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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1917
Page
4
An early transcribed advertising notice outlines weekly publication on Thursdays by Venables and Jossey. It notes subscription rates and advance payment, with strict deadlines for copy to ensure same week insertion.
Ladies' Patriotic Society notes recount donations to the Soldiers' Convalescent Home in the Watson district. Receipts include jars of Saskatoons, bottles refilled with fruit, and a $24 contribution from Swastika Club toward Y M C A huts. Messages thank Mrs Hedde sheimer for prize butter proceeds.
The Hamiota Standing Crop Competition judged August 13 1917 lists placing with Western seed varieties unfit for seed. W. B. Strachan ranks fifth beneath Arthur Atkinson George Bull and Ed McConnell and advice is given to keep Western seed separate and sell all of it. J U Kiteley
Hamiota fair exhibits feature multiple first and second prize awards across baked goods, preserves, soap, bacon, butter, clothing, linens, embroidery, and knitted items. Notable winners include Mrs Moore, Mrs Todd, Mrs Strachan, Mrs Boyd, Miss Robertson, and Mrs Hyde among numerous entries from local households and Manitoba towns.
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