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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 17, 1905
Page
8
Markets brief notes a quirky mix of commodity prices with Eggo Isc and butter represented oddly, while wheat swung between gains and losses with a two cent range noted. Local traders monitor shifts as headlines hint at broader price movements.
News briefs from the Herald page cover visitors to Mr and Mrs Merrick Winnipeg greetings and school staffing changes Rae takes Armstong’s Brandon post while Lachute Quebec horse dealer Hay arrives with fine horses. Prospects of good crops and early G T R work spur implement sales. Gitlin Foss family plan Portland trip. Band funds and monthly concerts proposed to raise money for instruments.
Commercial travellers were evident in town this week. Nellie Watson left for Winnipeg for a week’s visit with friends. Miss Smith of Chater visited the Merrick sisters. Duck shooting opens Sept 18. Wheat cutting probable next week. Threshing to begin as hum of machines fills air. Richardson building a gallery beside the phone exchange and handling jewelry repair. J H Hudson sold the bakery to Turner and left for Winnipeg to find a new site. Mrs. Hudson to stay at the Albion briefly. School opened Tuesday with Principal Moore, a McGill arts graduate, formerly with Three Rivers high school. Customs plans urge seed wheat for Manitoba and Northwest Territories to enter Canada duty-free until Sept. A strange incident last week left the paper’s editor with a vague vision ending in a whispered blessing.
A report lists Conneil meeting at Austin next Tuesday and various local visits. Ivan MacLean begins work at Golden Stream school while A Cann and C Babb from Sidney visited town. Mrs E Watson and J T Watson visited friends at Wasanosa last week.
The passage states a rule to stock Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a standard item. It notes the product is sold by all druggists and dealers. The wording emphasizes it as a common, expected remedy in medical or drugstore practice.
Letter to the editor criticizes the public school project and its trustees. It defends the building, questions standard brickwork, notes a crack from the bus, and mentions arbitration and settlement. The writer urges fairness, calls for free hall access for pupils, and condemns meddling by trustees and politicians.
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