28 May 1918
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Newspaper
Yorkton Press
Location
Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 28, 1918
Page
1
Citizens 16 and older urged to register at multiple booths nationwide with a mandatory card that lists full name address age country of birth race language English or French subject status and personal details. Women face similar questions with health and home considerations added to ensure eligibility for service.
Sales of school lands were held at Shehe and Wynyard with many buyers. At Shehe 100 parcels sold, prices around 15.00 per acre, a quarter near Shebe fetched 42.00 per acre. highest and lowest prices unclear due to damaged text. At Py pmo and Kafabar Te Inail area bidding reached 1900 per acre, details incomplete.
A fragmented account recalls the closing of the Union Government's first session with disputes over election acts, private secretary salaries, and alleged vote fraud. It notes defeats of key figures, discussions of war appropriations, and moves to curb church tithes in Canada as Premier Hurden faces party splits.
District Court proceedings list naturalization certificates for John Hunter Richardeon Lewis Melville Richardeon and James Franklin Croll. Appeals mention R Border against Lewin failing to appear, Mercer RN.W. service act conviction insufficient evidence, and R Wilson Prov. Const Tredwell Prairie Fires Act conviction disallowed and upheld.
Fragmentary note urges readiness and supply for period needs. Mentions substitutes and sour milk in a recipe like form. References soldiers and allies. Contains unclear names and sporadic instructions.
An editorial lamenting secret treaties and hidden aims behind World War I. It argues Allied leaders hide objectives from the public, urging transparent diplomacy and a public war purpose. It cites President Wilson and the 1917 pledge amid wartime secrecy.
Adjourned terms before Mr Justice Bigelow cover Hecheroff and a divorce dispute involving Natasta Sprechel over a late 19th century estate. The action claims one third share of the estate, with expert testimony deemed insufficient to prove a Mussina law marriage validity, resulting in dismissal with costs. Also mentioned are Cook v Hobson and a threshing engine purchase and partnership claim linked to Nicholls Sheppard gears.
A fragmented farmers periodical urges West region unity and real citizen investment in daily life. It notes heightened organic movement debates, calls for readiness for future wartime readjustment, and cites a secretary’s letter about a recent local rally.
Letters from Yorkton council items show Greater Food National Conservation Association coal relief and Agricultural Exhibition Association grant requests remitted to the Finance Committee for consideration. Debate includes a request for storage, reader financial assistance and a proposed public meeting by Mr Dixon of Winnipeg, with Forum rules but no collection.
The letter from K Rothwell complains that publication of a council report was delayed. It notes council work being more fully reported, especially committee work in camera. It questions press access and privileges of the Yorkton Enterprise and mentions a council secretary and a councillor named Wynn.
The heading notes the head of the Doukhobour Society and a Lowell Institute lecturer will visit Yorkton. The text describes a high court appeal and mentions a speaker connected to the Watite Institute, with references to international events and a 2008 bond figure. The piece reads as a transcribed historical notice with limited readable facts.
A Sunday gathering at the Lown Hal featured Rev. W. Po Reekie of Regina outlining provincial social service issues. He highlighted widespread sickness and poverty, urged early care to prevent deaths, and noted a potential one million dollar relief need. An organizing committee, including town ministers and organization presidents with the Mayor as chair, was formed and a collection yielded 112 dollars.
Saskatchewan normal schools announce stricter entrance standards starting July 1, 1900. First year class will run fifteen weeks, up from ten, with a Normal selection exam and revised scholarship requirements. The Mindy scholarship for normal school entrants now requires two years of high school or three years of its equivalent.
At Saskatchewan Motor League meeting in Memina Kime was elected to the committee on We Yorkton Avenue. The league reports growing membership and better road conditions as it advances toward Dominion links.
The Saskatchewan Motor League holds a general meeting at Tereslon with members including Fort Kimesed J L Hortiott attending as guests of the Verbian Auto Club. The group discusses election of a new member and a program for the season, while noting government grants and road repairs being arranged to support the Yorkton area auto club and encourage new members.
The Winnipeg strike in Canada ends as the City Council grants workers most demands and bars fire officers from joining the labor union. Reinstatement is promised for sympathetic strikers. Referendum may abolish the Board of Control blamed for the strike. The local press shifted stance during the dispute.
The Hospital Ladies' Aid solicits an offering for Hospital Funds in honor of the King's Birthday. Every man woman and child in Yorkton and district is urged to subscribe one cent for each year of their age. Collection will be taken at homes on 24th and on Wednesday and Saturday.
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