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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 19, 1907
Page
5
The assessment roll of the Municipality of Miniola for 1907 is deposited for inspection for 25 days. Complaints must be lodged with the Clerk within the period. The Council will hear complaints as a Court of Revision at Hawthorne's Hall, Miniota, on May 15, 1907, at 2 PM. Signed Ws. Howard, Miniota, April 10, 1907.
Tenders due April 2 1907 at 12 noon to furnish materials and build a school in Mimiota village for Sarahville district. Base cement concrete basement and brick veneer one story. details at A F Nesbitt Hamota and Imperial Elevator Co Miniota offices. Tender with 100 cash or cheque as good faith. lowest tender not guaranteed. Gilbert Rowax Sec Treas Miniota April 11 1907.
A distressed merchant confesses heavy debt and moral conflict as he plans a church fundraiser and subscription drive among wholesale houses to raise money. He reflects on gossip, repeated promises, and the strain of keeping accounts while awaiting harvest cash.
The CP. R e placed brakeman R G McKay at Arrow River to prevent rallies at the overhead bridge. A lynx claimed the bluff behind John Leland’s Arrow River home last week. The dog first alerted them and John, Bill Leland, and Tom Conover felled the animal, which nearly chewed Will Leland’s dog Johnnie. John may move his house away from the bluff this summer to avoid further trouble.
Canada to Great Britain magazines and newspapers rate falls from eight to two cents per pound while letter rate adjusts to two cents for one ounce instead of a half ounce. The adjustment aims to ease cross ocean mailing and may affect publishers and readers.
Tom Caldwell improves slowly after a runaway injury while minister Ralston reached service Sunday. Herb Gellie from Michigan visits Mr Armstrongs. Young folks enjoy a village school night with dancing music and recitations led by Bock Shot Ernest. Doctor overworked, fundraising for Glen, studying courtship. Kennedy, former teacher, visited. Mary Proctor of Miniota visiting parents. Prize team and new cutter with driver brave river ice to town. Fred Cole family visiting DeClare.
A prisoner on trial for murdering his wife declares he is not alone responsible, blaming saloons and voters for his downfall. He cites open bars as the root of crime, asks judges to see the wider guilt, and pleads for reconsideration before execution.
Local notes detail property rents on bluff land near DeClare and Assiniboine, a matrimonial unite between Miss Ethel Donald and Kenneth McDonald, and community updates. John McDonald rents his farm as Mather departs west, D F McDonald plans a new table using the Safe device, and Rose Lea Orchestra serenades Mrs and Mr McDonald.
Miss Maggie McLennan visits cousins while Thomas Wilkinson from Redvers visits the MacDonald brothers. Percy Head plans work for W. Boyce this season. Ken MacDonald brings his bride home Wednesday night. A reader asks for the Doctor’s address and mentions DeClare photos. D F MacDonald plans a large stable addition with W Waldie contracted to build, while a claim of sawing skill is debated.
Alex Kerr departs Monday for his homestead near Hanley Saskatchewan. Fred S Willson of Hamiota opens a photo studio in J L Evans Co old store for ten days April 20 to May 1 and invites the public to view his work. A Methodist service is announced for Sunday at 330 pm conducted by Rev R A Basham with Rev A B Osterhout unable to attend. An apocryphal anecdote about flies, a bee, and Sir Wilfrid Laurier concludes the notice.
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