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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 09, 1927
Page
8
Week end visits and social events fill Miniota notes. Warren and Saylor enjoyed gatherings at home and in Winnipex while Danse Attrac tions and a Whit drive event entertained residents. A motor accident near Correction Line involved a Cockshutt Co traveler whose car burned after tipping on a corner.
The note describes harmony in Miniota with neighbors helping each other and a council meeting tonight at 8:30 for ratepayers. It also mentions a car accident near Grant's Ravine, with occupants escaping unharmed, and a county court session on a firearms case, plus a travel plan by a large steamship company offering Europe budget tours.
The passage asserts that a clever housewife or energetic student can make at least four dollars weekly with little effort by contributing a few odd non-working dollars to a travel budget, then receiving dividends marked Paris London.
Saturday closed a sensational murder trial as Earl Nelson known as The Strangler was sentenced to die on January 13 for murdering Mrs Patterson last June. The Lola Cowan case was not decided and will be argued at spring assizes. A plea of insanity was rejected by a provincial psychiatrist who found Nelson sane despite prior asylum stays.
The community believes Nelson killed about twenty people by strangulation in a similar method. Citizens express relief that the verdict ends the feud and that Nelson will face consequences in line with his past actions.
Isabella Items W Wallace spent the week end at Brandon. Mr and Mrs R E Heise are spending a few days with friends at Brandon and Alexandria. Florence Miller of Douglas and E Bridge of Brandon spent the week end at their homes here. Victor Cotten, who is attending normal in Brandon spent the week end with his sister, Mee L Cotton Jeanran, who has recently undergone an operation for appendicitis in Homion hospital is progressing favorably. The Trail Rangers group held their first meeting of the season at Kenneth Warren's home on Thursday night last, and report a very pleasant fire.
The Decker and Isbella Bors club again earns notice for stopping a carload of pigs at Winnipes that graded 100 percent. The effort emphasizes strict quality control and consistent breeding outcomes across the shipment.
In this district the best show features Glen Murray Yorkshires with April sows and boars. Pigs of both sexes will be judged, all can be registered, contact W R Doyle Beulah at the listed phone 29 for details.
The article notes Canadian apples like Northern Spies, McIntosh, Baldwins and others are popular overseas. It highlights hand-picked fruit offered by grocers and a mail service option via the Canadian National Express to Britain Ireland and Europe with transport by quick service from Montreal.
The passage describes steamer service rates from Saint John and Halifax to Great Britain Ireland and the Channel Islands at 4.10 dollars per barrels including refrigeration. It notes ongoing routes to Canadian ports and continental stations with references to the Canada National Bank and access agents.
The Arrow River United Church anniversary was observed Sunday October 30 with Rev Hislop Dickson of Oak River leading both services to large attentive audiences. The church was decoratively set with flowers and harvest grains. An augmented short worship featured anthems and a reading of The Three Areas of Man from Isaiah. The evening sermon asked The place of the Christian Church in the World. Tuesday’s anniversary supper drew over 400 attendees with a harvest meal served by church ladies and a program including choir items and readings by local residents.
A poem by Ernest Besketh contrasts city life with rural labor. A speaker critiques urban ease and materialism while praising farm work, nature, and simple living, arguing hardships persist and happiness lies with the countryside.
McKibbon couple welcome a daughter born Monday November 7 at Wawa nesa to Mr and Mrs K McKibbon.
The first consignment this year of Ontario apples sails from Montreal on the Canadian Pacific liner Montrose. Forty standard boxes, about 4 000 apples, along with 25 cases of vegetables, are bound for exhibition at the Imperial Fruit Show in Manchester this month. Varieties include Golden Russet McIntosh Spies Greenings Stark Tasman Sweet Wolf River Cran Pippin and Baxter.
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