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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 16, 1915
Page
4
Notice shows Thursday publication by a local advertising company with garbled name. Mentions temporary ads and word for sale or rent and a deadline for same week insertion. Contains illegible fragments and names such as VENABLEX JOSEY.
A 1915 note from a school in which Nesta Blennerbaasett wrote lines added to the national anthem. The verse praises the king and calls for victory and safe return of soldiers aboard hospital carrier yachts, reflecting wartime sentiment.
The Hamiota annual rate payers meeting reviewed the past year with ward councillors and school trustees reporting. Discussions covered unpaid 1914 taxes, school medical exams, a midday kitchen for country children, and replacing a rusted fire engine cylinder at a cost of 500 to 600 dollars. Nominations for mayor councillors and trustees were approved in block, with two new cylinders to be obtained. A four week Short Course School program will include agriculture home economics lectures by prominent figures and district representatives, with extensive women’s courses in dressmaking millinery cookery and home nursing among others.
Manitoba Department of Agriculture short courses in Mordec, Boissevain, Virden and Neepawa attract growing enrolment. Local committees coordinate with district reps. instruction is free. A $2.00 registration deposit is required and refundable upon attending two thirds of the course. Prospective students from outside points are invited.
The Ellenville Mission Band held a home gathering with crafts and preparations for Saskatchewan folk. Local farming moves include threshing done by Mr. Johnston Nunn and widespread post harvest stock holds. Lavinia Grain Growers met with strong attendance, electing officers and reporting a successful year with several car load purchases and shipments.
A fragmentary notice mentions conveyance to Loatoo Farm and property actions near Hotel Cecil, with an office door east of the hotel. The illegible source obscures final details but indicates a formal real estate or conveyance event tied to Raymer in BK.
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