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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 04, 1931
Page
8
Mrs. Geo. Cornish returned from her visit to Virden on Friday last. Mr. and Mrs. A Spencer returned from their visit to Winnipeg on Saturday last.
Shoppers urged to buy new fabric patterns at low price with many designs at 25 cents per yard from United Stores in Miniota. A Friday night event at Arrow River is hinted with prizes to be worn by a featured winner. Nearby rumors mention a brown caterpillar on property and a meadowlark heard on Sunday.
Arrow River notes report requests for answers about church door security and missing ice cream. The town notes Mr and Mrs Woods and Gou Jimmie visiting, a forecast of heavy snow, Mrs J M Hillott's recovery, Miss Jean Kirton returning from Saskatchewan, and praise for the Dramatic Society's play No Account David with plans to tour.
The sporting editor was on holidays last week leaving a gap in coverage for local sports notes and score updates across teams and events.
Isabella notes a Wednesday night performance of the play Nora Wake Up staged by the Decker players. Isabella hockey team prepares for Crandall on Wednesday with a promising local game and a novelty bonspiel this week attracting 17 mixed entries. The team beat Hamiora last Thursday in a close contest with strong support from the crowd. An unrelated farm district Wheat Pool stance article was misattributed from a leading daily paper.
A fragment notes a subscriber reply this week and mentions Alex Stewart leaving on Tuesday with partner Winnipeg. The readable text hints at a local exchange and a travel detail without further context.
Government bred turkey stock offered by John Wythe of Miniota. A 351b craneheaded Tom leads a band of government bred hens and nine pullets priced at 300 dollars total or 4.00 per head. Turkeys available for ordering. inquiries to John Wythe.
J P Evans visited in Winnipeg while Walter Freacr of Winnipeg spent the weekend with his parents in Winn ipeg.
A Panday Schools initiative is organized in connection with St Wilfrids Anglican Church. The first session will be held on Sunday morning next at 10 45 with hope for a good response.
James Magee Lyon died at Beulah aged 72 after years of ill health and a four month bed confinement. A Devizes Ontario native who came to western Canada 52 years ago, he built a Beulah homestead and a strong farm, leaving five daughters and a legacy as a hardworking pioneer. Funeral held at United Church in Beulah with Rev. H Bowmen officiating and interment in Beulah cemetery.
Frazer family and sisters express gratitude for expressions of sympathy from friends and neighbors during their recent bereavement.
A note describes Estevan installing a fully electric fan in the curling rink to keep players and spectators cool while crews rebuild brooms, a step likened to old sayings about taking coal to Newcastle and selling ice cream to Eskimos.
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