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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 25, 1926
Page
5
Merchant notice advertises a full line of office needs including letter heads envelopes bill heads tags and cards and announces being agents for Western Sales Co Counter Check Books. It directs orders to the Herald Office and notes weekly deadlines for Herald forms and advertising copy with guidance on timely news items.
Applications will be received for the position of Weed Inspectors for 1926 in MacGregor with two posts to cover the East and West halves of the municipality. Duties begin when authorized by the Council. Salary set at 20000. Deadline noon March 1926.
B Beaumont is named assistant to the Steamship passenger traffic manager of Canadian Pacific. Canada’s agriculture shows gains with field crops valued at about 945 million dollars last year. Nova Scotia farms total around 40.4 million with dairy and livestock contributions, plus fruits and vegetables. The item also mentions a railway car used as a funeral coach for the late Queen Mother of Italy, frost scenes in the Canadian west, Lady Byng praising the Rockies, a new cellulose plant planned in Drummondville, and ordered 75‑ton railcars for Sudbury use amidst rising auto crossings incidents in early 1926.
Allan Avery attends a Trustees Convention in the city. A Springbrook school dance is set for Monday March 1 and a hard time dance on Friday February 26. Rev Father Stronski returns from six weeks in Albany. A Women's Institute meeting is planned for February 26 at 3 pm at Mrs Hicken's home. An egg and poultry pool association speaker visits Foresters hall on March 2 at 2 pm for Austin pool plans. The United Church WMS hosts a silver tea at Argyle House with coffee and toast after the picture show. The F A of C concert and dance on February 19 is praised. after, members hold initiation in the lodge room while dancers prepare sappecite lunch.
In memory of William Peterson who died February 21 1924. A council witness describes rock bottom road price for Section 29 and a request to publish two verses of a Robert Service poem plus two verses by an anonymous author about enjoying pleasure and paying the bill. The text includes reflections on highways, traffic, and private road rights.
An observer laments debt and consequences of prior actions in a fragmented poem. References to a council demand, unpaid offers, and a rebuke to folly imply a moral warning about paying for past deeds. The voice hints at regret and looming accountability.
The February St Marys W A meeting at Mrs Geo Moore's considered reports from delegates to the Diocesan WA and Brandon regarding summer work. The Bishop assures services will resume, denies church closure rumors, and suggests funding a resident student to renew parish work. Brandon Manitoba February 11 1926.
An editorial urges rural communities to unite beyond factionalism and personal grievances to pursue common commercial welfare. It stresses that coordinated effort harnesses collective labor and determination, with individuals contributing according to ability to promote local interests and civic public spirit.
Rural property offering 480 acres with 110 acres summer fallow 50 acres fall plowed 80 acres seeded to sweet clover and chrome grass plus about sixty acres of pasture. Includes good buildings and water. Stock and implements available for sale upon request. Apply to Mackinnon MacGregor.
Probate notice from Manitoba village MacGregor invites creditors to send claims against the estate of John Madill late of North Norfolk Manitoba retired farmer. Claims must be verified by statutory declaration with full particulars by April 1 1928. Dated MacGregor February 24 1906 Mackinnon Mackinnon solicitors for Christopher John Mall Robert Wesley Madill and George Strachan Booth.
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