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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 02, 1901
Page
1
In a MacGregor timetable from October 14, 1900, trains arrive and depart with Eastbound Atlantic Express at 11:98 a.m. and 1 p.m. The notice also marks a window for official money order and registered letter business to be completed before mail departure.
Market notes list oats barley and butter prices with Winnipeg trading figures and farm dairy rates. Communications from readers discuss temperance, policing, education, and municipal responsibility, urging kindness, enforcement of laws, and better schooling, with opinions from citizens including Jony M Dick in Austin.
The article urges Macgregor to address foul vapours from ditches and culverts, unstable yards, and a polluted creek seen as typhoid risk. It calls for straightening the creek bed, beautifying banks, cleaning yards, and using Arbor Day, to make the town healthier and more picturesque. Plant trees and flowers to please travelers.
The Herald notes a large Austin congregation welcomed Rev A Chisholm who preached the annual Sin, Just a word, and Friendship Love and Truth sermon while suffering a severe cold. Several local residents and visitors are listed in brief notices, including travel, visits, and family events.
Wheat seeding nears completion. Toby Fleming loses a fine cow last week. Jas Yule buys a fine horse at Bagot sale. Farmer Jones rents his farm to Jas Mason. Dave Wauge erects a large ditton at his house. Walter Chant buys a bike. Smoky Hollow notes. Brown and Glidden race Monday night. The Brown is a flyer. Joe Moore biases a bike. tuning hand-springs over fences. A man named Callaha linked to young Cudahy. Caffrey the Marathon winner greeted in Hamilton. A German millionaire and companion reportedly eaten by cannibals in Britain. First Atlantic boats reach Montreal. navigation opens for season. A storm harms Rosser and Stony Mountain districts. Winnipeg waterworks progress. pure spring water supply good. Melita gas well hailed as great find. local excitement high.
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