09 Jun 1927
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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 09, 1927
Page
1
Community notices show Hamiota Sports Day postponed due to space. Residents Mrs. R Brooks and Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford travel to Brandon and Winnipeg respectively. Jubilee committees meet June 14 while S N King offers optometry June 17. Various social events and services are announced including a plowing match and church service.
An old car can be refreshed with Effecto Auto Enamel offering eight colors plus Top and Seat Dressing and Effecto Clear for a glossy finish. Easy application promises lasting results and a showroom look for a small time investment.
A pest control sprayer offer lists three bottle sizes priced at 50 cents 75 cents and 1 25 dollars. The ad notes it kills flies and a range of insects including moths mosquitoes roaches fleas bed bugs and ants.
A concise price list shows items including Mendels Steel Wool Le Pages Liquid Glue 25e Paint Brushes raised from 10c Egg Beaters Cake Tins 1de and various daily requirements with small cents figures noted alongside each item. The entry reflects a historical grocery or hardware store catalog style.
On July 19 the Russell Fair begins with a senior Open Baseball Tournament offering prizes of 200, 100 and 50 dollars. The Diamond Jubilee Programme includes mid way, horse racing and chariot racing alongside other attractions. Also listed is a sale of kitchen furniture and Linoleum from a Hamiota listing.
Thomas Allshire a pioneer homesteader of the Decker district and early resident of Hamiota village died Tuesday morning May 31 1927 in his eighty second year after a four month illness. Born in Dublin Ireland he came to Canada with his parents at age one. He lived in Woodstock Ont before moving to Manitoba to homestead then returned to Ontario to bring his bride who survives him. He later moved to Hamiota township worked as a carpenter builder until an accident left him disabled. He was a longtime Mason and Orange Order member. The funeral was held at his residence conducted by Rev W Brady of Crandall with interment in Hamiota cemetery. Survived by his widow four daughters Mrs W Keough Hamiota Mrs H Fretwell Winnipeg Mrs G McConnell MaeConnell and Miss Fanny Strathclair and one son Albert E of Hamiota. eldest son William predeceased him.
Hamiota's Departmental Store advertises real value with guaranteed quality. It invites shoppers to compare prices and qualities in today’s ads and decide for themselves if purchases are worth the money, stressing careful buying.
A list of men’s clothing and workwear prices. Items include Khaki combinations 2.00, blue denim 2.50, heavy cottonade bib overalls 2.00, khaki shirts 1.00 to 1.50, mélange tops 1.50 to 2.00, cottonade pants 1.75 to 2.25, khaki pants 2.00, peanut straw hats 0.25 to 0.40, pecary hay gloves 1.00 to 1.25, pecary hog gauntlet gloves 1.25, boys Jersey suits, balbriggan underwear 1.25, and boys suits 0.40.
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