Farmers Union wage battle and threshing costs
A provincial discussion on fair wages for threshing in the district highlights tension between farmers and threshers. The piece condemns wage cuts, urges unity among farmers, and warns against higher costs driving labor abroad, while urging union housecleaning and restraint in labor practices. The text also notes goose and duck shooting seasons and advises farm workers to remain employed locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ita
Athey
Néra Union
Closed seasons listed for Manitoba migratory birds
A long list of closed seasons applies to swans wood ducks and many shore and non game birds in Manitoba with year round bans on certain insectivorous and other species. It also prohibits killing capturing taking or molesting migratory birds during closed periods and bans sale of these birds. Offenders face penalties under the migratory bird statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Union Church News and Rally Day Call
The notice promotes Union Church activities led by Rev. Robert Harvey MA 8.D with baptisms the last Sunday each month and Sunday topics by Tummel and Cromarty. It urges attendance, worship, and preparation for Rally Day, urging families to restore church habits and uphold the Lord’s day.
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Church News Union Church
Robert Harvey
Roblin Locals Harvesting Under General Mra Wai Era
Roblin district harvesting is general. Mra Wai. VanAlstine returns home from Gilbert Plains. Members of Roblin T O O F lodge attend district meeting at Grandview. Mra Rogers returns to Yorkton after weeks with daughter Curie. will reside Roblin soon. News of Norrin and Elkhorn Mercury staff visit. school reopens with 360 enrollments, expected 450. Government shortens open season by three days due to a legislative error raising bag limits. Death reported of Jack King, son of Rev J L King, after electrocution in St Boni. condolences extended to relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra Rogers
Yorkton
Mrs . Curie
Roblin’ ‘Oon
Order In Council
Sealed tenders for Gleneden school building due Sept 10 1944
The undersigned invites sealed tenders by 2 pm Wednesday September 10 1944 for completing a Gleneden school building with all materials supplied by the trustees. Plans and specs are at the secretary’s farm. Contractors must be qualified by certificate or permit. Low bid not necessarily accepted. Sam Nowosad secretary treasurer Gleneden S D No 1463.
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Gleneden
Death of Mrs C M Bater Shocks Roblin Community News
Makaro f Mr. and Mrs Alan Grundy motor to Lumsden Sask for a weekend visit. Mr J McNeill left for Winnipeg to write exams. Mr D McNeill of Roblin will conduct services in his son’s absence. Rev Robert Harvey of Roblin led Sundays service with strong attendance and communion. Harvey paid tribute to Mrs Bater and family in bereavement. Mrs C M Bater, former minister’s wife, died after prolonged illness. Community extends sympathy to husband and family.
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Alan Grundy
Lumsden Sask
J. McNeill
Winnipeg
Pulpil
D. McNeill
Roblin
Robert Harvey
Harvey
Mr. Bater
McNeill Sr
C. M. Bater
Rural Community Notes from Silverwood and District
Silverwood reports Mr and Mrs J A Bagnal and Master Willie Purslow returning to Winnipeg. Roblin’s Robert Harvey preached at Union Church with a large turnout. Visitors Mr and Mrs H McKinnon and family joined Mr and Mrs D Stewart. Mrs W R Bagnal and child left for Winnipeg after a farm holiday with Mr and Mrs B Kirkbride. A new birth announced as stork seen Sunday morning in the district delivering a boy or girl to Mr and Mrs L Thompson. Sunday School annual Xmas treat held last Friday despite poor weather. program varied with ice cream and cake enjoyed by all. Advertising note invites wants in The Review.
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L. Thompson
Evry
Deepdale Notes Local Moves And Social Evening
Deepdale notes Helen Joliffe left for Waldron Sask to teach a school. Mrs J Howell of Merridale recovering slowly at daughter Mrs E Prior home. Mrs E Fawcett of Winnipeg visiting sister Mrs H Haynes returns to city. Mrs S T Argent at Makaroff guest of Mr and Mrs E Howe. Mr B Foster visiting Portage la Prairie. Ladies Aid Social evening and concert Friday the 29th well attended. Fish pond proved a great attraction for children.
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Mrs. J. Howell
Merridale
E. Fawcett
Winnipeg
H. Haynes
S.T. Argent
Makaroff
E. Howe
B. Foster
A.reid
Portage la Prairie
Ladies Aid
Merridale School Reopens and Local Fishing Tales
The note mentions Merridale School reopening in September and local farmers cutting hay. Mrs George Kettle thanks helpers during her husband’s Winnipeg operation absence. A fish story is recounted, noting skepticism about typical claims and recounting a recent visit by two men to nearby lakes who caught one fish.
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George Kettle
Winnipeg
The Bobbed Hair Movement in a Bustling City
A poem depicts women embracing bobbed hair styles, with many ages and classes joining a waves of change. It names workers and positions from clerk to waiter, noting the shift from long hair to bobbed cuts while hinting at social tension and bold self expression.
Auto Licenses and Road Funding Reform in Manitoba
Community discussion argues auto licenses should fund municipal road work and be collected and disbursed locally. Proposals include reducing license fees to one or two dollars and shifting road funding to gasoline tax, ensuring all who use roads contribute fairly. The aim is equity, less evasion, and direct link between license revenue and local road needs.
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Manitoba
Remarkable Brockville Cow Birth and Royal Exhibition Notes
A Brockville farmer near town reported a Holstein cow giving birth to thriving calves on July 11. The Queen of Spain visited the Canadian Pacific Railway pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition, calling the exhibit perfectly lovely. Rail and commodity updates note steady ocean travel, silver production forecasts for 1924, Saskatchewan butter output up in June, and tributes to Sir Edmund Osler from C R Hosmer.
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Brockville
Ont
Harry Church
Queen of
Spain
Canadian Pacific Railway
Saskatchewan
Sir Edmund Osler
C. R. Hosmer
Grant. Hall
Read
Sir Edmund
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Canada
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Gilbert Plains
M. F.C. Norrin
Elkhorn Mercury
Newspaper Association
R. E. Beecher
Rob Charge
H. J. Everall
L. Fox
Roinsevain
L.burke
J. Frssell
B.hagerman
H. J. Mc.Avley
Winnipegosis
Burdette
Jack King
J. L. King
Robbit
Winnipeg Electrical C
St. Boniface
Sam Nowosad
Sec
Treas
Gleneden S.D
Silverwood
J. A. Bagnul
Willie Purslow
Stev. Robert Harvey
Union Church
H. McKinnon
s@ter
D. Stewart
W. R. Bagnal
Mra B. Kirkbride
Deepdale
Helen Joliffe
Waldron, Sask
Sole
Larber
Hutudred
Cazada
Mexico
United States
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