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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1903
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Mr G Tear of Manitoba related to Bean's drug store and a September date. The text references an eye specialist or optician and a consultation during the day, but details are unclear due to garbled wording and missing context.
In a brisk exchange a sailor named Murphy asks Pat to draw an order for five pounds. Pat proves he carries paper money and that Murphy promised payment on landing in New York. The scene highlights trust and the improvised finance aboard.
In Austin Wm Speed returns after months abroad visiting London and other cities. Local events include a Tuesday Methodist address on Sabbath school work by Rev McCullogh High Bluff Wilkinson Carberry Jand McRae and Crealock. a infant death of Ed Campbell's son. a cow killed by freight and a west bound local collision. Various town residents and visitors are noted with travels and visits.
A warrant issued by the Reeve of North Norfolk orders the levy of arrears of taxes plus costs on parcels described in the notice. If unpaid, on September 19, 1903 at 2 PM at the Macgregor Secretary Treasurer office, lands will be sold by public auction to recover the debts.
Dated at Macgregor in the Province of Manitoba this sind day of August, 1908, Secretary-Treasurer.
The report notes crops, with comments on harvest delays and crop quality. Local residents Mrs Thomas McClocklin and Mrs Brooks visit family in Lindsay area. Mr Dalgleish builds, Mrs Johnson and daughter travel to Lindsay after a visit with Mrs Anderson. Several residents travel or host visitors as settlement accelerates and homesteads fill.
Avery hosted a community evening featuring Highland songs and recitations. Mosers Coltart and Noble provided music as attendees, including Ish immigrants, joined hands in aging Auld Lang Syne hoping for another similar event.
In Ellesmere the wheat harvest is nearly finished with generally good crops and few exceptions. John Poole grows a Siberian apple tree laden with fruit. The local school is being replastered by J Dalgleish, while Poole builds a modern stable to house more stock. One school session begins on the 24th with Miss Mackintosh entering her second term.
A well known Albany man Mr W. Manning, representing Albany Chemical Co., praised Chamberlain's Celie Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after a severe attack. He said it gave immediate relief and recommended it to others with similar illness. The notice appears in an 19th century drug advertisement style.
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