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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
5
A sales pitch promotes the Edison Phonograph as a Christmas gift for the entire family. It highlights use for babies, children, and guests, presenting the device as versatile home entertainment with seven models priced from twelve dollars.
A two year old red bull with white near the horns has strayed from W Hever near Lavea. Respond to W Hever with any information.
Application for entry must be made in person by the applicant at the district office. The process covers residence conditions, guardianship by parent, and exceptions for those living on family land. Unauthorized publication of advertisement will not be paid.
As the season for settling accounts nears completion, MacGregor Hardware fixes the numbers outstanding on its books and appoints Fr. Thompson as collector authorized to retrieve all unpaid balances before year end.
Police probe brutal double homicide at a Winnipeg laundry on 4 Darvis Street near Main Street. Two Chinese men, Jung Leon and Kung Pow, found dead in bloodied shop. money and valuables scattered, theories point to Chinese workers or hatchet men. A $2,000 reward offered for information leading to the slayers. city council approves accounts and adjourns to January meeting.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Bagot, PW, and Lobb with tight acres and archased fronts. mentions hunters and animals but lacks coherent details or outcomes. Unable to determine event, date, or place from the provided snippet.
The annual meeting of Bagot Girnin Growers Asenw eld Dec 17 1808 EG Roberts chairman Alfred Thompson 6 Vie statement showed 813 sent to Central Area fees for 80 members 815 for emergency land officers erected for 1904 James Barrett president Arthur Smith vice president EG Roberts Janes Oliver H Paul R Mei dies of Machau AV Thompson officers Ac Stamptech see fens Delegates to Bran don Convention Jas Hamilton Robert Menzies WA Davis committee appointed to arrange for entertain ment control of elev meeting adjourned.
Local option streamed results appear for North Norfolk Edward Pipestone Argyle O Dannah Swan River with lists including Manitoba nsx Fmerven ter Hemiota Minicanas Bifrost Albert and Ross Local of 7 Gararty ay Leake Wenlbeine.
A fragmented local option vote report shows miscounted by law results with deputies failing to combine polls correctly. The piece discusses school social led by Miss A Moon and praises Springbrook mothers and daughters for organizing the event.
The meeting notes a solicitor report on road purchases to multiple individuals, incomplete titles, and a ward overdraft question awaiting next year’s budget. A resident asks for her son’s admission to an infirmary, funds for road use are approved, and bylaw repeal on local opti fails. The council delegates approve water supply procurements for Ward 2 fire protection.
A jumbled historical ad fragment touts a remedy for catarrh and related ailments. It mentions ineffective claims and uses marketing language typical of old patent medicine. The legible bits hint at a supposed cure sold by unnamed vendors in a period ad column.
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