Canadian North West Homestead Regulations Summary
Canadian North West homestead rules allow one quarter section to be claimed by sole family heads or adult males. Entries must be made in person or by certain relatives under specific conditions. Residence duties may be fulfilled by living on nearby owned land, with defined vicinity as nine miles. Six months notice to the Commissioner and district agent is required. Ww. W. Cory, Deputy Minister of the Interior.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion Lands Agency
Commissioner of Dominion Acts
Ottawa
Butterflies Exhibit Promises Rare Specimens in City Store
J Dennis invites the public to view his butterfly and moth collection from the 15th to the 21st of March at J Forsyth Co. store. The display features exotic butterflies, life histories, and topics like protective mimicry, with adult and children admission priced at 25c and 15c respectively. Dennis to attend and answer questions.
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J. Dennis
J. D. Forsyth & Co
Manitoba
Call for Timely Telephone Service for Miniota
The Miniota Herald letters urge the council to install telephone service promised over a year ago. They argue provincial credit funds support Bell Telephone and demand action to avoid interior delays, whether the system is provincial or municipal owned, and ask for prompt completion.
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Bell Telephone
Call for Municipal Telephone Service This Year
Residents express frustration at missing a telephone line, noting its value for emergencies, repairs, grain prices, livestock tracking, and borrowing from neighbors. They urge the Council to begin efforts now to install phone service this year.
Safety From Fire Letter to the Editor Urges Town Fire Aid
A Miniata Herald reader argues for fire protection measures in a town of wooden buildings. He recalls fire brigade experience and suggests a town water tank with windmill or gasoline engine, hoses, and a captain to organize capable locals, asking the Board of Trade to consider.
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Board of Trade
Temperance Movement Discussion From The Miniata Herald
A letter to the editor argues temperance sentiment rose due to smokeless powder reducing smoke, contrasting with prior heavy temperance platitudes. The writer dismisses repeated theories and resolutions from Canada and the United States as lengthy reform preachments.
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Canada
United States
From Dream to Practical Politics in Prohibition
A speech traces the shift from aspirational talk to pragmatic prohibition efforts in Manitoba. It notes temperance leaders turning public goodwill into legislative action, cites the Liquor License Bill passage, and Premier Roblin’s promise to extend prohibitions provincewide if municipalities enforce the measure.
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Domin County
T Eider
James Russell Lowell
Roblin
Manitoba
Sermons to Curlers by Miniota Club Chaplain
Rev. R. F. Hunter preached to the Miniota Curling Club last Sabbath at the Presbyterian Church. He compared game points to life, urged straight progress and careful guarding, and the discourse drew attentive, edifying remarks from members.
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R. F. Hunter
Miniota Curling Club
Presbyterian Church
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Endorsed for Croup Cure
An Indiana resident praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as unequaled for croup and effective when started at the first sign of a croupy cough. Widely used in thousands of homes and sold at Minieta Drug Store.
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Chamberlain
Harry Wilson
Waynetown
Minieta Drug Store
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