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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 10, 1904
Page
8
Local items note visitors and residents in Portage and nearby towns including Jno Cornwall of Sidney and Harry Young visiting Portage, Miss Alberta Madill and Christopher Parres wed in MacGregor. a Herald visitor reports prosperity in Elk Park district. community events include a band collection and Quadrille Club reorganization. weather turns cold with early snow and heating rush.
A proposal invites readers to build a house with a free lot and optional cash or loan assistance through T K Vardon MacGregor. The notice emphasizes help to get started and uses persuasive language typical of classified advertising.
Market notes show wheat at 860 percent, barley 350, oats 35 cents, butter at 17e, with barley 400 and oats 400. Bran priced at 15 dollars per ton and shorts at 817 per ton. Braver Austin exports referenced.
A winter accident on an icy walk left Herb W Edwards with a sprained wrist and bruised knees. He credits Chamberlain's Pain Balm for swift relief after a few applications. The testimonial notes the product saved him several days of suffering and mentions it is sold by druggists and dealers.
Morrisons and Campbell ads promise money this week. A man struggles to join five pipe lengths, failing as cane is tight and parts are too small. He pounds, swears, scatters a mark on the parlor floor, then rushes to the hardware store. The timer arrives, the pipe is joined, and a moral about Glover is suggested.
Tender notices address the Winnipeg post office building project with dates until November 18 1904 inclusive. Bids from Mac Parsons and others require a 10 percent security cheque and potential forfeiture for non entry into a contract or failure to complete work. The Department reserves right to accept any bid by order of the Secretary of Public Works.
A reflective piece argues that a boy's education should start in the present and blend practical hand skills with past lessons. It criticizes overemphasis on dates from AD 1492 to 5000, warns that heavy history can burden the mind, and advocates learning useful knowledge relevant to today and tomorrow. It concludes with a note on Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, touted as the world’s most successful bowel remedy offered by druggists.
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