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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 19, 1903
Page
2
A call for collaboration between clergy and lay members to boost church efficiency and achieve triumphs in community service. Leaders stress shared goals, coordinated programs, and disciplined stewardship to strengthen congregations and outreach.
A Chicago sermon argues the pew, not the pulpit, determines a church's vitality. It praises John Wesley for empowering common people, urges Christians to evangelize at home and work, and calls for personal commitment to bring neighbors to Christ.
A quirky method explains surveying a river’s width without instruments. A man stands at the edge, lowers his hat brim to touch the opposite bank, steadies his head, turns full circle, and marks where the brim meets ground. He then paces that distance to estimate the river’s breadth.
Canadian landscape painter James Kerr, once acclaimed in Paris salons, was found near death from exposure between Detroit and Pelican Rapids. Insane, he is sent from Fergus Falls asylum to his father’s home in Franklin, Manitoba, as relatives agree to care for him.
Lieut Boya Slexander returns to London from Fernando Po in Western Africa and details the island's elusive natives called Boobies. Few have seen a white man, they live in treetop dwellings, drink heavily, wear straw bonnets, paint bodies, and keep to isolated lives. He found no trustworthy paths to their inland settlements.
The Farmers' Association urged the premier to halt public subsidies to railways, arguing the Dominion should not fund private interests. They urged no further money, noting Manitoba wheat output and Northwest settlement growth justify a profitable railway without subsidies. Postmasters in Manitoba meet to seek higher pay. Cedulie Charlebois, 20, is charged with manslaughter after allegedly feeding a pepper irritant to a 1-year-old boy who died days later.
Opposition to the Russian conscription measure persists among Finlanders with frequent meetings in towns and villages. Young men pledge to ignore the law even after Core Macro penalties imposed on delinquents.
The fourth session of the tenth Manitoba legislature opened with the lieutenant governor Sir Daniel McMillan presiding. The throne speech welcomed members, noted King Edward VII’s coronation delay due to illness, and outlined plans for agricultural development an agricultural college. It urged transfer of school lands to provincial control, addressed federal policy on interest reduction on land sales, and announced consolidation of statutes and upcoming public accounts and bills. Adjournment followed after notices of bills.
The Portage senior hockey squad defeated Trondon by five goals to two on February 12. Across other notes, reports show a rise in Canada’s trade by over 21 million since 1902 and a Manitoba agriculture output valued at 30,000 from 41,000 farmed, with various local incidents and industry tensions outlined.
Mr Tower serves as the United States ambassador to Germany, described as the richest ambassador globally with an estimated wealth of 810 million dollars. The text notes his house valued around 8.495 million and mentions a salary of 617,500.
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