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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
4
Great Britain faces a massive industrial crisis as over a million coal miners walk out on Saturday. The strike, reminiscent of 1912, threatens prolonged hardship and a severe upheaval with widespread suffering for countless innocents. The national turmoil comes amid ongoing Irish questions and global interest.
The Manitoba referendum asks electors whether importation and bringing of intoxicating liquors into the province should be forbidden. Ballots present the question twice with opposing options, polls open 6 am to 6 pm, and the vote cannot result in immediate policy under the Canada Peace Act until at least sixty days after.
Telegraph reports indicate British Columbia voters rejected the prohibition act by a large margin in cities towns and villages. The issue asked whether government control and sale of liquor should be established with dispensation limited to medical prescriptions and government stores.
Fragmentary text notes a Saturday gathering linked to Breathe Aban Oil, mentioning decoration and garment dye. It references three girls and a trip or tour, but details are unclear and names or places are largely unreadable.
Owing to a change in Car Con Messrs Glover and Mansell will appreciate it if all those in debted to them would call at the former s hardware store as soon as possible and make settlement of their accounts The firm wish to straighten up their books and have some heavy obligations to meet an early date.
Fragmentary notice requests payment of a bill and mentions Rawleigh and Bly vor with a plan to settle. The readable text is unclear but implies a financial obligation and action toward settlement.
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