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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 18, 1898
Page
4
In scattered OCR text from a historical page, prices appear for commodities including Wheat No 1 Butter and Pork amid garbled phrases. The fragment mentions Petregor markets and bashed garbled units, suggesting a brief market notice with commodity values and units, but exact figures are unreadable.
Town topics cover exchanges in Wespair and Portage with names like Hearn Gibson and Grajn. Local auctions, tax alerts, church events, and a Cuba disaster noted. A concert by Hollinshead gets praise and plans for future McGregor performances cue community enthusiasm.
A fragmentary Portage Herald issue outlines church services at Saint George of England, a carnival supper and costumes night, a concert fundraiser for the building fund, and musical performances. It notes a large audience, a prize list, and community notices including a Sunday service, social gatherings, and local school and church activities.
Fraser visits Winniper for Grand Lodge events as Mr Jukes from the itan a department stays in town this week. The Portage Dramatic Co. performed Tuesday to a crowded house amid lively, casual entertainment and a festive crowd.
Fe Geo. Pell left for the west last week Rev S J Clarkson visiting Mr Pickering John McFarlane at Portage for a time Hon W Clifford returned home Monday evening Geo Hunt of Bagot seen on our streets this week Don’t forget the lecture to be given on Friday evening Mrs McDougall of Carberry in town one day last week
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