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Newspaper
Wilkie Press
Location
Wilkie, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 19, 1918
Page
3
An annual subscription option is priced at 61 dollars per year payable in advance. The notice emphasizes the publisher’s devotion to the interests of Fite and notes Carter Editors and Proprietors as the party responsible.
The piece notes Allied losses and Germany’s casualties, tracking total war expenditures above 221 billion dollars. It cites Canada’s war debt around 1.41 trillion dollars and emphasizes the immense financial burden of fighting for liberty and justice.
The author reflects on Christmas as a world embracing, timeless message of love and hope. He notes the universal greeting shared across people from palaces to hovels, transcending belief and uniting hearts with the spirit of Christmas.
Saskatchewan sent 45,000 men to the army and many munitions workers may be redirected to create souvenirs from the conflict.
A Christmas meditation on joy for children and humanity. The piece urges kindness forgiving and charitable acts, urging a season of peace and goodwill. It emphasizes opening doors to the season and letting heart overtake mind to foster happiness for all, especially children.
The Dominion Government sells Thrift Stamps at banks and post offices for 25 cents each. Sixteen stamps cost 4 dollars and can be exchanged for a War Saving Certificate worth 5 dollars in five years. The plan starts with 2.50 dollars to spare and teaches thrift to young people.
With brewing brews closing after December 1 the barley market may face temporary dislocations. Expect shifts in barley use for milling meat poultry and other foods as producers adjust. Mrs J Long departed Thursday for Edmonton.
A Tuesday evening party celebrated Len Mulist's birthday likely his 21st with a small group in Narrow Lake. Church services resume at Parry Land and Narrow Lake schools as locals note mild weather and ongoing community events. Mrs. Geo Bellamy returns from Calgary while Mr. Cotter attends the Cooperative Elevator annual meeting as delegate. The Homemakers Club met at Mrs. Geo Muxlow's home and seven pairs of socks were donated to the Wilkie Red Cross last week.
Grimler Readers are urged to renew subscriptions to the weekly heat paper in the province. An entertainment and dance will be held at White Swan School on 12 20 under the Grain Growers and School District auspices. Program begins at 6 pm with admission for all.
The Honorable T A Crerar urges Canadian farmers to maintain breeding operations and finish feeding stock despite postwar uncertainty. He notes Europe’s large cattle and livestock supply and maintains Canada’s market will absorb beef and pork at farm item prices, encouraging careful sire selection and conservation of breeding stock to strengthen herds and flocks.
Caution urged as season returns to protect promises from a careless agent that could start fires in prairie or town. Advice stresses inspecting stovepipes, cleaning chimneys, guarding ash heaps and removing stumps to reduce fire risk and keep the town safe.
Town council of Rural Municipality of Buffalo No 409 met December 17 at Wilkie Municipal Office with Reeve J Wallace and councillors Ketcheson Imrie Muir Cotter and McAuslan present. Actions included adopting December 2 minutes, authorizing seed grain liens at Geo Cummings place with monthly price increases, guaranteeing Wilkie Emergency Hospital accounts and sharing deficit, approving bills 624 688, and adjourning to January 6 1919. Flue patients reduced to three and relocated to Chenereux house emergency hospital. Mrs J J Kyle departed to Toronto then Clinton Ont to reside with her mother.
George Code and his little son left last week for Winnipeg for a short holiday. Miss Ferne Kouff visited her home on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Imrie Mr. and Mrs. Chas Oatway and Mrs. RE Oatway were in Wilkie on Wednesday of last week, with a noted shortage of pork chops and oysters as they departed. The rink is progressing rapidly and will be ready in a few days.
Mr and Mrs Wm Ackerman and children visited townsfolk over Sunday and Monday. Word arrived of Garnet Brown who died of poeurtionia after enlisting in Edmonton and serving in France. A Christmas Tree and programme are planned at the church on Christmas Eve. Mr Phy left for Dayton Ohio, his wife visiting there for months. Mies McLenaghan and Lage Winkie noted. Geo Allan sold a fine team to Chas Young this week.
混Fragmentary text reports rain in Saskatoon celebrates Christians in Germany and thieves robbing Brooklyn with fatalities. Mentions Canadian soldiers, Western citizens to be de yeed in southern Alberta.
Transient advertisements list livestock for sale including four Pereheron horses and two head mares with weights around 1400 pounds. Also notes several milk cows for home use, a pure bred short horn cow, and stray livestock including a white crowed horse and a roan horse. Rewards offered for information leading to recovery. Contact details: Janes John stone & Son and Morey, Wilkie area.
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