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Newspaper
Wilkie Press
Location
Wilkie, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
3
Wartime items dominate this fragmentary notice. It cites royal toast, a German offensive reduced in weight, Athens reports on deposement rumors, a Dominion Parliament embargo stance on Canadian cattle, and the American liner Mongolia sinking a German submarine off the English coast with a claim of firing the first American shot in the war.
The column discusses an open cellar being drained by a gasoline pump and suggests using streams for a future swimming pool. It argues for hawk preservation to curb gophers, notes a $25 penalty under the Useful Birds Ordinance, and asks readers to verify casualty rumors about soldiers. It also mentions exchanges and ex-Wilkie news, plus a Canard Liner anniversary.
Sunday services listed for Narrow Lake and Wilkie including morning and evening worship. Quarterly Official Board Meeting set for May 21 at 8 30 p.m. Ladies Aid annual meeting reported above with officers elected. District Meeting dates May 23 24 at Wilkie. Fourth Quarterly Missionary Service noted with Reddick Snyder and Mrs Smith-Windeor. Annual School meeting planned for Wednesday.
The Bishop attended services in Scott and Wilkie with a вечер service in the afternoon. Services resume at Pan Muir School on May 27 at 5 p.m. and repeat biweekly. Holy Communion on Whit Sunday will be in Wilkie after the evening service with morning services at Scott and Pan Muir.
The list includes Garrett Tom Grantham Jan Gilson J Gray R G wounded Griffiths John an gas ed wounded Hazel Arthur W EB killed Hunter Samuel Jackson A K Johnston G V wounded Justice Robert McAleer J McAleer F McClung Alex Rickett C wounded Chas Unable to determine full context from scattered OCR lines.
Quebec enacts drinking reforms taking effect in May. Measure bans treating and bars saloons from opening before nine in the morning while imposing a compulsory closing time of nine oclock at night.
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