Sev enth Annual Lawn Tennis Tourna ment at Wilkie on Septem ber 4
The 1915 Sev enth Annual Lawn Tennis Tourna ment at Wilkie features Western Saskatchewan Club Pair Cham pions with Silver Trophy Cup and miniature cups. Ladies Doubles Championship also trophies. Mixed Doubles prizes. Gent s Singles Championship set for 9 a.m. September 4. Entries close September 2. Past tourney winners were Battleford Tennis Club members.
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Wilkie
Western Saskatchewan Club
Cham Ip
Gent
Battleford Tennis Club
Circulars issued for Belgian Relief Fund in Saskatchewan
G Deajardin of Manor Saskatchewan as Belgium Vice Consul and Belgians Relief Fund president for Saskatchewan distributes about 10 000 circulars to urge donations. The plea emphasizes aid for Belgian women and children and directs subscriptions to G Pootmans or Montreal headquarters.
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G. Deajardin
Manor, Sask
Belgium
Sakatchewan
Wilkie
G. Pootmans
Belgian Relief Fund For
Saskatchewan
Montreal
Local Red Cross Receives Regina Shipment and Notice
H Willson, local Red Cross secretary, reports a Regina branch shipment with socks, shirts, bandages, pyjamas and more, and thanks the provincial executive for the aid. A circular asks workers to stop making surgical pads wipes and certain cloth items until further notice and to continue socks shirts pyjamas gowns and kits.
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H. Willson
Red Cross Society
Regina
Wilkié
Overseas
France
Aid Flows to Ontario Fire Areas
Carloads of supplies and lumber are sent to bush fire stricken Ontario regions to relieve residents and assist recovery efforts amid extensive damage reported recently.
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Ontario
Crop report notes early harvest in province
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture reports harvesting beginning in many areas with barley, early sown wheat and oats cut around August 12 and not general until midweek. Weather for past two weeks ideal for maturity. labor is plentiful. yields not yet estimate. Some frost effects seen in wheat. straw ripening early. some kernels underdeveloped.
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Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Wil
New Homestead Map Illustrates Western Canada Land Claims
A new Homestead map issued by the Department of the Interior in Ottawa shows land available for entry and the status of each quarter section across Saskatchewan Alberta and Manitoba as of January 1. The map includes Indian reserves timber berths grazing leases post offices railways and more with Saskatchewan and Alberta sheets ready for distribution and Manitoba to follow.
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Canada
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Education department relaxes second class rules for rural teachers
Due to severe rural teacher shortages the Department of Education will waive Second Class Certificate regulations. It will admit directly to Second Class sessions all holders of Second Class Diplomas who are otherwise eligible. Those with Third Class training and Second Class Diplomas may enter without the year of teaching experience. Normal School sessions begin August 21 at Regina and Saskatoon, with admissions handled in arrival order.
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Department of Education
Sesson
Regina
Saskatoon
Basketball Dance Hit By Heavy Rain At School Assembly Hall
Rainy conditions and poor roads dampened attendance at the Basketball Dance held Friday night in the school Assembly Hall. Despite weather, local garages filled as cars from nearby towns arrived. the Wilkie Orchestra delivered a lively program and music, providing an enjoyable evening.
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Suto
Beim
Wilkie Orchestra
Wartime Registration System for Distinguishing Enlistees and Immunes
An order in council establishes badges to identify men fit for active service, those rejected, and those deemed more valuable in civilian work. Badges are numbered and carried with a card detailing the recipient and reason. Violations face fines up to 100 dollars or 30 days imprisonment. The system targets expeditionary forces and excludes those with temporary disability.
Subscription to Jno Hall Following Totals 454.20
A list of amounts donated by friends to aid John Hall after a summer electrical storm killed his son and four horse outfit near Wilkie. Donations include Ernest Laycock 45.00 Morley Stevenson 27.00 E R Dennett 21.00 J M James 21.50 Charles Wilkie 113.00 H Basingthwaite 82.70 J Howie 50.50 W J Allan 67.00 J Galbraith 23.50 bringing the total to 454.20.
