Wilkie Local News Highlights Spring Activities and Events
Principal Grane spent Victoria Day in Saskatoon. A real spring rain fell Monday evening over the district. Uniforms ordered for the Wilkie baseball team in white and navy. Maxwell automobiles introduced by C B McCallum at the Wilkie Hotel with a 1916 model on display. The engine of the Maxwell car set a non-stop mileage record of over 22 000 miles during a trip. Go to Sunday School Sunday will be observed at St Pauls Anglican church. Plowing matches announced for West Eagle Hills Paynton Cut Knife Unity and Wilkie June dates.
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West Eagle Hills
Paynton
Unity
Wilkie
C. B. McCallum
Maxwell
M. P. Meagher
B. Wilkie
Methodist Church Notes from Quarterly Official Board Meeting
The Quarterly Official Board session met in the church basement with stewards and representatives from Narrow Lake Phippen and Wilkie. Elections named Wilkie N B McKim G P Mills and A B Ford as stewards for the coming year with Phippen W L Olsen N McClennahan Narrow Lake J W Barker and Robert Crump A B Ford remains recording steward. Services announced for Narrow Lake 1 am and Wilkie 7 pm with Rev Smith Windsor and Arthur Stretch. Sunday school and Go to Sunday School and Church Sunday urged.
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Narrow Lake
Phippen
Wilkie
N. B. McKim
G. P. Mills
A. B. Ford
W. L. Olsen
Macktin
Wol
Olsen
Ladies Aid Societies
Alan
Rev. Smith-Windsor
Arthur Stretch
Merriton
Ontario
Wilkie Milling Company Cup At Unity Fair Draws Support
Unity Fair organizers announce the Wilkie Milling Company Cup event set for July 28 with enhanced displays and donations from outside contributors. Bishop of Wilkie Milling confirms attendance and a competitive heat featuring loaves baked from Sabewnthor flour as part of the fair highlights.
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Wilkie Milling Company
Unity Fair
Wm Lange Tia Beer Bey
Joe Sity
FLL
Wilkie Milling Co
Bishop
Kennedy
Pala Unity Courier
Tommy at the Base Still Full of Humor in Trench Life
The narrative recalls soldiers like Tommy and Joe the comedian in the trenches near Cin der City. It describes pain, fatigue, and resilience as weary troops endure shelling while maintaining humor. It notes a Canadian contingent and Welch piping, plus the emotional toll of warfare.
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Tommy
Lonton
Tommy Wild
Joe
Tally
Deaiat
Knox Church News: Sermons and Upcoming Events
Rev. Sales of Scott preached at Knox Church on Sunday and a union vote with Scott was discussed. Rev. Collin Young of Saskatoon will lead services May 28. June 3 features a home cooking and plant sale at Morton’s Furniture Store by the Ladies Aid with morning and evening music and solos and duets by local artists.
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Rev. Sales
Scott
Knox Church
Proposa
Knox Presbbyterian Church
Collin Young
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Knox Presno Church
Morton
Ladies Aid of
Knox, Church
Warner
Mr. Pook
Sunset and
Evening Star
Miss McKenzie
W. Rudd
Destructive Mix Prompts Early Campaign to Save Lives
An early campaign urges destruction of a dangerous mixture of fulileepran fife and chemicals. Authorities warn of harm and urge immediate action to prevent loss of life.
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Wien
Hymns of Hate and Nazi Propaganda Provoked German Press
A German paper rebukes a prisoner’s antisemitic hymn published in Deutsche Tageszeitung and honors a poem by Lier von Kales. The text portrays praise for airship raids and bombs, expressing hatred toward England and exploiting German suffering as justification. The piece uses stark language about hunger, punishment, and “English justice.”
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Vorwarts
Kogneh Komenty
Lier von Kales
Kinaners
Bogland
Germany
Catholic Priest Bravely Aids Wounded British Soldiers
A World War I account recounts a Catholic chaplain who, under fire, moved into No Man's Land with a crucifix to tend wounded British troops. He prayed at the German wire, then returned, while Germans reportedly held four British captives as the others were taken as prisoners.
London Stock Exchange rumour ends in burglary tale
The chatty market story describes two constables on patrol at a large building who planned to meet after their shifts. One arrives injured and the other asks about a burglar, while they recall a girl who claimed her lover had gone to the Dardanelles, noting he has not.
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London Stock Exchange
Halloa
Weill
Changes in London social life during wartime shifts
A fragmented report notes shifts in London’s social fabric as wartime pressures alter evening dress and routines. It highlights how morning coal and theater life reflect deeper changes, with fashion and leisure entering new patterns amid the war.
Phippen News Update From Saskatoon Business and Local Notes
W L Olsen was in Saskatoon on business this week Allan Crawford left Tuesday to join the 96th Highlanders regiment in Saskatoon Birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Austin Coghlan on Friday May 1 at Scott Hospital A service in memory of the late Mrs IL Bowins held in the church last Sunday Wm Ackerman visited from one for a few days Bachus family arrivals and Mrs Bachus to lead Phippen School Rev Smith Windsor led the Ladies Aid annual meeting Officers elected President Mrs W L Olsen Vice President Mrs Coghlan Secretary Mrs James Robertson Treasurer Mrs H M Olsen McLenaghan and W L Olsen attended Quarterly Board meeting at Wilkie Methodist church last Monday Mrs McLenaghan hosted relatives from Asquith Mrs Lantz visiting Mra A T Osen
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N. McLenaghan
W. L. Olsen
Wilkie Methodist Church
War era linotype operator joins artillery unit
Newspapermen and the War who gave up a position as linotype operator on the Synney Record to join the 24 Bttery. He serves King and country in France. The piece speaks of highway engineering ambitions and a quirky exchange about a laid egg. It notes the echo timing trivia and hints at ongoing development in highway construction.
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H. Martin
France
Rol
Codix
KNW
New Secoradine
Cadiz
Mounted Police
Army
Powder from cotton drives wartime gunpowder supply
The report notes that nine pounds of cotton yield one shot for Queen Filzabeth and German guns, with large-scale use during the war. It states 1,000 tons daily would supply German and Austrian armaments, while British credit cites two thirds guncotton.
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Filzabeth
Serbian Superstitions and Shoulder Bone Forecasting
The BSerbiane people are described as highly superstitious with unique beliefs about animals. They forecast the future by using the shoulder bone of a roasted sheep or a pie, sending the bone’s fat portion to predict peace or war.
War Prisoners Amusements at Ruhleben Camp
A British civilian recently interned at Ruhleben Camp in Germany supplied copies of booklets titled and illustrated by the prisoners. The offerings include concerts plays debates scientific and literary lectures golf football and tennis and other activities.
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Ruhleben
Germany
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