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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 22, 1900
Page
1
Under the timetable for October 14 190 the trains arrive and depart at MacGregor with listed times and stations. The fragment records arrivals departures but omits complete details and train numbers.
The article notes seeds that literally corkscrew into the ground, exemplified by Spina pennata. Its seed is long, with a backward pointing feather and spiral that twists in dryness to press the seed downward, then uncoils and buries itself as moisture returns, ensuring deep burial.
Annie E Springer of Philadelphia found relief after years of hacking coughs from Dr King’s New Discovery. She says it cured her chest pain and helped her sleep, claiming the medicine revived her health after other remedies failed. A free trial bottle is offered.
The piece surveys global postal progress, praising New Zealand for advancing a universal penny post and comparing it with Canada and Britain. It contemplates political economy, urging practical help and broader civil growth, while noting contemporaries like Emperors, railways, and local business ads within a broad historical panorama.
A mixed set of brief items mentions an appeasement hearing by The Week's Manitoba court, a plan to forward an ASO nugget to Mr. Bryan, miners selling liquor, an earthquake report near Leek, Westminster records in Pekin, and Chinese presence in America in past centuries. It also notes Rev Dr Grith aiding Fox Bay settlers, a $1000 reward for a murderer, deaths in Chicago, a Lord Rosebery invitation, a Rossland incident, and a mooseinMoosonia injury from a Friday runaway event.
The Dentonia Park farm of Mr W E H Massey near Toronto uses an electrical plant for fishing and power. Twenty six farm buildings are lit electrically and a storage battery system can supply twenty lamps for five hours. The setup aims to operate farm machinery by electric power.
A clerk named Rocky fabricates an excuse about nursing his landlady who he claims died. The landlady’s funeral turns out unrelated, a bookstore visit reveals the real absence, and Rocky discovers from his boss and coworkers that his lie unravels as the landlady is already dead and his supervisor exposes the truth.
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