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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
5
Reports from Orangeville on bustling potato pest control with sprayer motors and a bumper harvest of strawberries and saskatoons. Mac visits Austin weekly amid a geared campus expansion including a dormitory and greenhouse. The new college staff outlines a practical agricultural program and highlights opening ceremonies led by the Lieutenant-Governor in 1996.
Manitoba legislature created an advisory board in 1904 to set up a new agricultural college. Plans included a main building and multiple facilities on a college farm by the Assiniboine River. The two winter course targets practical farming for Western agriculture, aiming at farm families, with estimated annual costs for board, lodging, and clothing totaling about 70 dollars plus other charges.
A garbled OCR fragment references sdvaa and cost factors for "the coming wine a Oste" implying an easing or relief in realigen terms. The readable bits suggest economic terms but lack clear subjects dates or places. Further context is needed to identify persons organizations or specific events.
Winnipeg jobbers express varied views on collections with most confident about the future. Tight money strains are blamed for slower payments, yet wholesalers report renewed notes and steady or higher overall business versus previous years. They say the country merchants and farmers are not worse off, and as money conditions ease, trade should recover with no major drop in income.
A horse treated by Dr McLoughry died under suspicious conditions and was suspected of rabies. The head was sent to Dr Gordon Pell in Winnipeg for testing, confirming rabies. Earlier several dogs were destroyed after showing positive proof, prompting cautions against spread.
A two year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs hired man, died after setting fire to her clothing while playing with matches. She was badly burned and died the same evening despite medical efforts.
On Tuesday the 9th a gold brooch with a brilliant setting was lost at the Southend Picnic. Finder should leave it at the MacGregor Post Office.
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