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Newspaper
Wilkie Press
Location
Wilkie, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 26, 1915
Page
3
The Knox Church members plan to present every local soldier with a New Testament as a token of remembrance. Community leaders note the gesture will support morale and spiritual welfare while troops are away. They suggest expanding similar gifts for all departing Wilkie boys and thank supporters financing these tokens.
A provincial bill mandates towns villages and rural municipalities advertise tax arrears land sales in the Saskatchewan Gazette. Critics say most locals never read the Gazette and prefer local papers like Kerrobert Citizen Major Luseland Plenty Macklin Mercury Dispatch Advocate for notices. The measure also targets stray animals and other notices.
Sample mingled among the roses last Sunday. Kipp Bros sold a valuable horse to David Irwin. Geo Sample made a business trip to Battleford today lest.
Under the Land Titles Act a mortgage sale is set for September thirteenth at three o clock PM Mountain Standard Time. The farm lies 84 miles from Olean in Manitoba near Wilkie and the property includes a 40 acre parcel with 10 cultivated acres long fallow. Sealed reserve price will apply and sale proceeds paid to the vendors with debts and taxes cleared as of sale. Solicitor J H Munson for the vendors advertises details and terms.
The document records a notice asserting a false claim about wheat from Mr or Mrs Campbell. It states no one ever ate or sold any wheat to or from the parties. A witness signature appears with a location Wilkie and a date in July 1015.
The article surveys inventors in London patent offices who race to develop war devices. Prominent ideas include a Zeppelin destroying gun, long range projectiles with deadly payloads, and explosive weapons designed to incapacitate or annihilate enemies.
Wats SAE advertises enlistment for new battalions in Servien. Callon Mr. Fox at Wilkie to join the recruits. Dulinaze Block codename noted.
St John Board of Trade publicizes the Made in Canada movement seeking provincial goods. Local manufacturers across sectors report improved demand and steadier markets, with some firms busier than in years, driven largely by eastern Canada orders despite wartime factors.
A wartime letter from Cecil Thourke of the London Rifle Brigade recounts death and injuries near Ypres. He describes bullets ripping his coat, being buried, and a fellow officer killed, with multiple rifles damaged and troops holding positions after gaps in trenches. Bees used to attack advancing troops are also noted in East Africa.
The article traces Essad Pasha Toptani from his Albanian clan roots to a key role in Ottoman politics and Balkan warfare. It notes his leadership during uprisings, his defiance of Abdul Hamid II, and his later position as governor and military figure in Albania, including the 1909 revolution and subsequent parole in exile.
A garbled collection of wartime quotes and phrases including claims by leaders about front lines and morale. It mentions King of Italy, Lloyd George, Balfour, Sir George Reid, and references Austrian ruses, British volunteers, and submarine themes with scattered, unclear details.
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