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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 15, 1921
Page
8
Miss E McDonald visits Winnipeg the week with Mr and Mrs H McDonald. Mr and Mrs T Bailey and Mrs Wood Oak Lake spend the week with the McDonalds. Mrs Banfield will display Fall Millinery at W L Hodnett’s store on the 16th and 11th. Manitoba auto licenses for 1927 total 38400 with many unpaid due to higher fees. Delinquent protests flood government offices over proposed broad levies, lawyers for returns likely. Ottawa tax ideas pale in comparison.
T A Neelin urges students to prepare for the upcoming Fair with many exhibits in stock poultry produce and home gardens. Students are encouraged to bring vegetables practice canning and sewing and to study prize lists for best presentation. Parents are asked to support their children in selecting and preparing items for display.
The article discusses poll tax collection, noting receipts of 412 dollars from 103 payers at four dollars each last year. It highlights possible omissions and cites Municipal Act Para 113 detailing who must pay, including male residents aged 21 to 60 not exempted, who have not been assessed or whose taxes are under four dollars.
The text explains that tax must be paid to the collector within two days after demand. Refusal or neglect allows levy on the defauler's goods. If distress fails, a summary conviction may impose a $5 fine or up to ten days imprisonment by a justice of the peace. Poll tax already paid in one municipality is not due in another if a receipt is provided.
The Miniota W I will open a Rest Room beside A Spencers store Saturday afternoon. The project meets a long felt need for women and traveling couples in town and tea will be served. The W I Library will be kept there and donations for furnishing are welcomed.
Advertising brief lists fall seed rye for sale with inquiry to H Pritchard in Piaone 7 ring 2 Beulah.
Reg Shorthorn bull, five years old, for sale or exchange. Apply to D. F. McDonald, Willen P. O. Man.
For sale 16 young turkeys two hens and goblin, one pony and stack of hay apply to Mrs Woolgar at Nat Railway Depot Miniota Can.
For sale notice offers a 16 month old registered Shorthorn bull and a team of young horses. Interested parties should contact Jas A Frazer by phone at 102 Miniota for details.
For sale a quantity of ripe and green tomatoes and Citrens offers accepted at address contact G P Ogston phone 10-23 Miniota.
Three section farm for rent totaling about 200 acres under cultivation located two miles northeast of Arrow River. For inquiries contact W. ST. Warner at Box dt Fargo North Dakota.
Eight acres near town with broken and cropland, good buildings, water, and hay land plus wood. Six miles from town and elevator. Priced at 40 dollars per acre, with possible reduction for quick sale. Apply to T. E Haney, phone 8-4 Miniota.
A tale in Popular Electricity recounts Houdin using electricity to awe Arabs in Algiers. The magician demonstrates a magnet and a box that defeats a Marabout’s strength, illustrating colonial power through science and spectacle.
Sends word to deliver watches to Bernard Fox by leaving them at W L Hodnett’s store with CG Rennie. The note specifies watch custody and placement for pickup.
A patient recalls a chaotic clinic visit in which the old physician was replaced due to absentmindedness. During the examination the doctor suddenly misreads the stethoscope moment calling out a startled greeting, prompting questions about the new assignment.
A playful dialogue records Willie denying injury, claiming his missing teeth are in his pocket and addressing his mother as he explains the incident. The exchange captures a lighthearted domestic moment with a mischievous tone.
In a Record Herald opinion the average wife believes her husband should do more economizing away from home to help family finances. The column delivers a pragmatic domestic stance on resource management and shared duties.
A clipped aphorism attributed to Thomas Chest Amherst notes the grand essentials of a wife are something to do, something to love and something to be. The garbled text appears as a fragmented quotation with likely misrendered author name.
A paper on Mr. B Quick explains tornado formation within cyclones. Warm air rising through cold air creates a spiral updraft, forming a dense outer shell and a central vacuum, with lightning and destruction as the storm intensifies before a cool wave ends the event. Predictability remains limited to locating favorable conditions.
Roy a five year old declares I can spell. He says biscuits are made out of do do. His mother replies that does not spell dough. Aunt Manda and a colored cook join the exchange offering their own take on the spelling of do and eat.
A quirky exchange features Me. Cumrox naming his dog Harold Reginald and noting a coincidence with a visiting young man. The dialogue hints at playful misdirection as DY feelings blur who is being referred to, creating humorous ambiguity.
A mother chides Freddy for being dirty while he recalls his birthday verse to his father. He replies that his cleanliness claim was merely a poetic license.
A man laments being robbed of a large fortune and confronts the accused thief. The scene echoes as the robber walks free while the widow remains a central figure in the tale.
A fragmentary note appears with garbled dialogue about a case and a character named Sam. The obscured text hints at a legal or judicial context but lacks clear details or outcome.
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