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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
4
Fragment from The Herald dated August 2, 1906 mentions wartime notices and a medical tip stressing immediate treatment for diseases. It notes overread lines and references a druggist and dealers for sale.
An essay explores independence as a state of mind beyond urban wealth or rural toil. It contrasts city life and countryside work, noting most workers lack absolute independence yet may find happiness in simple, self directed living despite external pressures.
A farming note recounts booming times with crops and building projects by A J Storie and David Hallas, plus Archie Heueron preparing for next year. A violent thunderstorm damaged crops, visitors arrived for berry picking, and a hired man fell into an unguarded well, causing a death. The piece ends by promoting Schamberlein's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a West known medicine.
Local items report the English Church foundation by Mr Green at MacGregor Fays 6 visit, brisk wood business with price rise toward £1.50 by November, Edrans brass band to accompany Brandon Fair excursion, crops ripening after showers, haying underway, Parans Brandon Brick Company producing 20,000 bricks daily with new kilns and 14 chimneys. Band Picnic and dance noted, donations acknowledged for Frans Mission Church, plus assorted local names and brief curiosities.
Tender addressed to the Resident Engineer of Pavine Works at Winnipeg and dated July 27 1908 invites bids for the construction of a concrete Lock and Dam at St Andrews Rapids on the Winnipeg River. Forms of tender obtainable at specified offices in Toronto Montreal and Quebec. Tenders to be signed andUpon failure to comply penalties apply. The Minister of Public Works reserves the right to accept or reject any bid. Newspapers will publish the notice if authorized.
In a country dance an eager youth learns the Countess of Ayr is the daughter of the hostess after a humorous mix up. The exchange prompts introductions to the noble family. A London Chronicle note adds emphasis on mouth muscles for clear speech and expression in singing and speaking.
A garbled exchange presents a scene where a character comments on a woman’s figure as plain and scrawny, while another defends her appearance. The text is incomplete and contains stray phrases and misrendered names, hindering full interpretation.
The North Norfolk reeve W. Cairns authorizes council to meet excursion trains in Winnipeg to secure harvest laborers. Landowners and employers are asked to promptly send names and exact numbers needed so arrangements can be made.
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