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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 11, 1902
Page
1
The fragment outlines classified notices and advertisements including warnings, marriages and deaths notices, meeting ads, notices of tidal events, and transient classifieds. It mentions advance payment requirements and quarterly features, with a focus on public notices and announcements in the periodical.
The notice lists travel times for LonG WEST Imperial Limited on Tue Fri Sun at 405 and Local Daily except Sunday at 17.20, Mail Daily at 10.05, Local Trip Lim on Sat at 19.13. It notes Imperial Limited is the only train not stopping at Macgregor Thu and WELLWOOD. East West timetable shows Macgregor arrivals 10.45 and 15.15, Pine Creek 11.30 14.30, Fdrans 12.00, Wellwood arrivals 12.43. Mail arrivals at Macgregor on Tue Fri. Rosehill mails Saturday 10.45 and 12.15. Post office hours end 7 pm. registered letters and money orders must be transacted half an hour before mails depart.
The furniture dealer notes price advances from 2 to 50 percent and promises old prices on current stock if paid this month. Iron beds and moulding stock are to arrive soon, with rapid framing of pictures offered at short notice.
Plans specifications and estimates stitched heavy framing and stabilizing a specialty thorough good workmanship description reflects a historic contractor note mentioning Logan 8 Co Private Bankers in Logan.
Market notes list MacGregue Flour at 1.80 per unit amid jacket market chatter. The brief item mentions price movement and a block of miscellaneous market data including figures 428 and Brea.
In 1833 Obed Hussey invented the reaper and in 1838 Deering Co. introduced the Marsh Harvester reducing harvest labor by half. Early leaders include Wood 1870 McCormick 1375 Aultman-Miller 1850 Champion 1880. The Marsh Harvester suited western prairies. more to come.
Fire devastated the Rogers Bros mill injuring no known lives though the loss runs to about $25,000 with insurance of $14,300. The blaze began Sunday afternoon as winds drove flames to surrounding structures while workers saved elevator machinery and remaining grain. Local residents and nearby farmers aided in firefighting and salvage efforts amid smoke and chaos.
Mr D Richardson of Bagot bought the first Deering Binder brought to Portage from Jas Fadi in first class condition. Mr Riel arison is so pleased with the idea that he has purchased an outfit for his firm.
Announcement advises all online customers and others that Pant AT ONCE will have a large stock of flour bran and feed at the Hardman store on Main Street. The notice states the aim to supply all requirements in the above line and to initiate immediate service, with attention to past copy.
An unclear district item describes a local painter and two women on a berry picking expedition. The group finds Chedorses and Freuels Korre are involved, with scattered fragments about an operation and a surge of berries.
A jumble of short lines reports residents and visitors including Mrs W Pogue recovering from an accident, H J B's lost calves, and guests at homes of Mr J W Bailey and Mr and Mrs John Martin. Unclear dates or places limit precise details.
J B Bell reports horse losses near Ridgeland while Mrs Alex Wilson heads to MacGregor. D Patterson missing horse causes concern as threshing continues and oat cutting nears complete. Characters like Vic Walter Smith and Hastings are mentioned with Dominion themes. Visitors include Wm Speed, W Dalgleish, and Rev. Mr. Ross from Toronto. New wheat deliveries begin to reach The Peoples Elevator as local schooling and church affairs unfold.
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