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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
1
Mex McLeod reports the first threshing at MacGregor on the Goo Shaw farm. Wheat sample graded No 1 Northern, twenty bushels per acre. Thomas Graham from Beaver town says his wheat averaged eighteen bushels an acre. New residents Mr and Mrs Fargon moved into the former Phillion house, with neighbors offering congratulations.
A quiet wedding united Margate Etta Moffat and M H Faryon at Dominion City home of her parents on August 22. The ceremony in the parlor featured a bridal party with Annie Moffatt as bridesmaid. After a wedding breakfast, the couple left for MacGregor to reside, amid well wishes and rice showers from friends.
West Selkirk reports a steamer tragedy on Lake Winnipeg as the Princess sank after a Saturday night gale. Captain John Hawes and five others drowned, including Flora McDonald a Winnipeg Telegram staffer, with survivors and crew fighting for life as boats prepared for abandonment amid raging waves. The wreck occurred about 12 miles west of Swampy Island while en route from Poplar Point to Selkirk with a fish cargo.
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