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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
4
Published weekly by the Hamio ta Echo Publishing Co. at Arthur Street Hamiota Manitoba. Rates shown include annual and U S A prices. Display ads twelve cents per inch Transient ads such as Wanted For Sale To Let etc. copy due by Tuesday for same week issue. Venables and Josey signatories.
A reproof laments youths dancing while countrymen die in trenches. It urges men to serve, women to resist temptation, and recalls Belgium and Poland to shame. It warns England faces a grim fate if Germany prevails, urging those who cannot fight to contribute financially.
The Hamiota village council met August 7 1915 with all members present led by the mayor. A request by W J Stinson to place a street light on Ross street was postponed for future consideration. The finance committee recommended payments including Kirk 55 Reeder 50 Acetylene Construction lights 17.50 gas 70 Simpson 312.55 Allshire 1.50 Municipality of Hamiota grad ing 30 Manitoba Telephones 4.50 Kerr McConnell report adopted and cheques issued. The council adjourned.
A note states the publication does not endorse or take responsibility for opinions expressed in its correspondence. It emphasizes that the writer’s views are their own and not those of the newspaper or its staff.
A letter to the editor argues for harsher policy toward foreign-born residents and unemployed men during wartime. It condemns Austro German sympathizers, questions whether loafers should stay or leave, and calls on authorities to police streets and curb unpatriotic behavior while stressing the Empire’s need for every able-bodied person to support the war effort.
A BR commissioner notary public and conveyancer offers loan on farm property and insurance money details. The office is located one door east of Hotel Devil with phone number 127 for contact.
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