This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 12, 1954
Page
3
A note asserts that more wearers of tartan live in British Columbia than in any other Canadian province, surpassing even Scotland in number.
Canadian Pacific Railway displays eighteen scenic dome lounge cars in a transcontinental tour. The $40 to 200,000 order funds 173 new cars from Budd Company Philadelphia to replace older equipment on Vancouver Montreal Toronto routes. Cars will enter service as received over the next year, featuring mural lounges and oil paintings by a Canadian artist.
Manitoba potato growers are urged to curb late blight spread after an August outbreak in Pontiac and several infected fields near Poplar Point. Potato Specialist N Sandar of the Manitoba Dept. of Agriculture recommends 10–14 day fungicide applications, delaying harvest to reduce tuber rot, destroying vines after infection, and discarding infected tubers while storing others at about 36 degrees Fahrenheit.
Mr. Tidsbury noted the federation carries the financial load of the predator campaign and highlighted Delta Waterfowl Research Station as the continent’s only of its kind, proudly located in the province during the Sportsman's Show.
G Gillis Tidsbury urged stronger conservation in his federation speech noting tripling of game bird licences in ten years and big game hunters rising from 10 000 to 40 000. Non-resident bird shooters grew from 197 to 1 175 between 1942 and 1952. The federation urged more wardens biologists and conservation education. It proposed funding via anglers and migratory bird hunter licences and praised ALf Hole Wild Goose Sanctuary Rennie and Lynch's Point Beach.
The Winnipeg Game and Fish Association hosted a venturous gathering at Winni peg Auditorium last March. Federation members aim to make the fan annual event a recurring forum to keep federation ideas before sportsmen and to support conservation work. IN MEMORIAM Judge Richard Hodge remembered for passing August 19, 1945 with a family tribute in Memory's Lane.
In the Smoky Mountain region farmers seek Honest John, a 700 pound bear named for his supposed honesty. The bear is said to never kill more cattle than he can eat in a day, drawing attention from local residents and wildlife watchers.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.