The Bailiff with a Devil's Face and Manitoba Towns
The article argues Manitoba towns are overvaluing property to finance growth leading to debt and declines in credit. It cites Portage la Prairie, Brandon, and Winnipeg tax sales, urging local councils and merchants to rely on real support from surrounding countryside and develop local timber resources on the Bird Tail and Riding Mountains to boost prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Portage la Prairie
Exnerson
Brandon
Winnipeg
Ontario
Lumber trade hopes rise with new rail road access
Banks owning extensive mountain timber limits and local saw mills may restart operations in the spring if an agreement is reached. Previously unpaid taxes and lack of a proper road to the station stalled mill use, but a ravine road to the railway now removes the main obstacles.
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Birtle
Riding Mountains
M. & N. Railway
Assiniboine
R. Gibson
Cupid and His Arrows
On Tuesday evening Mr. Charles Tisdale of Wattsview married Miss Esther Carpenter of Birtle. Friends regret her departure yet wish the couple a long and happy life as evidence of the high regard in which the bride was held, and the many presents she received.
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Charles Tisdale
Wattsview
Esther Carpenter
Birtle
Hymeneal Happiness at Birtle Marriage
In Birtle on Wednesday morning Jas Pentland son of W G Pentland of the Dominion Land Agency wed Miss Lottie Wood daughter of J H Wood with Rev Mr Buchanan officiating. The bride, long a Sabbath School teacher and organist, is beloved in the community and received many tokens of esteem.
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Birtle
Jas. Pentland
W. G. Pentland
Dominion Land Agency
Lottie
J. H. Wood
Buchanan
Crawford Re-elected Mayor Amid Acclamations and Victory
J S Crawford has been chosen mayor for a sixth term in succession, five times by acclamation. His Tuesday majority stood at twenty nine. He thanked supporters in a brief address. J H Wood delivered a courteous concession speech praising Crawford and his own calm reaction.
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J. S. Crawford
J. H. Wood
New Double-tree Proposed for Wagons by Indian Agent
Mr J A Markle of Birtle, an Indian Agent, has invented a doubletree using two steel bars kept apart by a central block for the bolt. The design allows the whiffletree ends to be mounted with bars above and below, offering greater strength and steadiness. he has applied for a patent.
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J. A. Markle
Birtle
Markle
Municipal Election Ballot Listings for Birtle and Archie
Municipal election details list mayoral and council slates for Birtle and Archie. In Birtle Reeve William Watt and councilors J Anderson S G Roseborough A McGilvery R W Patterson Huchnichen appear, with Archie’s slate headed by Reeve John Traquair and counselors W P Orr John Brendan Ralph Wright Hugh Smith.
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Reeve
John Traquair
W. P. Orr
John Brennand
Ralph Wright
Hugh Smith
Marriages in Birtle and Wattsview
Esther Etta Carpenter of Birtle wed Charles Tisdale of Wattsview at the bride’s father home in a December 11 ceremony officiated by Rev T C Buchanan. The following morning Charlotte Lottie Wood of Birtle married James B Pentland son of W G Pentland, Land Agent, in a December 12 ceremony by the same minister.
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T. C. Buchanan
Esther
Etta
G. M. Carpenter
Birtle
Charles Tisdale
Wattsview
Charlotte
Lottie) A
J. H. Wood
Hubert Wood
James B. Pentland
W. G. Pentland
Binsearth Events Include Ball Tu Turkey Shooting
On Monday evening last the bachelors of Binsearth hosted a well attended ball. A turkey shooting match took place Monday afternoon. Christmas Day brings a town tree and festivities in Millwood. Wheat moves to Mitchell Bucknall mill in Millwood as Birtle mill closes for winter. On December 21 a Christmas tree and concert will light the Town Hall for children in Binscarth.
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Bachelors of
Binsearth
Millwood
Mitchell & Bucknall
Binscarth
Grip the Canadian humor journal gains thirty second volume
Grip enters its thirty second half year as a leading Canadian comic journal. The editors praise its invention, truth, fairness, and humor, noting a low two dollar yearly subscription and sixteen pages of original cartoons. Gurr’s Comic Almanac for 1888 is also advertised at ten cents, with the famous Tug of War cartoon.
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Canada
Times
Grip
Gurr
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