Bran and shorts
A brief note records Bran and shorts with numbers 108 914. The fragmentary OCR provides no clear event, date, or context beyond the two items and figures.
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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
1
A brief note records Bran and shorts with numbers 108 914. The fragmentary OCR provides no clear event, date, or context beyond the two items and figures.
The piece lauds Andrew Carnegie’s philanthropy and argues a free public library would benefit Macgregor, citing Winnipeg’s model and the belief that access to books fuels the taste for literature. It notes locals who love reading, ongoing improvements, and community figures involved, framing Carnegie’s gift as the best possible aid to such communities.
Austin Mrs Gray is now in Winnipeg. Mr I Armitage is at Portage on business. Mrs A D Campbell recovers from a severe sickness. Monthly services will be held in the Roman Catholic shurch next Sunday and Monday. Mr A D Morris left Banff to regain health. Ed Campbell reports cutting the first wheat. Mr Clifford won four prizes at the Winnipeg show with three Rolled Angus cattle. Mr McGuire and family to move to Winnipeg. Miss McGuire will be missed in church circles. Private Hood lectured on Tommy Atkins in South Africa at Foresters hall. Dora Fargon had an accident leaving her with a sprained ankle. A cricket match favored the dwellers of the Cate Hill families. Fraser Arnold dominated bowling against the hill people. Mrs Bickering spent...
A garbled article fragment reports Bucklen's Arnica Salve for sores and minor injuries, mentions the Dowager Empress of Gere's death near Cronberg, and notes Toronto library bids, a slain envoy, harvest excursionists, and steamship rate rumors. The text mixes disjointed notices with speculative claims and incomplete place names.
Sadieville residents report Mrs Whittaker’s long bronchial distress greatly improved after using Dr King s New Discovery. Her husband credits the remedy with curing her chronic cough and even a grand-daughter s severe whooping cough. The ad promotes cures for coughs la grippe bronchitis and throat and lung troubles with 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles and trial bottles free at drug stores.
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