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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 1905
Page
10
Money to loan notices and loan charges listed with chattel and emare mortgages. Royalty prices shown for eggs and butter along with a mixed poultry and hog market. Grain and wood prices include oats barley wheat and paving costs.
Rev McQuarrie visits Sidney and Mrs Mundell returns home from cas on Wednesday. Miss Storie from Austin visits MacGregor friends. MacGregor Cricket Club hosts a ball on March 6 and regular Quadrille Assembly on Friday. J McKinevy auction March 9 at Ch Street. Mr and Mrs J C Cadham of Portage visit. Luckey match at Portage deemed good. J N Fetterly auction March 10. Wm Davis the auctioneer. Mr J H Hudson installs a telephone at MacGregor Bakery for phone orders. Prospect of a local five team hockey league and upcoming games. Women’s Auxiliary box social on March 2 at 8. Delegates to SST convention in Carberry urged to buy single fare ticket for one third return if 25 attend. Fire at a house near 5:30 am, spark from locomotive blamed. Hockey events mention Windipex Moosejaw service. Portage la Prairie beat Portage la Prairie 10-4. Dr Kaake, dentist, will be in MacGregor Mondays. Joke about engines called she. Herald to publish local short stories. first tale “The Result not Cause.” Bible Class at Cairns home. Agricultural Column planned. Rev Johnstone of Westbourne unable to lecture due to stroke. S.S. convention at Carberry Feb 28. Palestine tour address praised. Zimmerman couple celebrate tin wedding Feb 20 with many gifts. Lent begins March 3. Easter Apr 3. Lent lasts 49 days.
Lent emerged from a desire to mark the 40 days of Jesus in the wilderness and his temptation. It began as a 40 hour observance and later became a 45 day fast by the fifth or sixth century. Some sources credit either Gregory the Great or Gregory II with adding four days to complete the season.
Reverend Amos Ker of Magnolia North Carolina suffered eight years with a lame hip from rheumatic pains. He reports permanent relief after using Chamberlain's Pain Balm applied externally rather than taking medicines. The ad asserts many people prefer Balm to internal drugs for quick relief and urges purchase from druggists.
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