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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
4
A cryptic OCR fragment from The Herald lists transient advertisements and notices. Names appear garbled with partial words, referencing deaths and local matters. The legible bits mention L. Cowie and broad references to meetings and retentions in a historical newspaper page segment.
A devastating blaze near Portage la Prairie Manitoba on a Thursday night traps a family in a farm home. Mrs Braz narrowly escapes with a two year old child as neighbors and rescuer J. Browdbt carry out survivors amid collapsing stairs and smoke.
A garbled report mentions attire timing and travel routes toward Fortage le Penizie. It references lines of movement and mentions Yonge Street as a context for the unclear events or business discussions.
A call to support local business and institutions urges residents to spend money locally to sustain high schools, churches, libraries, and doctors. It warns against migrating resources to distant cities, risking poor schools, few services, and shrinking town life.
A Kingston Jamaica note says Mrs. Sresks highly recommends Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as very beneficial for years of chest issues. She reports it helps and would not be without a bottle. Sold by all druggists and dealers.
Sunday services at 7 p.m. led by Rev. W. L. Stewart. A Sunday school and idle class meet midweek at Pineyr, and Beaver Creek hosts an 8 p.m. service. St Pan's Macgregor and parish Anglican services list Holy Communion and evening prayers with Bible classes and sermons.
A fragmentary column mixes theater chat about a popular dramatist and a court case, then shifts to Osman Pasha noted for plain uniform and cowards. It recounts his strict discipline and boxing ears for cowards, then veers to a travelogue on locust eating among Native Africans, with reflections on prejudice and culinary trial.
A reader recounts hearing a constant whistling or singing noise from an Alaska Yukon river. He notes steam escaping near a navigable waterway and compares sounds from various sources. The phenomenon persists day and night, baffling explanations as the river bed rocks roll and streams move past along the bed.
The text notes a remarkable feature in powder explosions: bodies killed in the blast are found without clothing, yet shoes show distinctive patterns. Often one foot on the ground retains the shoe while the other foot’s shoe is torn away. In men killed by explosions, the foot airborne at the moment of impact usually wears a shoe.
An early 19th century notice states that the fre brigade will be reviewed on the feast of their patron if it is clear in the morning and rain in the afternoon. If morning rain, the review shifts to the afternoon, and if it rains in the afternoon, it will be held the next morning.
Notice states dissolution of a partnership formerly operating as Perk Rands in Lavenham Manitoba North Noralk with mutual agreement. All debts and claims are to be paid to Wilb erkine at Lavenham. Partnership ceases in the presence of Rupert Ernest Loni.
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