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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
8
A jumble of local trades prices and holiday notices lists goods from Vardon’s and Mahegy Pine, shipping rates, and a long scan of town updates. Names of residents, weddings, and social events fill the page with Christmas travel, church sermons, and municipal timetable notes.
The Herald notes Macgregor stores will close at 7 PM each weekday starting January 1 except Saturdays and the eve of holidays. A parish calendar from the Church of England in Wellington Beaver Creek and Macgregor is received, praised as useful and handsome for church members and adherents.
Members of the Masonic group at Macgregor report a successful ball with refined music and elegant gowns. Notable outfits include black silk worn by Mrs Philion and mauve silk by Mrs Carr, among others. A splendid supper upstairs drew praise for the dishes and table arrangements.
Local ads tout January discounts and cash sales at Morrison's and Campbell's with promises of cheap goods. A bold scheme boasts a $10,000 loan to the public, one month of work for the seller, and $500 worth of merchandise at 50 percent of wholesale, all cash during January amid warnings of hard times and debts.
The article urges timely use of croup remedies during season peaks. It contrasts old hive syrup with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, claiming faster phlegm clearance and quicker relief, warning of night awakenings. Emphasizes affordability and availability at drug sellers.
A mixed page of ads lists Oxylon tea sold by the pound with a money back guarantee at 3c per lb, cash-only flour and feed from Lake of the Woods Milling Co, furniture space sale, chopper service daily, seeping and shoeing signs, Xmas turkey orders, hockey gear and repairs, wagon boxes and farm stock racks advertised by J. Watson and W M Shirriff with various farming and supplies offerings.
L. P. Smith notes wedding gift ideas with a sale on prize pea jackets. Double breasted high collar square cut jackets priced at 50 less discount. Advertisement highlights menswear from K. H. McLeod Beaver and suggests checking Jno Munnell's ad for similar bargains. Also mentions pants sales by Holmes.
The Rev W L Cassap rector leads morning prayer and sermon every Sunday at 11 a.m. Sunday school and Bible class meet at Beaver Creek at 11 a.m with additional services at 7 p.m on alternate Sundays. Holy Communion observed on prior service days with notices posted. St Cuthbert’s and Tar J Meltobia charge services include morning and evening prayers and midweek worship.
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