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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
8
Thursday prices list shows No 1 Northern and No 2 Northern lines for grains and dairy along with meat and poultry figures including barley butter eggs beef dressed pork live weight pork dressed chicken fowl turkey and other items from the Mac Gregor market report.
Town of Osios Auta Scotia hosts dances and events at the Mason ball on April 4. James Walker of Austin, Newman the jeweller, and Mrs W. T. Speed visit MacGregor and the city. Weight and Measure Inspector McKay visits town. James Tabbernar to auction sale Friday at 88:12 PM. Gavitt Spence hailed as a Scotch humorist with a Wednesday appearance. Municipal auditors’ report near printing. Chas Ferguson seeks ear surgery in Winnipeg. School boards busy levelling grounds with earth.
John Brockie of Sawyer Massey Threshing Machine Co visited town this week. Martin Anderton was removed to Portage la Prairie Hospital with appendicitis. Cameron of Portage la Prairie promoted Massey Hare interests here. Mrs I E Richardson traveled to Winnipeg after word of her mother F Thompson’s illness. F Thompson, Austin, cement block manufacturer, secured several orders. W Cairns E E Turner Rogers and A Isbister attended the Provincial Liberal convention in Winnipeg. Mrs D A Shaw returned from a three month western visit. accompanied by sister Mrs B Price of Edmonton. A F Murdoch leased his residence to the Presbyterian congregation. Loughead will move to Murdoch’s farm southeast of town. T Dean and W Serle announce Cairns’ auction on Monday, April with farm stock and implements, no reserve. Work on the C P R reservoir rushes toward completion before water begins. Pipes will be laid at the station. tank and engine house to be built. Wellington Ladies Guild to present Concert in Rose Hall MacGregor on April 1 with farce Borrowed Viaviies. tickets 35 cents.
Hans Hansen of Austin, who organized recently from Denmark where he spent the winter, was in town on Monday. It has been seventeen years since Hans first left Denmark.
A broad mix of local notices and crime reports from Portage la Prairie includes a police arraignment of A. C. Higgins tied to a theft ring with several thousand dollars in stolen goods found in his rooms. Items seized include clocks guns revolvers watches jewelry clothing and other valuables. Also noted are upcoming events such as a charity sale by the Junior Guild at St Pauls church and a Moravian concert by artists Strachan and Gavin Spence.
A bustling Saturday display lists Choi steaks, roasts, fresh pork, smoked meats, Matic lamb, white fish, pickled items, herrings, sardines, haddock, oysters, fowl, turkey, chickens, pork sausages, bologna, kettle lard. The shop promises high quality cuts and a full assortment typical of a first class meat market.
The readable fragments reference a notice about a sale or transfer action and local officials. Details are incomplete but indicate a public matter requiring formal action and regional identifiers.
An advertisement invites readers to visit for proper glasses fitting to remedy eye strain from reading writing and sewing. It targets those who experience blurred letters or eye discomfort, offering a corrective eyewear solution.
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