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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 12, 1899
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR text lists Postmaster NTY Hon. Jos Ryan Judge Witham Cairns Clerk Janes Hay with scattered phrases about Saturdays and towns Mowaikatti Henn Cree ngton 12 13 and a policy of neat seating. The readable fragments imply a public notice or schedule but lack coherent details or dates.
Municipal council details list Austin Ward and wards with members including W gor Wal 4 and Morr Manos Ward 6. Malcom Assessor W. B. Gilroy, Austin Sec Treasurer T. st. Vardon, Mac Gregor. School Board names MacGregor Servor Wasteid and Trustees Hogers St Walker Downton with Secretary attached.
The Norfolk Autienurmat sect TV with officers including 1st Vice President Geo Muslat Caretare Wn Cairns, W. Live royd, W.E Cifard, D Hall, A Beattie, H. Livers. Secretary W. B. Gilroy from Austin.
Church notices list pastors and service times. Iter L. C. Emes A. hosts alternate Sunday morning at 11 and alternate Sunday evening at 7, with Sabbath School at 3 p.m. Prayer meetings midweek. Anglican Rev Charles Cannington presides with Sunday services and Sunday School. Additional notes show varied weekly times and prayer meetings.
The article discusses immigrant resettlement ideas in Canada, debates over free railway passes for MPs, and the measure to grant civil servants a searchable service certificate. It notes opposition tactics and the broader context of out-of-country migration and Yukon gold field activity.
Fragmented OCR notes describe lodge meetings at Cook's hall in Maxon Muddieton Lodge and other lodges with conveners secretaries and presidents. Mentions include weekly Monday sessions at Methodist church and various names such as Holmes Horton Byers Tu tery and Thompson. The garbled text lists meeting cadence, roles, and locations without clear dates or events.
In the town and province a note mentions repairs and factors, with a focus on stock collars and horse related items. The message reads as a terse update about available goods and services tied to barn and rural needs.
A reader recounts sending three notices to stop a newspaper to Tim Short who did not pay but claimed economy. Tim sang a gospel hymn, "Jesus Paid It All," during a visit. The next day a receipt in full was sent and forgiveness requested for not realizing an assignment of liabilities to the Lord.
A Portage resident returning from Winnipeg reports a friend asking how he felt after a trip. He recalls a light shining in his eyes all night, and when asked why he did not blow it out, he explains the source was sealed in a bottle, prompting a humorous misunderstanding.
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