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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 15, 1915
Page
4
Publicated eo s shurday by the Hamiote Keho Publishing Co in Hamiota Manitoba. Rates for 110 per sonum advance United States $1. Diepday Advertising 126 per inch. Transient advertisements such as Wanted For Sale To Let Hire or Ex. Copy changes due by Tuesday for same week publication. C. W. Venables and W. H. Josey publishers.
A wartime poem from Wynyard Saskatchewan dated March 12 1915 depicts Kaiser Wilhelm II declaring aims to conquer France Belgium and Britain and to divide Europe with Zeppelins and submarines. The narrator notes Belgian resistance and British colonial mobilization as the war unfolds ending with a plea Where shall I flee.
A passerby in a Belvian Relief Fund drive, after a modest snack of ham sandwiches bread and butter tea cakes tarts and buns, urged others to support the aid effort describing it as a worthy cause and noting employment value in winter and other seasons.
Receiving days for the ladies of Hamiota appear in a cutout notice listing weekly days and hostesses. Entries include 1st Friday 2nd Tuesday 2nd Wednesday 2nd Friday 3rd Wednesday 3rd Thursday 4th Wednesday 4th Thursday 4th Friday with named hosts such as Mrs. J G McConnell Mrs W Chambers Mrs A Kerr Mrs Evan Venables Mrs R S Hodge Mrs Wood Mrs W Allshire and others.
The notice outlines annual Manitoba resident permits for spring wild geese hunting with a $1 fee, open seasons, and a 10 geese per day limit. Non residents need a license. fees vary by origin, with $15 for British residents and $50 for others. Copies of the Act available from the Provincial Game Office, 409 Boyd Building, Winnipeg.
A description of homestead eligibility in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Criteria include sole applicant male over 18 five types of entry: initial homestead, pre emption, purchased homestead, alongside a good standing homesteader, and post patent options. Conditions cover residence six months yearly cultivation duties house requirements and price three dollars per acre with possible substitutions for cultivation and livestock.
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