Post Office Dispatch Cutoff Notice
The post office will not be open after ten minutes before the dispatch time. Mail must be in at least half an hour before the time of dispatch. Vin Hay Postmaster.
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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 28, 1904
Page
5
The post office will not be open after ten minutes before the dispatch time. Mail must be in at least half an hour before the time of dispatch. Vin Hay Postmaster.
The advertiser offers painting, papering, upholstering and related work at a reasonable price. Five men are available to start and can be contacted at the office one door north of Knox's Corner store.
A terse notice seeks G Macgregor and nearby parties to try and take orders, indicating a request for collaboration or involvement in unspecified transactions. Details are sparse, but names a single individual and general surrounding area.
Local church notices for MacGregor list Sunday services at 7 p m with Rev W L Stewart preaching, Sunday school and Bible classes, and midweek prayer meetings. Beaver Creek and Pathhea locations hold afternoon services, with Holy Communion monthly. St Cuthbert’s and Epworth arrangements noted. a Wellington sermon plan and minister A Chisholm listed. Also includes medical ad for Dr Walker and threshing machinery promotion by North-West Thresher Co.
An Anglo American agents firm in Leyton England offers to introduce American men to British women seeking marriage. It promises suitability checks on nationality occupation and character and quotes 5 dollar upfront plus 45 dollar later after marriage.
Public auction by William Cairns at Stanley House MacGregor on August 10 1904 at 2 PM offers the north west quarter of Section 30 Township 9 Range 9 West Manitoba. Reserve bid applies with 10 percent cash deposit. balance due at sale. Further particulars from Campbell Pitblado Co Bank of Hamilton Chambers Winnipeg.
The item notes Beaver’s planned new store expansion and mentions community events from MacGregor area. It records birthdays, church services, visits, travel to Winnipeg for a fair, farm news, horse losses, arrivals and departures, and a health advert for a tonic product.
A flood of items from various merchants highlights daily life with specials on clocks, ladies blouses, boots, harvest shoes, pumps, and clothing. Shops such as Glover’s, Campbells, Fryer’s studio, Morrison’s, Holmes, and Lake of the Woods Milling Co advertise equipment, fabric, oil, and feed. Egg buyers and construction materials arrive as merchants urge swift purchases and repairs.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Hamilton’s Pidly Mandrake and Balierngt as the safest remedy for constipation and rapid fever. The copy urges use of the doctor’s patent medicine to cleanse the bowels without griping and promises quick relief.
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