Local and General News Items
Mellor spent the week end with his son. Kerfoots left for the Old country to visit the Empire Exhibition and return in August. Schools in the Municipality reopen on Tuesday next week. Two residents travel to Wawanesa for Easter holidays as Hemmens plans move home. Fred Tindall, former resident of Mineola, now serves in the U S army in Santiago. A gravel pit work gang prepares for the season ahead. Hodnett's offers Best Shoes at low prices.
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Fred. Tindall
Minio‘a
Santiago
Necessity and Invention in Canadian Pioneer Life
The piece argues necessity drives invention, citing colonial Canada where pioneers and Indigenous people adapted with simple acts. It recalls a Canadian River trip where an Indian paddler drinks from the paddle and later uses a pitcher plant as a drinking cup, illustrating resourcefulness and the living tradition of ingenuity.
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Okee
Murdoch
Crooked Lake
Canadian Pacific
Canada
Miniota High shows Shakespeare farce and minstrel talent
The Miniota High School under Principal Beer staged A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Miniota hall. The pupils impressed with a well received Shakespearean fairy comedy and a subsequent minstrel act featuring a large cast and musical numbers, drawing a sizable audience despite travel conditions.
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Thuradey
Miniota Hall
Miniota High School
Beer
Shakespere
Puck
Margaret Hanlin
Cherom
Lyn Reveley
Lysander
Bessie Bonner
Demetria
Edna Stow
Hermia
Edith Bruce
Helena
Zella Cornish
Titania
Ina Cornish
Geneva Rowan
Warren
Clifford Conway
Conway Coward
These Went and Came Not Again Memorial Proposal
A local call urges a community memorial for war dead five years after the Great War. A Stanstead G W V A project in Quebec inspired Minot a to erect a field stone memorial 13 feet high with a 5 by 4 foot inscribed slab reading These Went and Came not again. The plan seeks a central site, community fundraising, and an unveiling on the Peace Day anniversary.
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Herewich
Stanstead
G. W.V.A
Quebec
Miniota
Minicta
Mortgage Sale of Valuable Farm Property in Manitoba
A public auction will sell three parcels comprising six and 02/100 acres in Manitoba on April 26, 1924 at 12 noon. Parcels include parts of sections 1 and 7 in townships 4 and 14, with fencing and buildings described. Twenty percent cash due at sale, balance per sale terms. sealed reserve bid applies. Vendor’s solicitors listed at Victory Building Winnipeg.
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Balmoral
Manitoba
Fourtees
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Registry Office
Shoal Lake
Aaid
Sap
Canadian National Railway
Miniota
Minisota
Munson, Allan, Laird, Davis, Haffner & Hobkirk
Vendor's Solicitors
Victory Building
Main Street
Winnipeg
To Rent Cottage 3 Rooms and Kitchen in Miniota
Cottage for rent with three rooms and a kitchen. Apply to John Spalding in Miniota.
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John Spalding
Miniota
For Sale Massey Harris Cultivator Trade Option
For sale a Massey Harris springtooth cultivator. Will trade for barley or oats. Apply to C Goodwin at phone 18 21 in Miniota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massey Harris
C. Goodwin
Miniota
C. Craig
Arrow River
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Countryman
LDC
Geo. Mellor
Mixes Stephens
Innnipeg
Hodnett’s
Readness
Harry Cornisty
H. E. Hemmens
Wawannesa
Mr. Hemmens
Wawanesa
Necessity
R. J Dunsmore
Ventist
Virden
Dumbrell’s Hotel
Bernard Fox
Hamiota
Worl wuauAaratteed
Wm. Watts
W. L. Hodnett
Canadian Packing CO. Limited
Avi
Plymouth Rock
A. Rudd
Crandall
Penman
Watts’ Garage
Chevrolet
Watts
A. Spencer
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