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Portage Blacksmith Dies After Paralyzing Attack
Thos Street of Portage la Prairie, long time resident and early blacksmith on Main Street, died shortly after his brother sent word of his paralysis. Survived by widow and two children, with four brothers and one sister, funeral held at his residence then West End cemetery. Belmont and Austin notes mention local life and bylaw borrowing for water system.
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