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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 07, 1904
Page
8
Fragmented OCR note lists items including hair pins and sewing machine related goods. Mentions prices and quantities in a rough catalog style with unclear names and numbers. Readable entities include sewing and general merchandise but specifics are obscured by garbled text.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a municipal council visit by B McLean this week in a city setting. Food price items listed include eggs and butter with unclear quantities and prices.
The snippet lists residents visiting, returning from holidays, school events, and local social happenings. It notes Miss Sargent returning from holidays, Miss Abbie Halliday visiting, Art Young returning, J C Watson visiting Winnieg, and Lena Rea attending Nozi school. It mentions constables punished for aiding a murderer, a Leap Year ball at Sidney, and various visits by Chas Creasy, Miss Bessie Halliday, Harry Brown, and Mrs Wm Thompson. Also references the Holland Observer holiday edition, Portage hockey, a literary meeting of the VPS, and a Dickens program teaser.
Local hockey report notes a six two win for Rat Portage over Portage la Prairie. Several residents and players observed New Year celebrations and returned home after visiting families. The Otasa hockey team won the total game at the Stanley Cup series by two goals. An assortment of trades and occupations appears in the readers’ notice, including sprinter, hardware clerk, bank clerk, and insurance agent. The Sidney versus Vaczrego New Year match ended five to two with Macsrevor boys winning. A forthcoming match at the Macgregor rink features the Pathleat ladies, expected to draw a large crowd as the season’s most exciting hockey event.
Jne Thompson and family relocate to Indian Head to take up their new fence plot. Thompson is hailed as one of the district's early settlers, being the second to settle here. The community notes the move as a loss for Macgregor and a gain for Indian Head and wishes the Thompsons success in their new home.
A garbled notice discusses stomach disorders and the health impact on digestion and organs. It promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a preferred remedy, claiming restoration of stomach and liver function. The fragmentary ad mentions sale by all outlets.
The Rev SW Stewart leads Sunday school and Bible class with prayer meetings on Wednesday. Services scheduled at Beaver and Pathhead with sermon and prayer. Epworth St. Caasas rector and others conduct alternate sermons and prayers, Holy Communion noted.
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