This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 17, 1928
Page
3
A desperate Helmi searches for work in a crowded city, after losing her purse and facing harsh officials. She contemplates help from kind women, endures cold streets and a brutal rebuke from authorities, and hears a Canadian propaganda speaker stirring hope and rage amid chaos.
Helmi, pursued by police, seeks refuge in a Chinatown restaurant run by Old Sam. Major Gowsett, concerned with Pelium women’s honor, discusses her past with a young officer as she works, earning an honest living while rumors swirl.
A serialized tale excerpt shows characters discussing frugality and bargain dressmaking. A German dressmaker undercuts prices to help sustain herself and warns about social tensions among LO.D.F. members. The scene returns the reader to the North Star as the heroine contemplates motherhood and endurance.
A wartime letter to Col Blackwood from Banner Man describes seeing a Finn GTR again. The writer notes a Chinese restaurant teaming with workers during a fat night and underlines the phrase To Be Continued as a hint of unfinished details.
Mrs. Clifford Fancy reports severe eczema on her baby's face with watery pimples that bled when scratched. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the eruptions faded in about two weeks and the child slept better, with full healing observed.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century page features poetic lines by Mary Frances Butts and Mary Lowe Dickenson. The verse meditates on purification, radiant whiteness, and spiritual ascent from darkness to divine light, ending with a hopeful image of lily hearts opening to God’s sun. It reflects religious sentiment and literary style of the era.
The essay explains how incoming permanent teeth absorb roots of baby teeth, causing natural loosening with little or no pain. It notes cases where absorption is delayed due to pulp death, late development, or abnormal eruption, and advises consulting a dentist to decide timing for removal. It ends with a note that Greece uses the drachma as currency.
Alberta's aerial mapping project will begin this summer with planes flying from Lake Athabasca south along Five Ways to McMurr. The program aims for three to four years of complete photographic and topographical surveys of northern terrain using fully equipped flying machines.
L H Newman Dominion cerealist announces preparation of a wheat map for the Prairie Provinces. New varieties suited to Canadian conditions are being developed by the government. The piece laments wasteful timber burning and ends with quips on pessimism and success through persuasion.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.