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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 17, 1917
Page
5
Farmers begin seeding as Easter visits unfold. Miss E Collier spends holidays with Hed Hartso me before return to school. WMS hosts a Silver Tea at Miss M Hall’s home on April 27 with ice cream. Joe Morris rumored returning home from front. Local auction set for April 26 in Sidney for an imported Clydesdale.
Mr J D Duncan received a War Office telegram announcing the death of his son Private M D Duncan. He died of wounds on April 3 in France as part of a pioneer battalion after serving with the 107th Battalion and training at Camp Hughes and in England. A beloved local baseball enthusiast, he was highly regarded and his family and community extend their deepest sympathy.
On Saturday Thomas Fletcher a hired man on Simon Spence's farm near Carberry shot and killed Gordon Rasmussen a ten year old boy Fletcher is in Portage jail awaiting trial. With rising wheat prices flour now sells at 5 75 per sack the highest price on record. At war declaration flour sold at 5 30 per barrel now 11 50 the price is 45c more per sack than at war start.
A Scottish troupe named the Kiltie Troup will perform on Monday April 23 in Austin and Tuesday April 24 in Mac Gregor as part of a Vaudeville circuit. The program features singing dancing music and sketches by talented artists from Scotland promising a rare treat to local theatre patrons.
For sale the south west quarter of section 36 township 11 range 18 west of Ist meridian. 56 acres broken all fenced and a good house. 1 1/2 miles south of Findale Siding. Apply to Gro. R. Cairns Leslie Saskatchewan executor to Jos. D. Daigieish estate.
The notice outlines entries for homestead rights in Manitoba Saskatchewan or Alberta under Dominion Lands rules. Returning soldiers receive one day priority at local agents offices. Applicants must meet residence cultivation and building requirements and may obtain preemption or patent under set terms. Discharge papers prove eligibility.
Public notice from The Accountant of the Supreme Court of Judicature for Ontario warns Neil McCaskill Samuel Barley Bartley Daniel W Robinson Charles F Newton and others that a mortgage dated November 22 1912 secures 3000 with interest. Default in Manitoba property in Township 12 Range 11 West of the First Meridian prompts imminent sale by public auction or private sale to satisfy the debt and costs, with possession and rents to be claimed if needed.
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