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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 18, 1898
Page
5
The notice lists prices for Wheat No. 1 per bushel, Oats per bushel, Flour per sack, Bran per ton, Corn per bushel, Wood per cord, and Hides per ton with specific figures. It appears as a vendor price sheet from a local market, though the transcription is garbled in places.
Local notes report Thanksgiving preparations and numerous townspeople’ movements. Several names including Hy Byers A J Deacon Geo Freeman Turner and McFarlane appear with travels to Winnipeg Portage MacGregor and Brantford. Health updates mention Mrs Frye and Ada Hay in hospital with well wishes from friends.
The MacGregor area records a flurry of happenings including travel to Winnipeg for business and hospital visits, a fire at a depot, and social plans for Thanksgiving. Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs Merrick and Mr John Mason from typhoid, with family travels described. The community discusses cemetery plans, headstone placements, and local merchant activity ahead of shipping livestock on the 21st.
A large crowd gathered at the station as the late Mr. Merrick was laid to rest. The funeral, held at St Matthew's Church, drew many mourners from Winnipeg and beyond, with Rev Macadam Landing leading the procession to St John's Cemetery. Mrs. Merrick, relict of the late Rev Joseph Merrick, passed away after long illness at Standon aged 72, leaving the community in sorrow and tribute to her zealous service.
Austin Affairs notes snow nearly gone and Miss Mabel Pickering ill. Wheeler will live in town this winter. J. B. Craig spent Sunday. Robi McGregor went to Portage. Geo. Pell visiting. Children practicing Christus entertainment as threshing finishes. P Cunningham laid up from injuries after a fall. New night operator T Achison started duty. Wedding of Miss L English to H E Thomson at Carberry. Presbyterian pastor and wife given silver keepsake. Barber injured badly by a machine accident Monday evening.
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