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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 07, 1909
Page
4
Advertising Rates and Notices Policy Summary
Advertising rates listed per line and per insertion include 10¢ for items and 12¢ for legal notices with additional per-line costs. Notices such as lost and found must follow commercial insertion rules. Communications must reach the office by Tuesday noon for publication. alterations and new ads follow Monday and Wednesday deadlines.
Water scarcity and harvest weather in Manitoba matter
Dry spell grips Manitoba with wells failing and dry sloughs. Fall plowing continues as rain is welcomed. A plan to provide Winnipeg grain and produce prices by telephone is being advanced, hoping to help 6000 farming households with a small per subscriber cost. An astronomer warns of a potential world end collision this week.
Halseys Comet and Tariff Talk Across the Border
The article notes frequent comet predictions and urges winter readiness while stressing printer's dues. It also reports talk of a Canada United States tariff war as Washington enforces high duties, politicians claim Canada would gain buyers from US imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Washington
U.S
Readers Invited to Send General Interest Communications
Publications welcome letters on all subjects. Writers may use a nom de plume but must provide their real name for the record. Letters should be written on one side of the paper only for publication consideration.
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the Herald
Letter to the Editor Corrects Lux on Local Scandal
A reader challenges a prior communique signed Lux, calling the district prone to unfounded slander. The writer derides Lux as jumping to conclusions and suggests the pseudonym The Light that failed fits better.
A Close Shave Bearded angels in heaven discussed
A little girl asks if men go to heaven. The mother explains that men do go to heaven but only by a close shave. The joke hinges on a pun about beards mustaches and beards in heaven.
Kind Lady Questions HoBO About Life on Streets
A blunt exchange shows a kind woman questioning a hobo who admits he is always busy begging to make ends meet and has no time to work. He claims his days are consumed by begging and caring for his cat.
The Wrong Tack
A young man argues that two can live on the cost of supporting one, challenging his partner as a father dismisses the claim saying no one could earn a living for one.
A Sense of Humor in Love The Proposal
A witty exchange shows Miss Clever agreeing women have humor but must hide it to avoid exposing a man's ridiculousness during marriage proposals. The quip reflects social norms about propriety and romance.
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Miss Clever
That Boat Rides Any Seas in Local Test of Courage
Local chatter turns to a boat test as characters claim the craft can ride any wave or bucking archipelago. One narrator chuckles at the challenge and the others affirm the vessel’s fearless nature in rural talk.
Thanksgiving Grain Delay and Local News
The community notes Thanksgiving day on October 25 and reports that little grain is being hauled as farmers hold wheat for higher prices. An accident near Elkhorn injures Mr Humphrey Jones as a horse fell into a badger hole, while Dr Chalmers reports Mr Jones improving. Threshing winds down nearby but work continues across the river, and locals are urged to prepare game for a supper Monday night. Also mentions a missing lad named Soapy and a new freight train service to haul wheat starting soon.
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Humphrey Jones Sr
I.mckenzie
DeClare
Elkhorn
Mr McKenzie
Jones
Chalmers
Church Services and Sunday School Schedule
Next Sunday's services listed for English Church Beulah and iniota with times 3.30 p m 11.00 a m and 7.50 p m Sunday School at 3.00 p m. Presbyterian Church holds 7.30 p m services with Rev R F Hunter. Methodist Church with Rev J H Shemilt offers 7.30 p m service next Sunday and alternate Sundays at 3.30 p m All are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ino Creeks
Beulah
Iniota
Methodist Church
J. H. Shemilt
Ervices
Not a Bit of It The Transgression Path Short
A dialogue exchanges bold contrasts on fate and effort. Speeding Up proclaims an airship project while the other notes progress is gradual and time is needed to accomplish ambitious aims. The conversation hints at modern progress versus historic pace.
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