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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 15, 1897
Page
4
Chilly weather rounds up Manitoba social life as Rev. Cunningham visits Winnipeg, Mr. Craig attends a Branton football match, and Carberry defeats Souris 3–2. News spans legal actions, church activities, political chatter in British Columbia, shifts in local business, and a family obituary noting a man and his long married life with nine children.
The record covers a funeral at Austin cemetery attended by many sorrowing friends. It notes sympathy for a bereaved widow and family, local visits by Winnipeg and Carberry residents, clothing and biscuit works, and various town activities. Local sermons, school notices, revival services, and a Portage Portage Bay discussion are mentioned along with transfers, trades, and upcoming church events.
An arithmetic examination was held at Mr. Ross's school last week with six regular attendees absent. Bertha Kennedy and Gert were late to the exam. Top marks included May Wheeler with 108 and Standard VI students Aylmer Duncan 52 Ethel Keeping 11 Ashley Wilson 110 John McKey 75 Alex Duncan 70 and Gertie MacDougall 58.
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