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Newspaper
Wilkie Press
Location
Wilkie, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jul 20, 1916
Page
5
A letter urges Wilkie district readers to view 130 acres of Prelude wheat touted by Mr. Cecil Herbert. Report notes Prelude’s milling value is uncertain and cautions against a districtwide stampede despite individual success, stressing market value and grain quality before widespread adoption.
Sheriff's sale notice for the lands of Charles Switeer in Ilkie Townsite Saskatchewan. The writ of execution directs seizure of property case Simpeon vs Switeer with 24 token units, to be sold Saturday July 1 at 1 PM at the Sheriff Office Scott Princes of Saskatchewan. April 5 1906.
A list enumerates individuals identified as wounded and missing in action from the recent field service. Names include Gray, Griffiths, Johnston, McKenzie, and Rourke among others, with several noted as wounded.
Government notice outlines homestead and preemption patent rules in Manitoba and Alberta. Details include residency requirements of six months per year, cultivation duties, house erection standards, and sale or transfer conditions. Prices per acre, term lengths, and exceptions for rough or stony land are noted, with authority cited to W. W. Cory Deputy Minister of the Interior.
The next service at Pan Muir School is scheduled for July 80th at 6 p.m. Choir practice occurs Friday July 21st at 8.30 p.m. Holy Communion will be on the first Sunday each month at 11.30 a.m. unless noted. The Sunday evening sermon will cover Manlineas.
Exhibitors race to send the most cars to a Saskatoon fair parade with a prize for the town submitting the highest number. Livestock owners must entries by July 26 and exhibitors are invited to request prize lists. Northern Saskatchewan auto owners look forward to August 1 for Mobile Day at the fair.
The local Sunday Schools joint committee plans the Union Sunday School picnic and meets Friday at 7:40 PM in the Methodist church. Ladies Aid will sell lunches at the Agricultural Fair. Next Sunday services include Narrow Lake at 11 AM with Rev. F C Cheever, Bible School at 12 AM, Wilkie at 7 PM, and Gettysburg Mission field visits by Rev. Windsor.
The group lists Fleming Lieut G R Slaney Lee Slaney Sgt F A Cavanagh T W Parr Corporal C Bishop H D Foster J D Poster R R Brackenbury H Ellison J W Massie J Wright T Johnson E P McAleer F McIntosh M R Forners A W Chariton H E Beckett FP Walker FJ Wilson M A Wood L R McClung Alex Oliver A G Wright A Le Steven 4 Davies E C Jackson A K Knowles H A
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