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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 17, 1902
Page
2
The district reports farmers plowing first time this season and preparations for summer wood. News covers absences, road conditions, a ministerial engagement speculation, and a smallpox outbreak with several John Henry family members infected. Sir Hugh McEschren visits seeking a runaway horse.
Countless thousands praise Dr Ki New Life Pills for relief from constipation headaches dizziness jaundice malaria fevers and liver stomach troubles. Purely vegetarian formula claims safety over other remedies and is sold at druggists.
Sam Young shares a letter from Trooper Allan of the Macgregor contingent with Constabulary in South Africa. He recounts enlistment, postings along the Wet River, Kitchener’s telegram, and hopes for boer captures while noting training, fatigue, and the one year since re enlistment.
The writer notes a heavy toll on Sgt major casualties and prisoners, laments dwindling paper, and recounts daily life in barracks. He describes weather, travel through Ontario and Manitoba memories, beef and mutton meals, Xmas dinner at Haitfontein, and camaraderie with Cleve and Dick. He asks Sam to remember Macgregorites, Glover, Bully Mason & Co., and the local women.
A report recalls Chas C Ellis of Lisbon Iowa being soaked in icy floodwaters while repairing a telegraph line. He suffered a worsening cold and cough until doctors in Omaha Sioux City and Oakland Neb warned of consumption, then he was cured after six bottles of Dr Kings New Discovery. The product is sold by druggists at 50 cents and one dollar.
A scatter of brief notes and anecdotes from the Montreal Herald cover mislaid money, a manuscript sale of Tyson's original work, a witty remark about Doctor Talmage about to wed, Quebec doubt on punishing marriage, Manitoba triplets, census worries, and Manini Manit'oa after forty years of courtship.
Readable bits compare populations and areas among major powers. Mentions China British Empire United States Russia and numeric figures, but context is unclear. Indicates a pocketbook style data snippet rather than a complete story.
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