to ease congestion.
Covin figures a triplet birth on Wednesday January 24 to Mr and Mrs Chris Covin of Valparaiso two boys and a girl McLeod announces a daughter born Tuesday January 23 to Mr and Mrs McLeod of the S T Bailey farm.
Prince Albert Senator Davis died Tuesday at Victoria Hospital after a brief illness. He suffered a head injury weeks earlier when his head struck a basement beam, causing a blood clot. A well known figure in the northern district, he served 13 years in the Senate.
Multiple brief items report cases of measles in town and community visits by residents. Events include a grain growers meeting, church service with a Burns program, and the Orangemen masque dance. Also noted are local residents’ travels, a soldier in Montréal, a dog race from Winnipeg to St Paul, and a permanent return to farming.
A Valparaiso family celebrates the birth of two boys and a girl shortly before midnight on Wednesday. The mother and all three infants are reported to be doing well, with congratulations pouring in from relatives and friends. Dr MacKay attended the delivery.
The Returned Selden branch will hold its next meeting Tuesday in the Recorder Office at eight o clock. Some weeks ago a notice was circulated about the gathering.
The bulletin records Dr Darwin delivering at the Dole Mission and preaching at the Saskatchewan mission on Sunday evening. W H Morrow will be on six days leave from the battalion at Prince Albert. N Nelson plans to open a new store next week and Sam Nix will move into the former Nelson premises as a harness shop. A Red Cross meeting is set for Wednesday eight o clock at Dr Mac Kay's office. Wm Kennedy suffered a severe cold, Carl Bray recovers from pneumonia, and neighbors send flowers for his improvement. Subscriptions to the paper are encouraged.
New recruits to the force show good standards as they undergo drills at the barracks. Corporal Yorke, recruiting here, reports progress from the divisional headquarter and notes men already enlisted. John Hellefs, a Belgian farmer, and the Walker brothers of Tisdale Trading and Milling Co sign up and face medical exams.
A Ravine Bank farmer, Harry Delance, found five horses dead from suffocation in his small stable early Tuesday morning. The cause appears linked to a poisonous substance used in or near the stable, with conditions suggesting accidental misfortune.
C N R agent F T Fraser wed his bride with fans and a crowd awaiting them on the station platform. News of the marriage arrived by telegraph operators and greeted the couple with a shower of rice and warm congratulations.
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