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Newspaper
Tisdale Recorder
Location
Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 05, 1916
Page
1
Militia orders from Ottawa announce that every man serving in Canadian forces may secure a homestead with active service counting as residence duty. Homesteads are protected against cancellation and wounded veterans receive patent on return. Volunteers with existing homesteads are similarly protected during service.
W H Metcalfe’s birthday observance is postponed to Friday, according to a brief social note. The change affects plans and scheduling for the celebrant and acquaintances.
A conservative meeting is scheduled at the Orange Hall for the polling subdivision. Details indicate a local party gathering focused on community voter coordination and campaigning strategies.
Canada saw its largest field crop harvest on record in 1915 with wheat area up 1,964,400 acres to drive total sown land to 37,963,455 acres. The growing season was favorable and yields across principal cereals rose, wheat averaging nearly 29 bushels per acre, eight more than the 21 bushels in 1913.
A ten cent tea will be served at the home of Mrs J R Homer on Saturday March 1916 at three o clock in aid of the Red Cross Fund. Everyone welcome.
Local notes report Thomas Hans and family heading to Alsask while Mrs. Harry Last visits Prince Albert. Others include W. H. Metcalfe visiting, calls for Ottawa to probe paper price hikes, and Rev. T. H. Broughton spending time in Prince Albert.
On Monday May 1 a daughter was born at Nurse Thomas Maternity Home to Mr and Mrs Guy Williams.
The north country survey party led by W. H. Morrish with five teams and horses departed Tisdale early Tuesday for an extension north of the Saskatchewan River. They will survey nine townships in ranges 14 and 15 and townships 53 and 54, crossing the river by boats or rafts. The survey work is expected to last until fall.
Conservatives in the new provincial constituency of Tisdale held a meeting at Homer's Hall last Monday to prepare for the provincial election. Dr. MacKay was elected president, N. Nelson vice-president, and Roy Jackson secretary. May 22 was set for the convention with prominent conservatives invited to speak.
Mr A Schell recovered well from bowel surgery. The Presbyterian Ladies Aid hosts a 25 cent lunch in Orange Hall on May 24 from 5 30 to 7 00, with 25 percent of net proceeds to the Red Cross. Mrs Thos Bailey near Eldersley suffered a stroke but is improving. George Findlay leaves around May 26 for Wadera with the 214th battalion to guard a colonel's horse and later join a military hospital. he is 61. Corporal Allan Reid was reported wounded again.
The RecorpEr states it may not publish editorial comment or favor any party as rumors of an early provincial election circulate. It invites articles from either side as long as authorship or association is clearly listed to absolve the publication from sentiment.
A correspondent using a pen name rails at slander against Auto Road residents. He accuses a signer “Onlooker” of falsehood and cowardice and questions identity while defending local patriots and noting six youths joining the colors. The letter promises continuation on page 6.
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