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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1905
Page
2
A preacher urges believers to embody a conquering church by reflecting Christ in life and doctrine. He compares spiritual illumination to sun and moon imagery, warns against apathy toward religion, and calls for renewed missionary zeal to evangelize foreign lands.
The lesson reviews Jeremiah as God’s messenger amid plots to kill him and Judah’s rulers. It contrasts divine love and patience with human sin, notes persecution for faith, and lauds Ebedmelech for saving Jeremiah with mercy. The piece urges steadfast faith and action like the Samaritan woman and warns against self-centeredness.
The market report notes weather-driven shifts in wheat prices across the American and Canadian spring crops, with a five-day cool, showery spell threatening harvest timing. It cites reduced global stocks, rising world demand, and potential price gains in the second half of the crop year, and lists current prices for various wheat grades and related staple markets in Winnipeg and beyond.
Market report notes quotations for livestock grains and vegetables in Winnipeg. Prices listed include shorts 15 dollars per hundred, ground feed oats 25, barley chop 20, mix 27, oats No 2 white 40 cents, No 3 37 6, flaxseed 1.10 on No 1 Northwestern basis, spelt about 35 cents, hay around 4 50 to 8 7 per bale. Market activity described as not brisk with farmers slow to move and some new lines entering.
The body of a young Italian boy employed on the Oxford Main railway was found at the Italian laborers' camp. He appeared to have been dead for some time with wounds near the heart, adding to the recent Farnham boy killing and causing great sensation.
Walter P. Craft transfer clerk at Bauitable Trust Co is said to have absconded with about 9000 dollars. Officials expect him to refund the value of shares taken and sold. Police search for Craft but lack a clue to his whereabouts.
A Kingston to Norfolk excursion train struck a draw near Bree station in Norfolk County, plunging an engine and coaches into 25 feet of water. Twelve killed and sixty injured, with many missing. Portmouth physicians dispatched, two tugs called, and rescue efforts underway as details remain uncertain.
Harper’s Weekly recounts a tale of Jerman whose ill wife was admitted for treatment. Each day the prognosis claimed improvement until one night the doctor finally reports she is dead. He asks the doctor, what did she die of improvements.
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