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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1903
Page
8
On the highest dry part of Mac Ly Jots a building site is described with drainage noted. The notice mentions money for building and lots at 6 percent interest and over 1087 dollars for expenses on the loan.
Local notes report eggs prices and food costs, visits by Brandon and Winnipeg residents, social rounds with the Finkelsteins and Hoffmans, and crop ripening issues. Racing updates note Reliance winning in yacht heats, while security concerns rise with housebreakers in neighboring towns. Manitoba announces legal appointments and upcoming exhibitions, with obituaries and horse racing milestones including Lou Dillon’s record.
Local notes report the yacht race last Saturday was halted due to time limits with Reliance declared winner. Other items include August 8 birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Bishop at Pathhead, visits by various residents to Ontario and Manitoba, and a large turnout of teams moving through Macgregor and the area toward Grand View.
Lake of the Woods Milling Co advertises as a headquarters for car and feed products with low prices and grain buys. Fryer’s promotes iron siding and coal oil. Shirriff claims best flour. Bakery notes ham, chickens, and plums at MacGregor Bakery. O W Martin advertises a milch cow and nearly new organ for sale. ham and chickens in short supply last Saturday. harvest shoes at corn er store. wrapperettes at Finkelstein's. fruit jars atHolme arts. meat market ads.
Church services listed across multiple communities include morning prayer and sermon Sundays at 11 plus Sunday school and Bible class in the afternoon. Evening prayers and sermons occur weekly or on alternate Sundays with Holy Communion observed on specified Sundays. Local notes mention Beaver Creek and Rosehill services with times in the afternoon and evening.
McLeod's fruit jars sell fast at a dollar a dozen. Noth at Jas, Austin, advertises best goods in town. McLeod's Beaver sells purest machine oil. Merrick Bros. handles Lake of the Woods flour and feed. Deacon on holiday. Gaar Scott threshing outfit promoted. Jno Watson, MacGregor agent. Diamond twine and Plymouth binder twine offered. Wm. Cairns. Flint Kore roofing at Glover's. Furnaces and National Dream Separator also sold. Vardon offers six percent farm property loans. Pinto shell carnovan gloves at Martin's.
A rural listing describes a one block house 24 by 26 with a firet close well and a stable on thirty acres, including seven acres of flax, fifteen Coder crop, and twenty-five tons of hay. The property is half fenced, with ember timber and 50 cords of wood. Price two thousand dollars with terms arranged. Also mentions other machinery and a second hand Toronto Advance separator. Beaver area.
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