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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 13, 1929
Page
8
W L Hodnett is visiting Winnipeg this week while W 8 Waurlin plans to attend the Massey Harris agents convention in Brandon. John Spalding was elected to the committee for a three year term.
The Virden Elks presented a splendid radio program on Monday night, delivering entertainment and community spirit to listeners. Members highlighted an evening of coordinating acts and local support during the broadcast.
A fire scene report notes a flashlight and a lady’s pearl earring awaiting owners. The toboggan party planned for last Wednesday night at Silas Bryant’s was postponed because of widespread illness.
Local report notes CPR station now operates with two lamps aiding patrons around train times. The quirky line about shins and cream cans suggests a humorous or metaphorical detail in the readable text.
The annual day of prayer observed by women worldwide is set for February 15. Women of Miniota are invited to a united service at Holy Trinity Anglican church at 3 p.m. on the date.
McConnell Bros Auctioneers of Hamiota announce a farming stock sale at William Coburns location two miles south and four miles west of Crandall on Friday February 22. Sale begins 12 30 p m with lunch served from noon. See bills for details.
Charles Ellerington and his sister Annie travel to Winnipeg on Tuesday for the marriage of Joe Day, once a district’s poor relief fieldman, to Grace Lyons of Beulah. The ceremony is set for Thursday in Winnipeg.
Mr and Mrs Murdock Elliott who wed in Brandon on February 4 travel from Winnipeg to Arrow River to spend weeks with Mr and Mrs J M Elliott their parents.
The Lone of England held a successful St Valentine Ball in Minnesota Friday night. Prizes went to Alice Peel for ladies fancy Hawaiian, Robert Elliott for gents fancy Mexican, Mrs J W Horner Red Riding Hood, William Harlin Simple Willie, Miss M Dart Cleopatra, and Hazen Chalmers Toreador. Music by The Hamilton Aces with Evans and Tennant buoyed the dancing. Lodge Gordon members praised the turnout and enjoyed the evening.
The Miniota ratepayers met on Wednesday with strong attendance. A 360 dollar credit balance in the finances plus this year’s levy yields about 760 dollars for city improvements. Concerns were raised over the fire apparatus water tank being moved last year and kept at the Hardware yard. it should not be loaned under any circumstance, per the committee of Harcer Watts Harlin and Spencer.
A special rural council meeting approved seeking government help to build a steel bridge over the Assiniboine river and instructed the secretary to advertise for bridge construction at specified sites and for a chief operator at Crandall Central with a 370 per month salary, applications due February 20.
Canadian National presents an All Expense Tour through Great Britain France Belgium Germany Switzerland and Italy with Montreal departures. From 415 dollars round trip, tours 8 to 10 days include sightseeing ancient sites and monuments with hotel and steamer accommodations, avoiding travel hassles by local CN agent arrangements.
Sunday February 17 marks the first Sunday in Lent. Ash Wednesday service at 8 00 am is noted for February 13 with a follow up National Prayer Day for Women service at 3 pm on Friday February 13.
The family expresses sincere thanks for kindness shown and for the beautiful floral tributes given during their recent bereavement.
Advertises a Friday night event inviting attendance to boost the hockey team. Mentions W Satterthwaite leaving for Angusville to relieve the section foreman at that location.
A Friday night concert in Forsters hall under the United church drew a strong audience. Performers offered a varied program with encores in demand and granted, and after expenses were paid the treasury received $20.
The W M S monthly gathering will convene at Mrs. P Beveridge's house on Friday. The school hokey team traveled to Beulah Saturday afternoon and narrowly lost 3 to 4 in a tightly contested game.
The C G I Group entertained the Decker girls on Saturday afternoon with a skating party. Afterward the gathering moved to the Warren home for a short program and ranch.
The curling club met Monday night to arrange details for the bonspiel set to begin Monday March 4.
The Young Peoples class met at Mrs J T Finkbeiner's home Monday evening with devotional exercises followed by a reading on David Livingstone. The remainder of the evening featured community singing games contests and a splendid lunch.
A 1927 report notes a coyote farming scheme near Edmesteen using trapped young coyotes for pelts at 12 dollars each. It cites Canada Pacific Railway ordering twenty large burners for the mountains to replace lighter locomotives, plus luxury car features on Trans-Canada and Mountaineer trains.
The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of France steered into a hurricane and deviated 500 miles to reach a Japanese freighter damaged by huge seas. After a half day waiting, the Japanese master said port was possible and the Empress resumed its interrupted voyage.
If you have anything to sell or trade use a small advertisement in The Herald. Include a brief description and your contact information to reach interested buyers quickly.
Officials inspect a site near Bant Alberta as a potential airport project on the golf links. A field may be prepared within a year. In Montreal a Canadian Pacific freighter Beaverford delivered two De Haviland Moth planes one case of wings and two cases of spare parts. Saint John Harbor Commission calls for tenders for a large elevator with 1 590 000 bushels capacity to be built on Colwell Fuel Company land in West Saint John with construction to start soon.
A Cadillac sedan fitted by Angus Shops of Canadian Pacific Railway at Montreal for engineering trips can reach high speeds on rails as on highways. In a trial it topped seventy miles per hour. A black bear was struck by a CP freight near Arndale station in Northern Frontenac Ontario leaving little bear remains. Brain wandering on tracks blinded by headlight noted as a separate incident. Black bears inhabit Eastern Canada but are rarely seen except in berry season.
E. W. Beatty chairing the Board of Trade in Vancouver cited four main indicators of Canada’s prosperity: railway car loadings, employment data, financial reports, and building activity. He noted these indices reflect broad activity, while the company’s gross earnings declined due to lower freight rates.
The report highlights Alberta wheat output at 3 033 181 pounds, Dominion production exceeding eighteen and a half million pounds, and steel box cars on order for the Canadian Pacific Railway. It notes muskrat breeding growth in Manitoba, Beatty’s remark on lower Canadian freight rates, Trans-Canada timings, and penny postage boosting mail to Britain offsetting revenue loss.
Manitoba reports one tractor per 4.6 farms while Saskatchewan has one per 4.7 and Alberta one per 7.5. A garage mechanic question about moon travel accompanies notes on a Canada wide all expense test led by Dean Sinclair Laird from Toronto July 22 for 21 days. The voyage uses a fifty-foot dressing room and a bow rudder to aid coastal navigation as the Princess Norah joins BC Coastal services of CPR after seaside construction in Scotland.
President Calles of Mexico purchased 176 white Leghorn hens for his Meaivo farm at $5 560 cash. The birds, each laying more than 309 eggs a year, were acquired through two agents who traveled from Mexico for the deal. A Canadian Pacific Railway test reports an ingenious machine using a gasoline motor to power an arc welder and grinder to repair and smooth rail joints anywhere on the line.
A London brewery uses insulated and refrigerated glass lined tanks holding 4 800 gallons to ship beer to its Montreal bottling plant. The tanks, identical to bulk milk cars, include a safety valve to vent pressure above twelve pounds during transit.
J. BR. Martin, manager of the foreign department for the Canadian Pacific Express, says maple products have nearly matched Canadian apples in popularity as souvenirs for friends in the old country. Shipments for Christmas are already under way, reflecting express firms pushing early gift deliveries this season and their masked effect on demand.
A Banff Alberta report describes a hunter encountering a bull moose charging toward him as he trekked hills nearby. He fled to the timber and learned the animal had a small herd of three or four cows hidden in a secluded spot.
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