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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
5
Sole head of family or male over 18 may claim a quarter section of available homestead land in Alberta. Preemption rights, residence six months in each of three years, cultivation of city acres and building a house valued at 2100 are required. Price 3.0 per acre. Advertising authorisation details included.
Miss Lena Cellier spends in Winnipes as Mr and Mrs D Cuthbert host relatives in town. Visitors include Mrs McDougall from B, Dr Camp Winnipes Jr and Mrs Esk, Mr and Mrs A J Stew, Thos Hicken 181st Brandon, and Pte G O H Prior who left for F J with the 78th Battalion. A public concert and dance, a welcome for Austin boys returning from service, and a May 24th picnic at the Austin sports grounds are announced, with games and 10c tea.
Sunday church service at Bartter Catecu Berice church with Sunday School at 2 p.m Young people meet Tuesdays at 8 p.m every alternate Sunday at 11 a.m. Prayer meeting at Pwie Creek every Wednesday at 3 p.m Meteia every alternate Sunday at Lam.
Dry and windy conditions mark the Bagot area with a warry forecast. A farmer reports a cow giving birth to triplets though one died. Arbor Day activities planted many trees at the school. A large crowd is expected for Saturday night military drill. Miss Irene Healey departed Monday for her parental home in London.
Mrs Hubest Hunman of Great Falls Montana and formerly of MacGregor is dead. She lived in MacGregor for years and friends will be sorry to hear of her passing. A separate incident mentions a serious accident during a driving event from Kal nok with scratches. The Bagot Grain Growers Auxilia will hold their monthly meeting at the school on Saturday May 27 with Rev Dr Johns lecturing on the social side of community life.
The Free Press Hello clipping highlights Bagot, Manitoba as a central hub where town life thrives. It notes a general store clerk promising wide range stock from pin to barrel and Paris style alterations. The piece mentions the evening express, crops, autos, and an invitation to settle by taking the train to Bagotton Meadow Lark.
The article warns farmers about the early appearance of Penny Cross, a noxious weed from Great Britain. It spreads by seeds with pods holding eight to sixteen seeds, blooms while spikes and four petals show, and seed pods turn from grey to amber. Eradication advised by pulling and burning when dry or plowing in spring, though plowing while green is risky.
Property owner offers good pasture land with running water for cattle. Anyone wishing to pasture cattle for the season should call and see the owner.
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