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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 05, 1897
Page
3
A jumble of notes reports deaths from child burns Winnipeg and alcohol, digs into Dominion bacteriology, court cases, and a mix of regional business news. It notes bank openings in New Denver and Siccan City, a hotel tender for Revelstoke, and BC mining law changes.
A Havana dispatch reports General Lee resigning under conditions as U.S. and consular efforts seek protection for Americans in Havana and Catan prisons. The piece notes Spanish forces in Cuban waters, mutinies among troops, and U.S. diplomacy prompting possible warship involvement to safeguard American lives and interests.
The Garment Workers Union of St Paul, all women, met with a W C T U committee led by Mrs Reed. They urged not to pursue women's suffrage, preferring higher daily wages. The union declined to waste time on suffrage, urged members to focus on factory matters instead.
The piece surveys how newspapers command daily readership and shape local trade, noting farm households read the paper for ads. It covers a Dominion conference on social schemes, diamond jubilee commemorations, and a Winnipeg Lake Winnipeg gold rush report with numerous mineral claims and wolves control debates. It highlights community leaders, banks, and provincial authorities coordinating plans.
A letter to Ottawa reports Yukon miningSeason ends with heavy rains and freezing conditions halting travel. Prospects say Fort Calaby Forty regions yield rich deposits but the abortive season cuts activity, with miners taxed per day and plans for next spring on Alaska coast.
A long article reviews cat tail as a versatile domestic material used in furniture pillows quilts and bed coverings noting its cheaper yet durable qualities. It alleges widespread use in sofas cushions and centerpieces, then shifts to political drama about Chamberlain and Kroger amid British imperial tensions and a separate crime tale of a bold ice-house burglary.
Marae Ward is reprieved in the J P Shaw murder in Eluadale Muskoka after a dispute with a man named Fry over tan bark. The incident occurred at Ravensworth flag station on the 0.4 0 PLS railway where tan bark was loaded. Fry claims he will not be taken alive despite police efforts.
A garbled American period piece describes glaming a beauty system claiming vitality via dairy based regimens, diet, rest, and sun exposure. It cites practitioners like Martone and a European backdrop, praising youthful skin and mental vigor through specific foods and breathing practices.
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