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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 04, 1915
Page
4
Dieplay advertising rates set at 12 per inch and iie per line for first insertion. Subsequent insertions charge a separate line rate. Transient ads like Wanted Lost Found For Sale To Let require a lower rate for first insertion and per line for later insertions. Copy changes must reach the office by noon Tuesday to publish in the same week. C. W. Venables W. H. Josey.
The Ladies Patriotic Society reports a Sept 21 to Dec 31 1914 financial picture with 752 221 25 expenditures and a money on hand of 296 55 293 41. It details Belgian Relief Fund donations 125 forwarded to A J H Dubuc consul Winnipeg and funds sent to Red Cross 160 20 from Patriotic Fund 15 from Lavinia Ladies Aid plus purchases for Red Cross material and gifts to Canadian boys in Winnipeg. It notes school children and Crandall and Chambers Co boxes to Belgium relief and calls for renewed Red Cross support as four contingents prepare for front service. It mentions 15 raised for Princess Mary Fund and a 12 50 from Miss Jean Sutherland Belgian Fund. It includes a letter from St John Ambulance Overseas urging systematic local collections for uniforms and gear for Canadian soldiers. The report ends mid sentence requesting continued patriotism and support.
The report compares Assessment Rolls for 1912 and 1914 showing increases in cows pigs and horses, counts for sheep and young stock, and ward by ward figures. It notes 84 453 acres under cultivation with railway right of way and townsites and lists per ward cultivated areas.
A brief closing note from Corps Secretary Chas E Ailidfe thanks supporters for anticipated success and expresses continued appreciation. The message signs off with formal courtesy and indicates ongoing collaboration.
A comic verse exchange features Bridget O Flyn responding to a bachelor with wit and bravado. She teases his romantic aims, jokes about housekeeping and bedchamber life, and declares she seeks marriage while lampooning his vanity and licentious rumors.
Creditors and claimants are notified under The Manitoba Trustee Act that all claims against the estate of Edgar Pocock late of Woodworth Manitoba farmer who died around January 6 1915 must be sent to Executors Joseph Edward Pocock and William Virgil Stevenson Harding post office by March 1 1915 with details of claims accounts and security if any. Executors will distribute assets after March 1 1915 and will not answer for claims not received by then. Dated Brandon Manitoba January 25 1915.
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