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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1923
Page
5
A long list of prize results from a local fair highlights first and second places in items such as watercolors fruits jellies butter and other home produced goods. Notable names include Margaret McNaught Harold Gowan Annie O Neill and Janella Strachan among many others. The event showcases creamery products jams preserved foods and crafts by young and old contestants.
Hamiota Fair lists prize winners across crafts and youth divisions. Notable entries include H H Gray earning multiple firsts in photography and portrait work, Genieve Scott and Doris Vickery earning top spots in handwriting and pencil drawing, and M McNaught securing several awards in sewing, wax beads, and wild flowers.
The text recalls Hebridean emigrants aboard the Marloch and Metagama seeking fortune in Canada. It notes Long history of migration from Mull and Lewis to Red River and Red Deer, with hardships, fever, wars, and eventual settlement. It highlights strong clan heritage and the move of many families to Ontario and Alberta amid hard times and prosperous funds aboard the Mont Raint? (text shows Mont raim).
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