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John Hall
Wilkie
Ernest Laycock
Morley Stevenson
E. R. Dennett
J. M. James
Charles Wilkie
H. Basingthwaite
J. Howie
J. Galbraith
Wilkie High School Reopens and War Material Orders
Wilkie High School will reopen for the season on Tuesday September 9th. Harvesting has started in Manitoba with an estimated wheat yield of seventeen bushels per acre. It is expected Thanksgiving Day will be observed on Monday October 9th. Great Britain has ordered from the United States all war materials possible for American firms to produce, including big guns and munitions. A Free Press correspondent and a constable counted 180 Ford cars at a Brandon exhibition. Harvesting began last week in Manitoba.
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Free Prom
Brandon
Manitoba
Coucil
Great Britain
United States
Pamphlets Promote Peace At Any Price Circulate Germany
Pamphlets urging peace at any price circulate Germany as authorities fail to locate a secret society behind the campaign. Rumors say strict news censorship may be lifted soon.
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Germany
Rusted wheat should be allowed to ripen experts say
Hon. W. R. Motherwell and several university authorities argue rusted wheat should stand until fully ripe. They contend cutting early harms grain quality, and that letting the berry fill can keep wheat in milling grades.
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W. R. Motherwell
Motherwell
Flour Donation From Penland For Belgian Relief
R E Penland donated flour to the Belgian Relief Fund yielding fifty six dollars net. The amount is a little over half the target, due to lacking initiative by some ticket sellers. Ten sacks were raffled. four produced ten dollars each, and the winners listed include A MacMurchy F C Barry F Mitchison F L Bishop Herrington and E Great Spark.
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R. B E. Penland
A. MacMurchy
F. C. Barry
F. Mitcheson
F. L. Bishop
H. W. Herrington
E. Gt. Spark
Saskatoon Nurses Volunteer for Overseas Service
Over twenty Saskatoon women have volunteered for overseas nursing service for Europe. Mrs. Lapper, a known Wilkie resident, is among applicants, with brother George Lambert farming near Wilkie. If selected she will join a nurse detachment leaving in about four weeks.
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Saskatoon Phoenix
Saskatoon
Lapper
Wilkie
George Lambert
Europe
L. H. McConnell
London
England
Red Cross Society
Mrs A Lappers Overseas Service Accepted
Mrs A Lappers application for service with Red Cross Hospitals in Europe has been accepted and she will proceed overseas soon. Nurse Lapper is sister of George Lambert residing east of town. Mr and Mrs A Bell left for the south country for business with the machine company they represent and returned last night. Mr Bell left for Saskatoon this morning. Mr and Mrs Turnbull Sr arrived Tuesday from Vancouver for an extended visit to their son Jas H Turnbull. They came via the coast and were driven from Battleford to Wilkie in their son's car. John Crow of Wilkie, previously reported missing, is now listed as safe. Arthur Baldwin of Selkirk Manitoba, formerly an operator at the CPR depot here, is reported wounded though extent unknown.
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A. Lapper
Red Crom
Europe
Lapper
George Lambert
Town
A. Bell
South Country
Bell
Mr. Bell
Saskatoon
Mrs. Turnbull, Sr
Vancover
Jas
H. Turnbull
John Crow
Wilkie
Arthur E. Baldwin
Selkirk
Man
C.P.R
Mosely P M Florence Auction Schedule at Wilkie and Cut Knife
Sales by P M Florence Friday August 25 at Cut Knife Livery Barn 82 head of four and five year old work mares. Saturday August 26 at Alberta Feed and Sale Stable Wilkie carload of workhorses. S Livery Bars Wilkie carload harness household effects. Terms cash. Robert Weis proprietor.
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Cut Knife
Alberta Feed and Sale Stable
Wilkie
Carload
Robert Weis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Weekly Crop Report
New Homestead
Jno. Hall
Wilkie High School
Bolley
Fargo
North Dakota
Cole Jon
Dean Rutherford
R. E. Penland
Red Cross
P. M. Florence
E. H. Dulmage Hardware
Wilkie Fair
the Wilkie Milling Co
Gordon Ellis
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