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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
8
August 11 meeting slated at 10 am with notes on CNR right of way purchase near town. Updates include farm crops, mail hours, gold medal contest at Methodist Church, school building work, and local hires with residents traveling to Winnipeg and Brandon.
Forest fires devastated Fernie British Columbia destroying mills railway terminals and six shacks along the Elk river. About 70 to 200 people perished and 6000 were left homeless camping on a prairie three miles away. Estimated property losses reach 5 million dollars.
A brief item notes Village Council gathering on Monday evening August 10. Mentions Main Street merchants improving sidewalks by removing green fringe as a model for others to follow.
The department reports that over half of provincial candidates failed this year due to paper severity high subject percentages and vague departmental work. Successful pupils include Ada Dixon Selma Basler Alice McBain Wellington McBain Frank Harrison Wilfred Hamilton Merle Fraser Merle Stevenson Olla Shier Samuel McLeod Edna Hamilton Elva Cowan and Elsie Morrison who earned a second class from Brandon Collegiate.
Orrwold beat Arrow River 2 1 in a rain shortened football match after a disputed first goal. Mr Riddell of Hamiota toured the district and inspected wells. Mr Doherty recovers from a knee abscess. Local young ladies plan camping at the Narrows as railroad prospects improve.
The piece recounts Orrwold’s annual basket picnic at The Narrows on the 30th with boating fishing and games. A humorous race drew crowds as a man boasted to outdrive any lady, while Rev Strachan and bride and Rev R M Hanna camp nearby with many young people camping at The Narrows and visiting Alexander.
The August issue of Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada edited by W. J. Taylor highlights a finely illustrated piece on the Royal Cape Breton Yacht Squadron, plus accounts of the first Rocky Mountain Goat bred in captivity, cycling to a Hudson Bay Post, and nostalgic campfire recollections.
Born Parwern At Isabella on July 25 1908 to Mr and Mrs Win Palmer a daughter. Davis In Hamida on August 1 1908 wife of Joe Davis a daughter.
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