North Country Road letters defend MLA Johnston over Tisdale road
A letter writer argues the Ravine Bank to Tisdale road delays are due to an abnormally wet year and flooding, not neglect by MLA Johnston. He notes a $1000 of a $4000 provincial grant was allotted to the road and asserts ongoing effort despite persistent flooding.
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James McConachie
Ravine Bank
Tisdale
Legislative Assembly
Johnston
Ravine
Tisdale Road
Melfort
Tisdale Ravine Bank Road
Letter of thanks for 51 donation to MCA Fund
Mr John V Sleight of Tisdale Salk Dear Mr Sleight receives sincere thanks for $51 contributed to aid Canadian soldiers. The note notes four sons in the army and asks for regimental number and unit of a missing son to help locate information. The letter is from a city Service Department headquarters.
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J. Sleight
M.C.A
Sleight
John V. Sleight
Tisdale
Salk
Sity Servi
Nimrods Roar Out In Full Riot
Local street scene erupts as groups clash in a chaotic display. No injuries reported but police monitor the crowds. Residents urge calm while officials assess the cause and potential charges.
One Week to Fair Day Progress Report
With finishing touches at the fair grounds and exhibition hall, arrangements for the agricultural fair next Friday near completion. Weather looks favorable for a strong turnout as entries pour in, the largest being eleven sections. judges from outside the district, including Department of Agriculture stock judges Professor Tisdale and Mr. Isaac Beattie, are secured to ensure impartiality.
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Department of Agriculture
Tisdale
Isaac Beattie
North Saskatchewan Land Co Appeals 1916 Assessment
At Eldersley Rural Municipality the Board of Revision disallowed an appeal by North Saskatchewan Land Co via National Trust Co receivers. The appellants filed a higher court appeal to be heard by Judge Doak in Orange Hall at 16 a.m. Friday Sept 29.
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Eldersley
Board of Revision
National Trust Co
North Saskatchewan Land Co
Doak
Orange Hall
Red Cross Rummage Sale and Dance
Red Cross announces a rummage sale on fair day with a dance in the evening to raise funds. Many saleable articles urged for donation to aid the cause, supper planned, and a good programme of dances arranged for an enjoyable evening.
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Red Cross
Recruits Sign Up As Local Sergeant Reports Progress
Sergeant W. H. Morrow signed up five recruits this week while recruiting officer G. B. Hasset added one. Mrs. H. M. Buxton returned from Winnipeg Thursday and reports Mrs. Bailey progressing favourably.
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W. H. Morrow
G. B. Hasset
H. M. Buxton
Winnipeg
Bailey
Elevator at Osgoode Closed as Short Break Ends
Eldersley News reports Osgoode elevator shut briefly for a pause. Agent Mr McGee assists at Valparaiso. Mrs Zantur and family head to Harris Sask to join her husband in newspaper work. Theo Wills trades Osgoode Siding store to W H Morrow for a New Oxgood farm, then the property quickly passes to B W Thurman of Crooked River. Thurman to take possession next Monday.
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Osgoode
McGee
Valparaiso
Zantur
Harris, Sask
Theo Wills
Osgoode Siding
W. H. Morrow
New Oxgood
B. W. Thurman
Crooked River
Front Line Letters From the War Trenches
Mrs. Fred Dance of Waterfield shares her brother Sidney Hearn's wartime letter describing frontline life in the trenches near Ypres. He writes of shelling, digging in, losses of comrades, and the grim realities faced by soldiers behind the front.
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Fred Dance
Waterfield
Sidney Hearn
Tisdale Agricultural Fair Heads to Friday Event
Readable notice indicates the Tisdale Agricultural Fair is scheduled for next Friday with local organizers and community attendees expected to participate in exhibits and activities.
Local Notes and Plans Ahead in Tisdale and District
Wheat at 1.39 per bushel and ten cent tea at Mrs. P. A. Hanes tomorrow. Travel and visits include J. R. Homer to Saskatoon and Rev. and Mrs Hargreaves touring to Prince Albert. Fair Day set for September 22 with Th. Whatley, Dentist, in Tisdale House. Local clergy schedule sermons and Holy Communion. Buckle and Jackson sell Ford cars. first 1916 grain marked at local elevator. Red Cross candy sale organized by town girls for Fair Day.
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Th. Whatley
Tisdale House
Tisdale
Haying Delayed by Rain and Mud on Local Roads
Auto road haying and harvesting were disrupted by torrential rain last week. J Haywood’s wagon stuck in mud, his oxen fell, and he walked home soaked. Local officials push to improve Tisdale Ravine Bank road.
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Mr. J. Haywood
Baying
Seed and Potato Distribution By Agriculture Ministry
Under orders from the Hor Minister of Agriculture a distribution of superior grain and potato seeds will be sent to Canadian farmers this winter and spring. Samples include spring wheat white beans barley and small quantities of grain and potato seed mailed free with one sample per farm. The Central Farm Ottawa will supply Ontario and Quebec with about 3 pounds per sample. Apply early as supplies are limited and requests after December end may be too late. Write to Dominion Cerealist Experimental Farm Ottawa for an application blank.
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Hor
Ottawa
Ontario
Quebec
Dominion ‘Cerealist
Experimental
J. H. Grisdale
Sullivan Baby Born to Mr and Mrs Chas Sullivan
On Tuesday September 12 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Chas Sullivan.
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Sullivan
Chas. Sullivan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eldersley News
Gertie
Fritz
Ypres
P. A. Hanes
J. R. Homer
Saskatoon
Peter Campbell
Mrs Hargreaves
Prince Albert
T. H. Broughton
Hinglish
Moose Jaw
Stella Campbell
Wilkie
A. R. Babbington
The
Connaught
T. Clarke
St. Matthews
Presbyterian Church
Wm. McGratten
H. G. Merritt
Union Trust Company. Limited
Dominion Experimental Farms
Lacroix’s. Drug
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