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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 26, 1907
Page
5
A reader impertinently critiques local correspondents on the Tel hone Question and mockingly questions a tele phone plant reference. The writer jokes about pairing Probona Publico and Maud from the Comic Section as a mock team, signing as CENTRAL.
A reader supports telephones arguing they save time and effort for farmers and shopkeepers. He notes a 200 subscriber base, questions opponents’ claims, and highlights how phones speed repairs, farmer communications, doctor calls, and avoiding town trips. The letter defends telephone bylaw as beneficial to modern life.
A speaker argues against returning to old methods and calls for progress through a telephone system. They urge Councillors to implement a bylaw ensuring a satisfactory service for ratepayers and dismiss opposition as retrograde. The goal is to modernize while keeping the community in step with current needs.
Minutes of a September meeting show Thomas Ayris as chair and G Steuart as secretary. Shareholders urge signing stock sheets and authorize a committee led by Aly Thomas to negotiate funds to pay Imperial Lumber Co. and set rink arrangements.
Ty Sargent arrived from Winnipeg to teach and serve as organist for the English Church. Bristol born, he held major posts there and comes after Thomas selected him from thirty applicants. He begins west route Tuesday, will visit Crandell Monday, and offer weekly singing classes on the north side of the river.
Mr F A Lee, an accountant and teller at the Northern Bank, has received a telegram of transfer to a Saskatchewan location about 80 miles from Saskatoon. The junction town offers potential growth as he departs after February service. His successor will be Mr C Tem ple of Baleurrés Saskatchewan.
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