26 Jul 1917
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Newspaper
Watrous Signal
Location
Watrous, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jul 26, 1917
Page
1
A University field husbandry expert reports about 30 percent of wheat fields affected in Nokomis district, reaching Watrous and Govan. Ottawa experts have been notified as investigators seek the cause of the wheat condition.
Report on remarks by Hon George P and Mrs Knowles M P praising and opposing the Service Bill. Notes Mr Knowles Moose Jaw supports a referendum as urged by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, while Liberal papers critique the military act amid Liberal split and wartime pressure. Questions how Quebec would vote if a referendum on conscription were agreed.
Brilliant weather and lively music enlivened a United G A picnic organized by Mesera Lapp Puden Wheatley Boissic Cressaman Treble and R Urquhart. Prizes awarded across girls boys mens races and field events with Evenson Murray and Musselman among speakers for Sask G G A central organization.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier led Liberal opposition to the conscription bill denouncing the Borden regime for faults of omission and warning of dangers. J G Turriff Fred Pardee Hugh Guthrie and other Liberals supported conscription while Laurier urged unity and opposition to party politics.
Rev King’s sister Mrs Bowley relays a letter from Cpl King reporting a chaplain survived a torpedoed ship after four and a half hours in the water. The note praises frontline resilience and hopes for return home. Also mention of Rev McLachine and Kel A. Hall wedding plans at Round Plain Methodist.
Correspondent reports breezy local items from Poplar Park. The school reopens Aug 1 with carpenters at work, church services led by Rev J McLaughlin, and a busy week including a Waterloo Plymouth debate, ice cream social, and a town band uniform query.
The writer quotes a soldier expressing disappointment and concern about reports of unequal service. He hopes the story is false and notes distress about the situation, indicating a somber mood among troops while papers speculate on the truth.
The Birth of a Nation by D W Griffith is featured at the Majestic. A series of martial and political events from 1861 to Reconstruction are depicted. Rev J McFechlants leads services at Poplar Park Plymouth and Unions Presbyterian Church with no morning church service.
Lake Manitou sees rising popularity with crowds from sixty miles rallying last Sunday. Campers enjoy ice cream and refreshments while H. B. Hyde offers a west shore store for convenience. Visitors include Mrs J J Leady from Saskatoon and families of Major L M Bidwell and others.
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