Classified notices and thanks flood MacGregor pages
A jumble of for sale items civic notices and heartfelt thanks fills MacGregor Manitoba listings. Items include a registered Hereford bull a mare roosters York shire boat and farm gear plus tenders for a flour shed with payment terms and removal deadlines. Numerous gratitude messages thank family neighbors and hospital staff across MacGregor Sidney Portage and Winnipeg areas.
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MacGregor
Sidney
MacGregor Hospital
Finegan
New Canada size by age standard introduced for children
Montreal reports a new size by age system for children replaces fixed age labels. The Canadian government standards board and Ontario Research Foundation led the project after measuring about 150 000 children in the United States and Canada. A Canada Standard Size label will identify compliant garments as the system expands to adults.
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Montreal
CPA
Canada
United States
US Department of Agriculture
Staples
Canadian Association of Consumers
Toronto man keeps 230 Toby jugs in home collection
C H Spooner a 60 year old former railway car seller and his wife maintain a large Toby jug collection in Toronto. The 230 jugs range from Thimble to gallon sizes and include designs from Dickens characters to Churchill and Montgomery. Jugs sit in a recreation room bar amid other collectibles and books.
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Toronto
C. H. Spooner
Spooner
Canadian Car Company
Doulton
Mephistopheles
Don Quixote
Three Musketeers
Sir Winston Churchill
Viscount Montgomery
Queen
Congregations See Clergy Wife as True Partner
Anglican Bishop Godfrey P. Gower criticizes congregations who treat the wife of a pastor as a servant. He notes clergy wives are deeply involved, baking pies, playing organ, hosting, teaching, and supporting ministry as backbone and teamworkers.
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Vancouver
Godfrey P. Gower
Gower
Optimistic Export Outlook For Canadian Wheat
CALGARY CP The export outlook for Canadian wheat is optimistic. Earl Robertson commissioner of the Canadian Wheat Pool Board said in Calgary that forward sales are better than last year and exports for the crop season may reach 25 000 000 bushels with a possible return to 345 000 000 bushels depending on sales talks with China and other countries Smaller prairie harvests shrink Canadian supplies for the season Following Nov 15 Canada had exported 128 000 000 bushels, 32 000 000 more than last year Producers likely to deliver all grain available leaving about 150 100 000 bushels of empty space in country elevators averaging 30 000 bushels per elevator.
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Calgary
Earl Roberton
Canadian Wheat Pool Board
Alberta
China
Robertson
Canada
New St James Bridge Held Up
Approval of a proposed 3.2 million dollar bridge between Winnip and St James is delayed pending a meeting next Tuesday between Works Minister Walker and a St James delegation. A works department spokesman said Walker had not been told who would be in the delegation and that residents object to expropriation of homes for the bridge.
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Winnip
St. James
Walker
Works Department
St James
New Flu Bug Hits Regina in Saskatchewan outbreak
Regina reports a new type B influenza strain, unseen in Saskatchewan and North America, linked to illness in Regina and surrounding districts. Provincial lab chief Dr H O Dillenberg said the strain was isolated by Dr H E Robertson and Olga Lange, noting it differs from prior local and continental viruses. Health authorities confirmed via provincial lab, Hygiene Laboratory Ottawa, and WHO Laboratory London.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
North America
Laboratory of Hygiene
Otta
World Health Organization Laboratory
London
England
HO. Dillenberg
HE. Robertson
Olga Lange
Dr. Dillenberg
Candidates Are In Short Supply In Whitehorse Election
Whitehorse nominees dwindled after official nominations closed. Ed Jacobs won mayor by acclamation and JH McCausland was re elected Dawson mayor by acclamation. Howard Firth, former Dawson mayor, was named alderman by acclamation. He filled two of Whitehorse’s five seats. The article notes the lack of candidates for council. The piece ends recalling the first freight train on German railways in July 1836.
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Whitehouse
Dawson
Ed Jacobs
Whitehorse
JH. McCausland
Howard Firth
Yorks Finns race track to face yearling Ak deboront
York owner Phil Bull introduces a new yearling named Ak deboront phoscophornic, signaling a potentially challenging season for book and track clerks next year.
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York
Finland
Yorkshire
Phil Bull
Ak Deboront
Phoscophornic
Seized fragment hints at car listings and prices
The readable bits show a 58 Chevrolet 51 Meteor 52 Meteor 34 Mercury line with prices and a notice to see it soon. It mentions a Delray model and a nine, one owner, tow, and a $2495 sedan.
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Delray
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Shaw
Ronald
Dad Mom
Audrey
Macdonald and Westbourne Baseball Club
Foresters
Westbourne
District
Portage
Newdale
Mary
Denise
Court Denham
MacGregor Fire Brigade
Alice Turner
Winnipeg General Hospital
Clarene Smith
J. Wood
St Paul's W.A
Helen Barton
Winnipeg
MacGregor Juvenile Ball Club
Herman Weber
Ross Thompson
Roy Stokie
Austin
Sidney See
Cliff Lee
D. Michie
Man
A. G. McGregor. MacGregor
J. Neusteater
Sam Williams
Pine Creek
Yorkshire Boat
K D. Nicholson
Firdaie
Borton
Lousley
Norquay St
HA Roberts
Dahmer
M. Burch
Bagot
MacGregor Pool Elevator Association
Reg
Mildred L. Staples
Government Specifications Board
Ontario
Toby
Tobias
Rome
Italy
New St. James Bridge
LARD
Olympic
Silverwood's
H. S. Borton
Austin, Manitoba
Turkey
Chevrolet
Spain
Pontiac
Popular
Ax Radio
Transmiss
Ate Chiet
Sslinder
trato-Chief
Dodge
Vagor
Mercury
Thermo
Kotak
Spinel
Macgregor Herald
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