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November 1, 1900, the plant equipment was very meager, but new equipment was added soon after. A year or two following Mr. Scott's purchase of the business, the plant was moved to a site on 3rd Ave. More modern machinery was added during
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Whitewood, Saskatchewan by Mr. Greenstreet, who carried on as publisher and editor until his death a few years later. The plant consisted of a job press, a small army press, a few cases of type and make-up stones. It was first housed in a dwelling situated on North Railway Street, later occupied
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it was housed in an old 2 story frame building, a portion of which was built of log with lath and plaster walls. It had formerly been the
Immigrants Hall and was located on the present site of the doctors office on 3rd Ave. In 1965, Joe Ashfield constructed a new
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Saskatchewan to offer electronic subscriptions of their newspaper, a feature which provides a portable document file (pdf) version of the paper. This gave readers anywhere in the world the opportunity to receive
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Ashfield and wife Elaine became managers for one year. In the fall of 1979, the couple purchased the printing business from Joe Ashfield. They remained in
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Bennett then assisted Mrs. Greenstreet, owner of the plant, until early in 1900 when he left to work in
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