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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1916
Page
1
Portage area notes list local movements and events from the community. Amy Young takes a Bagot School teaching post while residents travel to Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie, and nearby towns for medical, educational, and personal reasons. Other items cover census work, wheat prospects, a wedding, and local notices.
Several of the 107th and 144th Battalions are home this week on furlough, likely their last before overseas service. James Collier of Emmeline was discharged for physical unfitness after illness and hospital stays. A gasoline mishap at Sterling’s Overland caused a small fire when a match was struck near the tank. Postmaster Geo Hay reports many cards from front boys thanking subscribers for Canada’s Tobacco Fund and urges continued donations at the post office box still open for tobacco gifts.
Church notices list services at Christ Church Austin and S Pauls MacGregor with times Sunday August 20 and Anglican Union Churches of MacGregor and Beaver. Rev J Irvine Walker will preach next Sunday August 27 at MacGregor eleven and Beaver three. Sabbath School 2.30 p.m. Bible class for young men and women over 16. cordial welcome.
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