Local News From Hamiota Area In Wartime April 1918
Wems of Interest notes Wood heads to Winnipeg for a few days. Arthur Atkinson in treatment at Mineral Springs Hospital Winnipeg. Calf exhibit at Hamiota Agricultural Society. Percy Easton wounded in left shoulder and arm. Rural Dean elected at Minnedosa Deanery meeting. Jamiota Village Council to sit as Court of Revision April 24. Knox church women meet April 19. Rev Geo Lockhart attends Alexander marriage and reception for Private Hunt. Jack Steele finishes exams and moves to Shoal Lake area for two months. Dislocated shoulder for George Hall. sympathy offered. Grace Rebekah Lodge parade May 5 with Rev S P Riddell as speaker. War casualty list mentions Thomson, Kidd, Beattie, Fraser, Nicoll. Davis birth announcement at Hamiota Hospital April 9 1918. Big California product exhibit in Los Angeles noted.
Savings spree at Bamiota's Departmental Store
Government daylight saving touted as boost to production and coal and electric use. Catalog lists deals: Women's Lisle Hose 4 cents a pair, Allover Aprons 5 cents each, Hy-tone cloth reversible 1.35, yard silk poplin 1.45, all lower than factory prices while stocks last.
Saturday Specials in Gents' Furnishings
Careful buying yields marked prices on raincoats tweed pants and boys pants gloves gauntlets shirts and straw hats. Raincoat size 40 now 5.00. boys pants 1.10. Boy Scout pants 1.25. men’s tweed pants 2.00. rompers 0.50. mule skin gauntlets 1.00. cape gauntlets 1.00. fireproof gloves available. shirts 0.99. Straw hats 0.30 to 0.50.
Saturday Grocery Specials Highlight Savings
A local grocery promotes weekly specials with reduced prices on peaches apricots figs and canned peas. The store emphasizes service efficiency, large departments, rock bottom prices buying in bulk and late hours with phone accommodations for after hours shopping.
Oakner School scholar desires free settings of egge at M A C
A teacher at Oakner School lists scholars seeking free egg settings from the M A C last week. Some want Wyandsttes or Barred Rocks while one boy asks for fried eggs. Also notes a Buffalo Robe left in a Bank of Hamilton car and a scavenger notice for pails and handles.
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M.A.C
Bank of Hamilton Corner
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Osgood
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Manitoba Hardware & Lumber Co
Maneager
Rev . Wood
Winnipeg
Canada
Arthur Atkinson
Mineral Springs Hospital
Ohio
Chambers Co Ltd
A. R. Maunders
Melita
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Hamiota Agricultural Society
Mrs. M Easton
Percy
Ward
Minnedoes Deanery
Jamiota
Woman's Missionary Society of
Knox Presbyterian Church
Geo. Lockhart
Alexander
France
Jack Steele
Mr. Cameron
Shoal Lake
Settinng
George Hall
Rev. F. ©. Middleton
Mr. Hall
Grace Rebekah Lodge
Hamiota Lodge
I.C.C.F
S. P. Riddell
Harding
Fuller
David A. Thomson
Hamiota
Stewart M Kidd
Crandall
A. Beattie
Lenore
J. Fraser
Barding
BH. L. Nicoll
Newdale
W. H. Decker
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Southern California
Los Angeles
Bamiota’s
Gents
the Chambers Co., Ltd
W. E. Francis
Geo. Burns
Little
Heamiote Branch
R. S. Badges
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