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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text shows a small general store ad listing items and prices. It mentions a store name and promotional lines but details are unclear. The readable fragments imply daily goods and a price focus typical of a local shop notice.
The Agricultural Society asks the town council to donate to the fair. The editorial notes that city finances are tight and warns against setting a precedent of grants. It acknowledges broad local contributions totaling about 150 dollars and argues for a liberal, but affordable, amount.
The district reports improving crops after recent heavy rains with wheat and oats gaining. yields expected fair though straw light and weeds abundant. A town scavenger program begins August to enforce by law. residents urged to prepare outbuildings and refuse for regular sewage removal. Growing whooping cough prompts school board to consider brief closure if spread continues.
A town discussion criticizes a traveling bookseller who bypassed a license claiming to be a commercial traveler selling to businesses. Readers compare it to clothing merchants and argue outsiders should pay taxes to support local commerce and libraries.
A Tuesday blaze wiped out a section eight tile loony wide in Victoria. Estimated damages run about 175000 dollars. A US court ruled a telephone company cannot withhold exchange lines from a competitor. Rocky Mountain Bell Co. must form mixed connections with the Mutual Telephone Co.
A damaged OCR reveals a partial roster of midterm candidates including Pearl McConnell Harold Ferguson Alex Cowan Howard Metracken Stewart McMillan Elva Cowan and others. The text is garbled with scattered names such as Merle Fenser Jota Fraser Olla Shine Merle Stevenson Ekten Whitely Henry A Heides Jeanie McCon nell Frank S Brown and Nisie Morrison Florence Elliott.
Advertises good dwelling and warehouse lots for sale on the south side of the track. Prospective buyers urged to drop a line to Rapid City P.O. and arrangements will be made to meet at Hamiota.
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