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Newspaper

Watrous Signal

Location

Watrous, Saskatchewan, Canada

Date

Aug 30, 1917

Page

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What Every Disabled Soldier Should Know

Easing disability through medical care and retraining. The program outlines that soldiers may receive help from doctors nurses and instructors to restore earning capacity. If fit for light duty or return home there is support and free artificial limbs. Pensions or gratuities are preserved, training for a new occupation is provided, and pay continues until cured or reemployed.

Canada Military Hospitals Commission

Government Antitoxin Policy Aims to Cut Diphtheria Mortality

Dr. Seymour, Commissioner of Public Health, urges public awareness of antitoxin value. Proper administration by day four eliminates mortality, while delays raise death risk to about 40 percent. The new policy hopes to save many lives and address costly barriers to treatment.

Rony Seymour

Great Bargain Map Offered With Family Herald Subscriptions

The Family Herald and Weekly Star of Montreal announces a war map included with each subscription. Returned officers praise the edition. The yearly price is $1.25 with the map, cheaper than expected, and the map alone would cost much more. The offer runs at 61256 year.

Family Herald Weekly Star of Montreal

McGill University Clergyman Accepted for Overseas Service

Rev. E. A. Corbett secretary of the M. A. of McGill University and frequent Presbyterian contributor has been accepted for service at the front. He leaves September 1. Corbett is the fourth of his family.

E. A. Corbett McGill University The Presbyterian Mr. Corbett

Why Mistakes Occur in Local Newspaper Editing

The editor faces censored work amid constant deadlines and vast demands. He condenses events from religious meetings to fights, chasing rumors and securing news from many sources while balancing limited space and rising expectations.

Advertising Rates Show Publishers Profit From Space

The piece lists rates across papers: Home Journal 88 a line or 104 per inch, 6000 full page, back cover 10000. Evening Post full page 6000, back cover 7000, center page in color 12000. It notes ad space always fills, proving advertising pays.

Home Journal The Evening Post

Saskatchewan Wheat Yields Forecast by Co operative Elevator Agents

Agents report province wide wheat yields averaging 15 bushels with central harvesting general. Ontario yield expected between 10 and 16 bushels with some points reaching 40 bushels amid damaging local hail storms.

Reawa Saskatchewan Co-Operative Elevator

Sacramental Service at Watrous Church Evening

Morning activities listed include Bchoo 11 a m orange view method sp m Watrous Church 7 p m Sacramental Service Orange.

Bchoo

Hints to Motorists for Simple Engine Care

Practical advice warns motorists to avoid rust by careful cleaning with kerosene and oil. It stresses straining lubricating oil, inspecting valve clearance monthly, and checking valve lifters and fan blades to prevent power loss and mechanical damage.

Mrs Smith Recovers At Home After Saskatoon Fair

Mrs Smith of Renown who fell ill during the Saskatoon Fair has recovered enough to return to her home. While in Saskatoon she was the guest of Mrs EK.

0.Smith Saskatoon A. EK

Magistrate Fines H Reid for Careless Driving

Magistrate Johnston imposed a fine of 85 and costs total 10.28 on H Reid for careless driving of an auto Saturday near the G T P crossing. The mishap caused a man driving a horse and buggy to derail, and the article notes Reid is not the only offender in this matter.

Johnston H. Reid G. T. P. Crossing Mr. Reid

All Saints Holy Communion and Labor Day Sermon

Holy Communion services held at 8 p m with sermon at 1 p m and evening prayer at 1 p m at Ussine Lake Man tou 48. Labor Day sermon to be delivered during the Sunday service with extended observance.

Ussine Lake Mantou

Watrous School Reopens As Holiday Looms

Local notes report Watrous School reopens for the full term on Tuesday. Labor Day holiday proclaimed. Implement men busy shipping binders into the country. Mr John McArthur visits Canora and Saskatoon friends. Reduced railway rates for the holiday announced. Whist Drive and Dance planned to aid the Great War Veterans Association. A west end resident served for bar rel of refuse removal after warnings.

Great War Veterans Association

Two Meatless Days Rule Imposed in Canada Gazette

An extra Canada Gazette issue enacts an order in council restricting beef and bacon on Tuesdays and Fridays and limiting meals with wheat alcohol manufacture to licensed contexts. It mandates substitutes at meals with white bread and sets penalties for eating-places managers and staff, including fines from 25 to 500 dollars for offenses.

The Canada Gazette Order-In-Council Food Controller

Odde and Ends: Waste Not and Save Every Slice

An article urges thrift and practical economy urging readers to use odds and ends and not waste food. It cites Chicago examples of reclaiming waste and applies the lesson to rural life as well.

Chicago

Casualty List Reflects Heavy Canadi Front Fighting

Ottawa reports weekend heavy fighting on the Canadian front with a total over 1,000 casualties. The noon list shows 327 names with 19 killed in action and 33 died of wounds.

Ottawa

Birth of Daughter in Saskatoon on August 7 1917

The Cradle reports the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. O. A. in Saskatoon on Tuesday August 7 1917. The notice appears in a local family column, indicating a new addition to the family and naming the parents.

Saskatoon

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ALL Saints Con Watrous School Naylor Allan A. A. Reid J. J Bradburn John McArthur Canora, Ont Geo. Saunders Kelliher Watrous P. RB West End W. J. McCallum Bramp Big Casualty
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