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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 05, 1903
Page
1
Westbound trains run daily excluding Sunday at 10.00 and 21.00 for mail. Eastbound from Wellwood section lists arrival at Macgregor at 15.15 and 12.45 departures. Mail for Edrans runs on select days. Rosehill service operates Saturday mornings with a return at noon. Post office hours end at 7 p.m.
Canadian Northern announces the purchase of the Great Northern to fuse links in the Mackenzie Mann system from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The Great Northern runs from Hawkesbury to Quebec with elevator capacity and new sheds, boosting grain routes to Europe and shaping a transcontinental rail network with Quebec and Port Arthur connections.
A farewell gathering was held last Friday for Mr J W Bailey as he leaves for Sidney to start a new era. The young district crowd presented him a case pipe and offered warm wishes for success, while Mr Bailey thanked friends in brief words before departing for his new field of labor.
The item mentions Masonic at home recitation and a song segment titled Sporels Fel. It notes shoes are cheaper at the Corner Store and references a local shop known as Corner Store. This compact card captures the fragmentary item with emphasis on local shops and community events.
The January attendance report for MacGregor School lists each room with numbers enrolled and average attendance. Mr McLean's room shows 20 students with average attendance. Miss La and Miss Caverhill rooms contribute totals, yielding overall 121 enrolled and 95 average attendance. Named pupils with no absences include Harold and Bessie Bell, Gertie Bell, Helena Shaver, Fred Shaver, Murgatroyd Magwietta Smith, Marie Me Farlane, Mike Jackes, James Me Farlane, Eva Cairns.
A large turnout for the Maegr and district Liberal club meeting elected Hon. Clifford Sifton as President. Local officers named: President William Cairns, Vice President N Holmes, Secretary A Craig, Treasurer E Bee. An executive committee and finance group were formed. The secretary will gather newspapers for members and meetings will include games. About fifty members enrolled. Next meeting set for February 2 at eight.
The Young Liberals are requested to bring their friends to the meeting on Monday night in February. The opening marks the formal launch of the club rooms and invites local members to attend.
A fragment from Atne notes social bonds and human urges to belong. A huntsman confronts a timber wolf driven toward town, dogs break into a kitchen where the wolf hides in a barrel. The beast is killed and normal order returns.
A county workers convention assembles in Winnipeg at the YMCA Building on Portage Avenue from February 9 to 10. Delegates will present ten minute papers on house to house visitation and various work areas led by Eleanor Bate Killarne, J W Chingam Virden, Etta Fraser Pigeon Bluff, A Jardine Winnipeg, and H H Saunderson Winnipeg among others.
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