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Newspaper
Wilkie Press
Location
Wilkie, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jul 29, 1915
Page
3
The fragment notes names J George EM Garter and references Eastors and Propretors in what appears to be a list of roles or titles. Further context is unavailable to determine the exact event or organization involved.
The Wilkie Press reports on Peaks Point northeast of Wilkie where a first class grade is laid across a coulee. The camp boasts open roads for traffic and views that could attract tourists. A local baseball team named Government Nine forms with officers and colors red white and blue. The note also mentions a quoit and horse shoe team, and judges’ reports from Unity fair attendees.
Phippen notes a bruising O af football match last Thursday between Tako and Adanse with a 1 0 score as Adanse wins. A Rockhaven home game ends 4 8. Phippen baseball loses to Rockhaven by a strong combined team. Miss E Grant visits Unity while family returns to Saskatoon. Two daughters in law from Rerorbert visit the old home. Wm L Olsen unloads lumber and cement. A July 11 gathering near Reford celebrates Mary Eberhardt birthday and Mr Henry Engel with a musical program.
Recruitment call seeks volunteers to join the New Battalions for active service. Contact Mr. Fox at Wilkie in the Dulmage Block for details and enlistment.
Mr and Mrs C M Smith of Rosetown are visiting relatives in town, stopping to see family and catch up with relatives during their trip.
Public auction under the Land Titles Act will be held in Wilkie Saskatchewan on Friday August 18 1015 at noon for North West Quarter Section 30 Township 40 Range 18 West of the Third Meridian. About acres cultivated but land has regressed. Twenty percent cash at sale and balance per sale terms. Solicitor for Vendors. Winnipeg Manitoba date June 1p.
Public notice announces entry dates for lands in Range 14 West and related townships under Dominion Lands. Names LOYD MTER, NO TLEFORD, W A ACKLIN, UNITY, Bioda EDAM, and agent Le P. 0. Nos. outline plans available at the Interior Ottawa. prices set at 10 cents each. Entry begins Monday August 5th, 1916.
The report tells how Private Jas. Brown of the Cheshire Regiment survived shell fire near La Bassée when a box from Princess Mary diverted shrapnel away from his groin, though it damaged the box and wounded others nearby. Brown credits the box with saving his life.
Letters of appreciation from Dominion and provincial governments detail food gifts for wartime relief. Capt Oliphant notes 7 casks of Ontario evaporated apples sent to H M S Leander and Port Defence flotilla officers. Lt Col Hadcock mentions wire wrapped gun barrels and gun lengths.
German forces outside Orowlees tested small dirigible air torpedoes as substitutes for artillery shells. Each weapon carries 54 pounds of guncotton, travels several miles, and releases its charge automatically. Two torpedoes were fired. neither damaged forts or buildings, one exploding in marshland 200 yards from a fort and the other deflected by wind onto the Lyck road, startling a road repairer. The airships and munitions disappeared after launch.
An Austrian who led the fort at Preemysl was captured by Russian forces. The fortress was soon retaken by an Austro German army, and the former commander now remains a prisoner of war in Russia.
An editorial urges demand for Canadian made goods amid wartime trade disruption. It argues Canadian artisans can replace imports, boosting employment and aiding the war effort, urging citizens to buy locally to help keep suffering to a minimum.
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