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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 08, 1915
Page
8
Donations received for the soldiers appeal will be shipped after Saturday. The delayed shipment is scheduled for Monday April 12. Donors may leave butter or eggs at Mrs J P MacKinnon’s by that date.
The Times reports German losses including U29 and the Belgian king’s 40th birthday, with refugees in England totaling 65 000 men 69 000 women and 46 000 children. Joffre forecasts Allied victory while battles near the Meuse Moselle regions rage. Britain pledges war on alcohol, and expected assault on the Dardanelles looms as Russia shells the Bosporus forts. Submarine blockade nears, but many ships lost, and Britain ships aim to cut through to the Dardanelles while guarding global seas.
Sewell camp opens for third current and will halt CPR passenger trains. two miles of trenches to be dug for heavy artillery practice. Colonel Lowe of Ottawa oversees the project and plans to move to Calgary to select a new camp site.
Sewell works expand for the third contingent with twenty gangs at work and pipes laid to ease water pressure. Special huts rise for various uses and a permanent camp is formed with floating houses and sanitary quarters. Two hundred men labor, trenching machines operate, and rifle range targets are being set as camping nears.
Jess Willard of Kansas defeats Jack Johnson in Havana to take the world heavyweight championship, knocking out Johnson in the 26th round after a bitter struggle.
The report notes Bagot and surrounding farmers tilling land with wheat sowing well under way. Winnipeg guest J Woolsey arrives with horses, Henry Fred Sharp travels from the West, and April 1st in Bagot marks a local ABC event with the MacGregor orchestra and Miss M at the piano delivering selections in a lively program.
Free range Darrel offers hatching eggs from Plymouth Rocks. Higgs priced at 1.00 for 13 eggs and 7.09 for 100 eggs. Contact Mrs. Gway at S7 R 7 MacGregor for details.
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