27 Apr 1917
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Newspaper
Watson Witness
Location
Watson, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Apr 27, 1917
Page
1
The document outlines land regulations including entry by proxy, residency requirements of seven months, and conditional duties for homesteaders. It specifies possible quarter section selection and the role of officials such as W. W. Cory, Deputy Minister of the Interior, in overseeing the policy.
British and French forces report continued successes in France with two villages taken and over 1200 prisoners. German efforts to regain ground on the Arras front meet heavy losses. Dunkirk bombardment by German destroyers prompts retaliatory British and French actions, one French destroyer sunk. Prisoners and captured equipment listed. Turks attacked near Samara with reports of station capture and rail cars.
A damaged OCR text fragment shows archaic exclamations and incomplete phrases. The readable bits include sh and woe expressions, partial lines about envy and sighs, with no clear event, person, or location.
Rural Municipality of Act council met at D McCulloch Bogend April 13 with Reeve T J McGuire and councillors Weeks Morten Kosc kie Billmeyer Willicott present. A poll demand signed by 19 ratepayers on Seed Grain By law No 6 spending 2500 to purchase Billmeyer. Minutes of April 2 adopted. Election set for May 3 on Seed Grain By law No 6 with polling places at Weeks residence Dana residence Billmeyer residence H Spaeth residence. Weeks Morten to form yer committee for 1917. Scrapers culverts and tools may be ordered for 1907 division. Accounts to be paid. Next meeting May 4. Sec Treas.
The Rural Municipality of Ayr lists the poundkeepers and pound locations for 1917 with the pounds located in SW 14-34-19 and surrounding areas. The notice provides the official roster of residents responsible for animal control within the year.
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