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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 31, 1907
Page
4
Authorities in Ottawa declare Thanksgiving Day and urge observance. Despite poor weather harming crops, the piece stresses national growth and thanks for bounties like wheat moving to elevators, farmers earning income, and the season of harvest.
Mr 8 Shier returns after a month around Crandell. Lost keys between Geo Cornish’s house and the lumber yard. Return at Herald Office. A tin-ware novelt y locomotive is shown at Manitoba Hardware and Lumber Co. Rev B W Allison will preach Sunday at 3 30 in the Methodist Church with a special collection for Connexional funds. Hockey team urged as new players arrive. Basil Stewart visiting relatives. buying grain for Imperial at Hamiota. Clinton to ship laundry baskets weekly to Modern Laundry Winnipeg with no extra express charges. delivery at station only.
Rural districts report severe car shortages hindering grain shipments. Saskatchewan growers cite blockades with no empty cars available, forcing farmers to haul long distances and still fail to dispose of grain. Officials claim 15 000 cars could be mobilized in emergencies while railways reallocate box cars to other needs.
The ad urges cautious business owners to plan for life insurance as part of their busy season strategy, stressing it as essential for protecting wives and families while keeping the business running.
Box 50 general agent of Royal Victoria Life Insurance Company of Montreal is identified in a formal notice filing. The item notes the representative designation and affiliated corporate party in a historical records context. The document appears as a clipped public notice record from an English language newspaper archive.
The G. T. P. tracklaying gang finished laying rails to Melville, 220 miles from Portage. Seven hundred men are at work along the line, with about two miles of steel laid each day.
The Macdonald-McMillan firm completed grading 275 miles from Portage to Touchwood Hills on the G T P, ahead of steel. They employed 1000 to 2000 workers seasonally, with 1500 to 1800 at peak and 800 mule teams. After finish, they will assist White Company toward Saskatoon. rails to Saskatoon likely not laid this year unless autumn extends work to Christmas.
Frank W. Morse vice-president and general manager of the G T P says after an inspection west of Winnipeg that progress is satisfactory and the project should be finished by the end of November if winter holds off. The party includes B B Kelliher chief engineer Jnc W Loud freight traffic manager and J E Dalrymple general freight agent.
Neepawa reports a booming travel pace with the Hotel Hamilton housing 20 guests in a single day last week. The Canadian Pacific Railway also notes record excess baggage handling that week, exceeding totals for the entire September month.
A French joke features the impecunious Marquis de Favieres meeting Barnard and declaring he will astonish Barnard by borrowing 400 louis. Barnard replies he will astonish him more by knowing him and lending the money.
Miss Skitts asks Mr Adiet if he can play chess and notes the clock showing 11 30. He replies he does and questions why she thinks he lacks a move. She insists he does not seem to know when it is his move.
A broadside note from Tyndall Nebraska requests sale of Hackney Colic Cure for liveryman Mr Vincent. The letter claims the product can cure colic and mentions Mr Johnson.
July 15 1907 in Churchbridge expresses satisfaction with a Cole Remedy bottle and requests agency for The Hackney Stock Foop Co Winnipeg Manitoba to ship Yourstroly Acwasoy and Sar products.
The text warns that even ordinary colds can lead to serious illness by paving the way for pneumonia chronic catarrh and other infections. It cites diphtheria scarlet fever measles and whooping cough as more likely after a cold and endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the quick cure.
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