Local notes from Glenboro crowd speak on events
Coates brothers grist sale postponed to March 3. Presbytery meeting in Holland. Glenboro bonspiel starts March 1 with prizes and big turnout. Pettie returns from Stratford. Discounts on felt goods at Wheeler’s. Imperial Bank staffer Brown returns from Ontario. Ninette sanatorium nearly ready for interiors. Hudson Bay Railway could save Minnesota and Dakotas farmers twelve million yearly. Humphries returns from Chatham with settlers’ effects carload. Local curlers gain notice in Merryfield and Bill’s rink eyeing bonspiel. Voters told notices referred to municipal elections only. Boissevain bank vacancies filled by Major and Sherry reassigned. Methodist church to host Woman’s Missionary Society events February 27 and 25 talks. Local option debate continues with council meeting discussions and votes on stance.
Canada and Her Waterways
Canada must deepen waterways to expand sea borne commerce and lower transport costs. The Hudson Bay Railway and Georgian Bay Canal would open inland routes to the St Lawrence corridor, boosting lake traffic and creating new distribution hubs without harming rail systems. Access to natural water routes is vital for national prosperity and global competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Hudson's Bay
Lake and
St. Lawrence
North American
Tessie with a Grizzly. Adventure on the Rogue River Yukon
Joseph Christie reports his son James Christie's dramatic encounter with a grizzly bear while hunting seven miles from camp near Dawson. After three shots, the bear collapsed, Christie walked seven miles to camp, then tobogganed out with Indian help. He later recovered in Dawson and Victoria with jaw injuries and long convalescence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Christie
James
Rogue River
Yukon
Jim Christie
Dawson
Christie
Jim
Juvenile Bostonians at Glenboro Opera House
The Juvenile Bostonians impressed last night in Berta's Billions at the Auditor ium with Babe Mason in a charming leading role. Solos and choruses drew enthusiastic applause and encores, and a full revised programme is promised for Friday night March 18 drawing a bumper crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenboro Opera House
Nelson, B.C
Berta
Ium
Babe Mason
Death of Mary Parkinson, Glenboro lady, at 45
Mary Parkinson Down, wife of Wesley Down Reeve, died Sunday in Brandon after treatment. She leaves nine children four sons and five daughters. Funeral today to Glencove cemetery. The community extends sympathy to the bereaved family.
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Glenboro
Mary Parkinson
Wesley Down
Brandon
Glencove Cemetery
Salvation Army recruits Canadian helpers from Britain
The Salvation Army sent ten experienced Canadian representatives to Great Britain in the last three months to select able bodied men and women for immigration this spring. The Kingston Whig recalls an old man who lived on $1 per month for years, reaching age ninety, noting the odd “secret” to frugal living and imagining others would benefit from it.
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Canada
Salvation Army
Great Britain
Kingston Whig
Whig
Warrant turmoil in South Africa veterans land grants
Warnings report 6705 warrants issued for Veterans Land Grants with only 465 veterans locating land and 3017 substitutes registered. Four thousand four hundred thirty two warrants remain unlocated valued around 710 dollars each as speculators hold over half the warrants. The piece criticizes graft and notes falling scrip prices due to no extension of settlement duties.
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South Africa
Dominion
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Sigmar Bros.& Co
Tranik
Cienboro
E. M. O'Donnell
International Harvester Company
J. C. Staples
Doig & Sons Hardware and Furniture
Coates Bros
Armstrong
J. Knox Clarke
James Duncan
Holland
George Pettie
Stratford Ont
Wheeler's
Fred Brown
Imperial Bank
Winnipeg
City
Jefferies
Ninette
The
Minneapolis Journal
Minnesota
Two
Dakotas
Hudson's Bay Railway
R. S. Humphries
Chatham
Ont
Merryfield News
Wm. Glintz
Bill
Boissevain
Union Bank
J. J. Millidge
Major
Deloraine
Sherry
Waskada
Boissevain Globe
Woman's Missionary Society
Miss Kinly
China
W.M. S
W. M.S
W. W. Adamson
Carman
Reeve Down
Sutcliffe
D. J. Robinson
W. S. McKay
E. Smith
T. E. Taylor
Moral and Social Reform Committee
Donaldson
Thin
Dack
Maggey
Robinson
Moggey
and Dack
Winnipeg Commercial
Tion
Tessie
Pboker
War's
Sec
Colgate
F. Smith
Photo
Brownies
Kodaks
Eastman
E.kennebedy
Man
Mclean, Audt
R. Armstrong
Prop
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