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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 30, 1919
Page
5
A fragment notes a telephone number 127 and an office location one door east of the Hotel Cecil, suggesting a contact point or business address in the area.
The Ladies Patriotic Society notes thanks from J. H. Moore We Hamilton Harry Simpson Captain Kerr Captain Meelands Lieutenant FC Chambers and welcomes home recently arrived boys. A committee to canvass for members is appointed as meetings grow. The year runs Oct 8 1918 to Oct 8 1919 with requests for regular donations sock wool knitting and Red Cross sewing to be completed and sent to Mrs. Taylor for shipment.
WANTED few fresh eggs worn sweaters to knit mitts for Children’s Aid Society Winnipeg shoes for plain sewing Sunkist Spoon recipes for brandy snaps 200 knitters to knit socks Queen Mary’s Guild Shower by homesteader coat size 38 Singer instruction book buy or rent fur to mend coon coat FOR SALE White Wyandotte cockerel scribbling scraps feathers cushions Skating Boots size 6 lady’s.
Rod and Gun highlights include an interview with outdoor writer Bonnycastle Dale and a frontispiece photo, plus Haddon on deer, Copeland on Mr Brewster’s Wildcat, Perry’s Bob sequel, Lincoln on snowshoe making,Ojibway field trials report, and standard departments. A daughter is born to Gilbert Hern to set a five generation record. a temperance enforcement case fines Dr Bedara for prescribing liquor.
Hamiota Home Economic Society writes to Minister Crerar urging opposition to any repeal of wartime liquor restrictions. The letter cites home life aims and recalls the sisterhood’s wartime duties. Also notes a Red Cross column praising ongoing war relief and prisoner of war efforts, with updates on dormitories for returning soldiers and hospital work.
Keox Church Hemiota held its annual congregational meeting in the church parlors on Tuesday night January 28. Pastor Ree der Lockhart presided, with Alex Kerr secretary. Reports cite 70 families, 146 members, and total Sunday School receipts of 302.74, with missions totaling 142.460. Liabilities cleared. repairs funded. pastor's salary increased 200.00. treasury balance 262.69. Chas Penny reelected manager for three years. JO Praser and E Tennyson also reelected for three years. Annual meeting to elect officers and plan Sunday School work to follow.
The article explains that desirable grain traits depend on local conditions, with yield, drought resistance, maturity, chaff tightness, hull thinness, husk protection, beards, awns, and color influencing value. It advises growers to select varieties matching their climate and consult experimental stations or the Dominion Cerealist for guidance.
An advertisement promotes Hamlin's Wizard Oil as a simple throat and chest cold remedy for gargling and chest rubs. It claims quick relief for earache toothache cuts and burns and muscle aches. Also advertised are Wizard Liver Whips pink pills priced at 30 cents with a money back guarantee.
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