MacGregor Market Prices and Local Notices
Thursday market prices for No 1 and No 2 Northern oats barley butter eggs beef and pork are listed. Notices cover an engine installation at E Turner’s butcher shop staff changes at the Herald and Journal departures, a Life Assurance manager’s visit, a nurse’s return to Winnipeg, and an upcoming auction sale of farm stock machinery and household goods on November 20 led by J B Armstrong auctioneer with St. McDonald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor
J. 8. Armstrong
C. Stre
Town Topics Notes and Local Appointments
Mr Geo Story visited Portage la Prairie on Saturday last. E E Turner shipped a carload of hogs to Winnipeg yesterday. The Manitoba Bankrupt Buying Stock Co ads in this issue. A E Philion of Winnipeg paid MacGregor a business visit on Friday last. The shooting match at Thomas Martins Wednesday was a great success. Mr and Mrs Alex Armstrong of Carberry were visitors to MacGregor on Monday. Noah Chant made a business trip to Portage la Prairie and Winnipeg on Monday. All canned paints in stock will be sold at cost for three weeks. Wm Cairns and Pearlman of the Manitoba Bankrupt Stock Buying Co went west on Tuesday. Ed Course, W Scallop and Toy Kee of Carberry came down Monday for the shooting match. Don’t forget Muir and Son’s big auction sale of pure bred cattle on the 13th inst. J R Vardon is in Portage In Prairie as a delegate to the Convention of the Union of Manitoba Municipalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Story
Portage Lc Prairie
E. E. Turner
Winnipeg
Wm. Cairns
Muir & Son
Auction at Percy Taylors farm yields full sale
A highly successful sale took place on Mr Percy Taylor's farm on Thursday of last week. Everything listed was sold at fair prices with D S McDonald of Portage la Prairie acting as auctioneer.
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Percy Taylor
D.S. McDonald
Portage la Prairie
Water Flow Reaches Beaver Creek Town Grievances Rise
Water had been running to the C P R reservoir for some time but only on Saturday did the stream begin coursing through the town. A tour of the Beaver Creek settlement shows the seriousness of the water problem and farmers in the district want water reaching there promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.P.R
Beaver Creek
Local church sermon raises funds for schools
The Sunday service by the W. F. M. S. raised over $2 for a mission project. Mrs. Cann and children from English Protestant and Presbyterian schools assisted in the collection and program.
Anniversary Services and Local Notices Lead Week in Austin Area
The article notes anniversary services at Austin Methodist church on Sunday November 18 with Rex C J Hopper delivering morning and evening addresses and a concert Monday night to benefit a cause. It mentions Geo Davis shooting match results, H W Baker of Austin reentering auctioneering with a sale planned November 20 of Thos Fister property, and Claude Isbister purchasing Mrs Hunt’s law practice in Carberry planning move mid month with continued MacGregor business and weekly visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apgeville Methodist Church
J. Fox
Engeville
Austin Methodist Church
Rex
J. Hopper
High Blut
Claude Isbister
Isbister
MacGregor
J.C. Watson
M.gregor
Age Puzzle: Man's Family Ages Revealed by Preacher
A story describes a young man who married a preacher and discusses ages of his father mother and five children. The dialogue reveals relationships such as the son being half the father’s age and the youngest sister four years older than another child, with the five children collectively seventeen years older than the parents. If solved, the ages would set John and each child and parent in balance with Methuselah’s age as a benchmark.
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John
Beaver farmers seek board approval to buy well-boring machine
Signed by nearly all residents, the request will go to City Council at the next meeting. Water scarcity this fall forced farmers to haul water for stock, with distances of two to three miles noted. Mrs T. BR Ponton, a daughter, is mentioned in the readable fragment.
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Pal Council
Boas
MacGregor
T. BR. Ponton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Merrick Bros
Pioneer Store
E. Turner
C. W. Juckes
Herald
Estevan
T. J. L. Lewis
Win Western
The
Life Assurance Company
M. Palmer
General Hospital
Norier
MaGregor
W. M. Read
Manitoba
Buying Stock Co
A. E. Philion
Winnpeg
Rea
Brandon Friendes
Thos Martin’s
Alex Amstrong
Carberry
Noah Chant
Mr Pearlman
W. Scallop
Toy Kee
J. R. Vardon
Portage In
Prairie
Union of Manitoba Municipalities
Suet Philipine Islanis
Edten
W. Fms
Canndren
Tur Geo. Lindsay
Ansit
Tuesda
Reeay
H. W. Baker
Austin
Tos
Baker
Thos
Fister
Ker
Geo. Davis
George Th
Tha Ur Sas
American Sunlight
Norice
Morrison Mercivant
John Ross
Harnes
Great West
Sauuery CO
H. N. Radner & CO
Merchant Tailors
Lake of the Woods
A. J. Deacon
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