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Newspaper
Wilkie Press
Location
Wilkie, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 04, 1914
Page
3
Town leaders urge cement sidewalks on major streets with 20 year payments, comparing costs to wooden options. The piece also argues for diversified farming like mixed farming to maximize income and resilience amid crop failures.
A reader sent a lengthy critique of a piece titled Put all your eggs into one basket from Cotton's Weekly. The letter labels the article as extreme socialist in tone and argues against mixed farming and cooperative commonwealth ideas. The writer challenges the paper's stance and questions its relevance to practical farming.
Business leaders order attractive envelopes enhancing Wilkie and surrounding district publicity. The design bears the CPR crest with Wilkie Seskatchewan The Centre and a short paragraph about the place. Initiated by T F Ellis of the Board of Trade, the scheme aims to promote Wilkie through outward mailings and heightened citizen interest.
The town and outsiders ask what the Board of Trade is doing this year while Wilkie seeks renewed prosperity. A revival is not yet planned but keeping the name before the public is advised to sustain interest. A jury found Charles Becker guilty of first degree murder in the Rosenthal case, with Becker to be executed at Sing Sing in the week of July 6. The foreman showed emotion when delivering the verdict.
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