12 Aug 1898
Page 5
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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 12, 1898
Page
5
Fragmentary data lists property references T.R.Vardon and Wheat No 1 and numbers likely prices or measurements. Text is garbled with per bas Percy lout per sac Wood per cord and battery per unclear units. No coherent event or names beyond Vardon and Wheat appear.
Duck shooting opens across the region while MacGregor schools reopen next Tuesday and Prairie chicken season runs October first to November fifteenth. North Norfolk council met, a prohibition plebiscite is planned for September twenty ninth, and a new heating furnace is installed at a local house. Gold nuggets near Athabas River are displayed, rail station naming tweaks are suggested, and Neepawa beats Portage in a semifinal. Two runaway Indian boys were reported near Rogers Mill.
The MacGregor area reports over 100 Macureger sold this year and a postponed vestry meeting of the Church of England to be held at the Presbyterian church at 8 o clock next Wednesday evening. attendance urged. A new post office regulation expands delivery, while local health concerns prompt action on accumulated garbage. Jos. Leiter is tied to a wheat deal giving a penny per bushel. Personal notes mention WM Logan at Portage, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cook visiting Portage, and Jas. McKenzie sr ill last week.
Card of Thanks from Miss M McCann of Portage thanks Dr Moody and hospital staff at Winnipeg General Hospital for care received. Notices of visits by Sadie Maclean and others, names of residents visiting relatives, doctors arriving or settling in, and local business discussions about wheat and cattle. community updates from MacGregor and Winnipeg areas.
Ailed spelling and fragmented lines describe local happenings. Mrs. Walker returns to Winnipeg Wednesday evening while Rev. Mr. Cunningham drives to meet Miss Daisy Drummond of Gladstone who will visit with Mrs. Canningham. Mrs Stuart arrives from Brandon on Monday and Dave Jebus held ten acres out on Monday. Crips look splendid ar wund there. Mr. Alfred Horsm, ders nt in the vering and te xpects to return to MacGreg. ng. is rapid.
A cluttered merchant bulletin lists items from harvesting supplies to white shirts at Knox and buttons, with payback in produce. Merrick Bros plans another fat cattle shipment next Tuesday. Holmes offers exchange credits, Dr. Holmes quotes a world split into doers and talkers, Salada Coyton tea touted as revolutionary, and Knox advertises sale items.
Austin letters recount visits by A. Craig to Brandon and Burch to Winnipeg, with Miss Thornberry visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Campbell of Reston entertain friends in Austin while H Wolfe returns from state visit. J M Dick visits Winnipes with Mrs Dick and children. D Campbells build a new stop and store prep. A wedding reception follows with Mr Walise Foust of Glentora and Mr Pateras hosting guests.
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