Price comparisons from J D Forsyth Store 1920s Miniota
Miniota district readers compare today’s prices with a 1920s grocery bill from J D Forsyth Store Miniota. Vinegar 30 cents per gallon sugar 1.50 20 lbs raisins 60 cents walnuts 25 cents brown sugar 50 cents flour 24 lbs 1.20 dates 30 cents molasses 25 cents icing sugar 25 cents total 5.15. Channing Pollock quote urges facing tomorrow with wisdom and courage.
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J. D. Forsyth
Miniota
Channing Pollock
Crandall News Locals Welcome Visitors and Share News
Stan and Vel Doupe visit Winnipeg with sons Glenn and Mac, while Vel visits relatives at Portage. New Year guests include Walter and Vera Long and families. A large crowd attended Friday's old time dance. community centre thrives. A missing coffee pot noted. Ivan Lawrence and family in Winnipeg for Erin’s hospital checkup. Community resumes hockey curling shuffleboard and bowling as winter remains peaceful with hoarfrost displays. Sympathy to Joyce Stowe on her father J Harley Cadd’s death in Fort Frances. Various relatives from across Manitoba and beyond gathered for Christmas. Contact 563 3705 about garage sale table or consignments. Jean Ewing in Edmonton with Margaret. Tricia Armitage with her dad in Thompson. Double D Restaurant opens January 1 near Beulah. Bill and Doris Peel back from Hamiota Hospital. Betty Oliver and Judy Rowan return to Brandon for university.
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Vel Doupe
Winnipeg
Glenn
Mac
Vel
Portage
Dell Douglas
Walter
Vera Long
Doug
Darlene Long
Lorraine
Stan Nankivell
Ivan Lawrence
Donna
Erin
Children’s Hospital
Joyce Stowe
J. Harley Cadd
Fort Francis
Ontario
Don Grant
Coronation
A. Pressey
Christopher
C. H. Hedison
Virden
Norman Hedison
McAuley
Kay Grant
Mildred
Ron Leonard
Karen
Cheryl
Melville
George Stowe
Kathy
Tom Swiston
Vancouver
Don McKean
Jean Ewing
Margaret
Edmonton
Tricia Armitage
Thompson
Dianne Mangrove
Marion Grant
Highway 83
Beulah
Bill
Doris Peel
Hamiota Hospital
Betty Oliver
Judy Rowan
Brandon
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