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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 04, 1904
Page
8
Community items recount a mix of incidents from a runaway horse and a fatal ice impact to phrenology lectures and upcoming dances. Mentions include CPR service changes, a city license law, and a temperance discussion. Also notes arrests in a nearby town and a penitentiary convicts study.
At Peace River a flour mill plans to supply northern posts with ground flour from wheat raised in the district. The company hopes to harvest about 10 090 bushels of wheat this season, though the yield was slower than expected last year.
Holmes visits Clay for a wrestling match while Box social resumes on Monday the 15th. William Shirr exhibited fowls and won first prize with high points. A large notice proclaims events across town as hockey news, and Maggregor earns praise for a well earned win amid crowd enthusiasm.
Experienced farm hands are being recruited by the 1 mnization Branch of the Department of the Interior in Scotland for a group of expert workers. Applicants must send a written request with a passage note and supporting papers to J. Owen Surth, Commissioner of Immigration, by the fifty day of June. The program aims to select and ship workers to Winnipes by early April.
Fragmentary text describes Rogers and Ivan McLean at an address with remarks about revival and pleasant evening with friends, seniors, and music noted before closing.
A garbled OCR-like passage blends playful phrases about water cheeks and a cherry on a thorn bush with stray words. The readable portion suggests a poetical or nonsensical line, but no clear event or entities are present to report.
Long, cluttered advertising blurbs describe discounts on winter apparel and general merchandise. Mentions 20 percent off, groceries, farm supplies, and various small items from Austin to Lake of the Woods, with sales at McCarl and Southworth, Flanagan’s butcher, and Pete Martin’s stores. Names appear: W Shirriff, Campbell, McLean, Suyers, Bryer, and N Hulmes among others.
Fragmentary notes show MacGregor churches holding Sunday school and prayer meetings at Pathhead and Beaver with references to Presbyterian services led by Minister Chisholm. The garbled text implies schedule fragments and local notices for church activities.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a religious service at a station with mentions of worship, prayer, and celebration. Names and places are unreadable, making precise identification impossible.
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