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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 10, 1916
Page
4
The notice runs for a weekly Thursday publication with rates per column inch. It lists insertion deadlines and copy requirements for display ads including changes and repetitions. The location references Tremont and Stassod and mentions publication procedures and rates.
The local train has been running on time recently after a week of heavy delays. Some CPR and CN KR branches saw no service for two to three weeks, residents near CN KR north of town had few trains last month. M Connell mails now go to Hamiota and are fetched by road as snow blocks routes. A snow plow was due Tuesday and trains on that line were expected to run on schedule again. Roads remain largely impassable where snow drifts persist.
A letter from Malta recalls parcels for WWI troops, praising the British Red Cross and Order of St. John. Trooper Procter asks a badge be sent to Wee Margaret McNaught for sacrificing gum to support soldiers. The note mentions hospital aid, Xmas hopes, and greetings to local societies, with school attendance and staff names interspersed.
An old notice claims Sau Kirk Jos Shier Wm Chambers and Wm Ferguson are the four original curlers from Hamillta ready to “lick the starch out” of any rink at a price of $4.40 for hospital necessities. Correspondents are sought for Decke DeConunel Pavinia Crandall Lake Fr. P Pe.
The Manitoba Educational Association offers three cash prizes of 25, 15, and 10 for rural and graded school exhibits at the Este Convention. Graded schools receive diploma prizes. entries due to P. D. Harris at Central Collegiate Institute Winnipeg by April 20, with travel carriage paid both ways.
fragmented OCR text references a veterinary surgeon and doctor with partial names and titles. The readable bits mention a person named AVISTER and a veterinary office role, suggesting a historical notice about a veterinary surgeon.
Auction notices list McQuitty farm sales on March 7 near Cardale featuring horses cattle and equipment. Second sale on March 9 5 miles west of Hamuota covers pure bred and grade horses cattle meats furniture and worn items.
The Methodist Church plans to raise a battalion with Lieut Col J E Dankaford in charge to recruit about 100 men. Permission from Sir Sam Hughes has been granted for a Manitoba and Saskatchewan unit. The aim is to show church loyalty and form a corps led by trusted clergy and lay leaders. Reverend Middleton invites inquiries from interested members.
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