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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
8
The January report notes 84 total offenses addressed by officers with 14 days of activity. Close attention appears to be on drug related incidents and enforcement actions led by the department.
A local column lists items for sale and requests including ten fresh eggs and worn sweaters for Children's Aid Society in Winnipeg. Other entries advertise a White Wyandotte cockerel, a Ford car, a Gas Par engine, and a six room house near Hamiota with terms involving cash or exchange for borers and young heifer cattle. The notice cites contacts Mrs W Stevens and Mr McNany for more details.
Hamiota reports a serious flu outbreak with about a dozen houses affected. One death is recorded Mr and Mrs Robt W Beamish s son Hilliard dies from double pneumonia after a week of illness at 18 in May. Funeral was private due to others ill. Mrs Jane HarrGreaves of Shoal Lake is seriously ill in Hamiota Hospital. Several residents including Wa Ferguson J E Hood Elmer Houck and infant son of Percy Brown suffer bad attacks. Dr Hudson handles calls with aid from nurse Edith Fortune and local ladies provide soups and aid.
A Returned Soldier writes to The Echo disputing a February letter by "Citizen" on land expropriation. He argues expropriation means giving up rights on Crown Lands for returning soldiers and questions comparisons to T. Eaton Co. He urges readers to think critically and warns against misleading claims.
A historic Canadian firm the Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada continues to pay standard dividends to policy holders despite wartime and pandemic strains in 1918. The article notes its sound management, mutual structure without shareholders, and strong balance sheet while listing local ads including sales of a dwelling, knitting machine, purebred cattle, oats, a piano, and land rental opportunities in Manitoba communities.
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