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Newspaper
Birtle Observer
Location
Birtle, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 13, 1887
Page
4
Mr A J Belch visits town this week as Parliament adjourns. Judge Ryan dies, K Ross named Justice of the Peace. Telegraphed line ties ministry office to station. Wheat shipments west planned. new town council, secretary treasurer and assessor appointed. Presbyterian church funds grow. local insurers and shops expand. snowstorm disrupts rail lines. county court meets. political shifts hint Harrison government fate.
Market listing shows varied prices for mutton pork butter cheese and fowl. Cordwood and dry goods noted with numeric figures alongside prices such as 48 52 and 20 25 30 35. The fragment lacks complete context but conveys a local market snapshot.
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