Local and General News From The Miniota Herald
HM Powers visited town this week while Mrs Marsh left for Whitewood. West bridge piles arrived and will be set. County Court adjourned after being scheduled for Tuesday. C W Warren, recently in Winnipeg, returned home. A Better Faching train planned for Miniota on May 1st with details later. Rail service disrupted by heavy snow on Monday and Tuesday. Mr and Mrs McNab and family returned from Corbeton and eastern trips. An advertising message questions business reliance on ads and promotes local advertising rates.
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Miniota
Conway Couple Leaving Mintowa For Winnipeg
Mr and Mrs Jno Conway plan to move to Winnipeg after selling their Mintowa home. A Hamiota Isabella hockey game was canceled due to stormy weather. The Miniota Dramatic Society to debut April 27 with a to-be-announced play. Auction outcomes noted as two recent sales. Gilchrist heads to the States while Ogston moves west. Local social and business notices follow including dental service changes and Trans-Canada Limited resumption May 20. Prices for surplus hay in Arborg district listed with fob terms.
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Mintowa
Jno. Conway
Winnipeg
System to Finish Herald Work by Six O Clock
Admission 50 cents. We urge timely copy and news items to finish printing by six o clock each weekday. Advertisers and the public should submit material early to ensure publication and keep the office running efficiently for the benefit of all.
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Herald Office
Debate on Liquor Question Continues at Evening Forum
The discussion featured Prof Stephen Leacock's Moderation principles with an appeal to curb overcrowding in gaels and asylums. Mr Rees argued against, labeling Leacock a humorist and the article as delightful nonsense. Judges Hemmons Frager and Dearlove favored the negative as the event ended.
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Stephen Leacock
Rees
Messrs
H. E. Hemmons
J. A. Frager
Dearlove
Old customers matter as much as new sales in business
The text argues every business faces two main tasks: attract customers and retain them. It cites a manager who spends on new client outreach but balks at a fifty cent adjustment for an existing client, noting that a loyal customer can be worth far more long term. It concludes that business owners effectively answer to many bosses—their customers.
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New Deere
John Deere
The Customer Always Right Adage Reconsidered
A brief note questions the old adage customer always right suggesting balance between service and seller rights. The piece discusses practical limits to customer demands and common business responses.
Sale of Work at Arrow River Postponed to Saturday
Weather delays force postponement of the Arrow River sale of work from Saturday to Saturday afternoon this week.
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Tennant Bros
Arrow River
For Sale Vaure Bred Holstein Bull
Beulah listings note a Vaure bred Holstein bull for sale or trade for a cow. Contact FL Leary in Beulah via phone 13 31.
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Beulah
Old Timer Called to Reward
Mrs. Mary Anne Cole, aged 82 years 2 months 16 days, died at Miniota on Wednesday morning at 10 am at her daughter Mrs. W E Warren's home. She immigrated from England in 1844, settled in Two Creeks district, farmed with her husband, later moved to Miniota. Her husband Mr. Chas Cole died in 1916. She was a respected resident and friend to many in the community.
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Mary Anne Cole
Miniota
W. E. Warren
England
Two Creeks
Chas Cole
Cole
Canadian Pacific to spend millions on Vancouver works
Canada eyes a 16 million dollar public works program in Vancouver this year with 3.6 million by Canadian Pacific for pier construction. Montcalm ship carried a record emigrant out of Liverpool. A 2 million dollar Ballantyne pier elevator with 1.5 million bushels capacity begins last week. Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta hold 190 million bushel storage in 3700 licensed cranes. Sundels Ontario Quebec and Maritime provinces feature storage elevators up to 33 180 000 bushels.
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Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
Montcalm
Canada
Liverpool
Ballantyne Pier
Montoba
Saskatchewan
Silberta
Sundels
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Okenagan
British Columbia
Vancouver Board of Tirade
F. W. Peters
Canadian Pacifiic Ratway
Bic. Divsion
First lodge of Free and Accepted Unions organized at sea
The first lodge of Free and Accepted Unions in Merchant Maine World history was formed aboard the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of France during a Mediterranean cruise with 0 Canadian and United States tourists. Officials claim the event reflects efforts to develop careers by cross regional experience within the Canadian Pacific Railway organization.
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Maine World
United States
Sault (Ie Marie -T
Thbe
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dominion Express Company
Queen and
MebDougall Street
Biiding
Herald Rindal
Vancouver
F. W. Alexander
Alberta
Calgary
Dominion
Capadian Pacific Ships Planning Hudson Bay Route Test Voyage
Western interests chartered the Capadian Pacific steamship Preto rian, to sail from Montreal on August 1 for Fort Churchill. Three to four hundred passengers will join to prove whether navigation to and from Hudson's Bay can be commercially viable.
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Montreal
Fort Churchill
Hudson's Bay
West
Edmonton Businessman Returns from Europe Visit
J. C. Brown, president of Brown Fruit Co. of Edmonton, returned on the Metagama after a three month Europe trip. He was in Germany during the Ruhr invasion and noted bitter racial feeling between Germans and French. Brown found Canadian and American visitors warmly welcomed, crediting Lloyd George’s advocacy of compromise. He said travel in Germany was cheap, citing a 100 mile trip for fifty cents Canadian.
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J.¢. Brown
Brown Fruit Company
Edmonton
Alta
Europe
Germany
Ruhr
Tiloyd George
For Sale Bay Mares 7 and 8 Years Trade Offer
For sale 175 dollars or trade for young cattle. team of bay mares seven and eight years old, full sisters, weight about 1000 pounds. Apply to HG Dowell, Crandall exeb, phone 1923.
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Dowell
Crandall Exeb
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