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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 21, 1909
Page
1
Caps marked down to cash price with varied, surprising figures await buyers. An extra ten per cent discount runs until Saturday the 30th, then Willie discontinued the offer. Large stock of caps includes nearly every variety, with prices described as almost next to nothing.
WW. L. Hodnett advertises store hours closing daily at 7 pm except Saturdays. It promises goods as represented or money refunded, indicating a customer satisfaction policy and refund guarantee.
Please take notice that all accounts and notes must be settled by December 15 1908. This is imperative.
A buyer advertises for fat cattle to ship to Toronto and fat hogs for Winnipeg. He offers high market prices and asks anyone with cattle for sale to notify him so he can arrange purchases.
A Miniota Grain Growers Association meeting in Hawthorne's Hall discusses government ownership of terminal elevators and rail line control. Delegates are sent to Brandon. Mr. Graham is endorsed for the Railway Commission seat. monthly crop reports to the Grain Growers' Guide are proposed to prevent misreports.
The Masquerade Ball on Thursday evening was a delightful dance with many ladies in charming costumes. About half past twelve a tasteful supper was served. Attendees included several visitors from Beulah and Avrow River.
Readers are invited to guess the number of whole kernels of wheat in Sibs. of No. 1 Northern as part of the Norwest Farmer prize competition. Send your guess and $1.75 to enter, with the Advert explaining full details.
In Miniota on Sunday January 17 1909 Mr and Mrs J L Evans welcomed a daughter. The milestone adds joy to the Evans household as the community notes the birth. The event records the family and location with a local celebratory tone.
Margaret Wilson Harrison wife of John E. Harrison died Wednesday January 13 1909 in her 38th year.
A copper coloured neighbor arriving with fuel faced a cattleman who unhitched the team to collect a debt. The wood man shed his outer garments and forced a brief argument, civilization triumphed, the aborigine required surgical treatment, and a later settlement is unclear.
A Rapid City rink traveled to face Miniota in the District Strathcona curling contest. Miniota dominated from start to finish, finishing 16 to 6, with lineup including G Saffron W Hodnett H Lockhart W Prentiss Dr Young A Kerr A D Brown J McDonald as skip.
The fall 1907 ploughing in Manitoba reached 1,843,016 acres and the upcoming year shows 2,273,802 acres prepared. Alberta and Saskatchewan are catching up rapidly, with Manitoba gains totaling 20,786 acres and a projected 1,510,000 acre increase in 1909 compared with 1908. Favorable fall conditions enabled extensive land breaking, enabling earlier spring seeding if weather permits.
At the hockey meeting Tuesday evening Mr C C Temple was named captain and Mr R G R Mackenzie was named manager of the Miniota Hockey club. The team will play Arrow River on Friday evening and a return with Beulah will be scheduled later.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cure claims by Hall's Catarrh Core from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. It asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and mentions free samples and a constipation remedy.
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