19 Sep 1917
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Newspaper
Watrous Signal
Location
Watrous, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1917
Page
1
The Saskatchewan Government promotes the Greater Production Loan to fund farm development. It touts bonds of 5 percent interest over ten years secured by first mortgages on farms, with options from 20 to 1000 dollars. Investors are urged to buy soon through government offices or banks to back provincial prosperity.
An open letter from a Winnipeg mother expresses deep love for her children and urges Canada to remain honored in the eyes of itself and the world. She asserts the necessity of quick aid and support from others to ensure her family and nation endure with value and virtue.
The document outlines eight distinct grounds for exemption and explains how a claim may be submitted. It notes that the form resembles a ballot and requires a cross beside the chosen ground. Exemption claims can be filed by the recruit or by an employer or relative with supporting declarations.
Morris municipality council met in Young on September 8 1917 with Reeve and councilors G A Campbell Wm J A David Moss L C Walstrom and Aug Hemmingson present. The minutes show correspondence read and considered and Wm Duncan moved to approve the accounts as read.
All Saints records the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity with Holy Communion at 8 p.m. Morning Prayer and Sermon at 11 a.m. Sunday School at 3 p.m. Keeping Prayer and Sermon at 7 p.m.
Fine weather favors threshing and grain marketing while conscription and military service questions loom. Farm laborers seek five to six dollars daily for threshing. Residents Geo Mollard and D L King visited town. Ed Fishleigh may stay weeks in the district. Local events include a War Veterans dance and a tax sale notice, plus shop updates from Mrs Sparrow and Miss Jean Hodge.
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