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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 16, 1916
Page
4
An old publication notice lists weekly Thursday issues by Echo Publishing Co. It outlines insertion rates for advertisements and guidelines for transient ads and classified notices. It mentions deadlines to ensure same week publication and lists Veables and Jorbe y as publishers.
A wartime letter from Lance-Corporal E R Pearson recounts training in Canada and arrival in France with the 82nd Battalion. He recalls battles at Ypres Festubert Givenchy and Wo— he predicts Allied victory by June 1916, notes harsh weather and hardships, and records promotion to Lance-Corporal with resolve to serve His Majesty.
The Rev W Barguss of Rome reports translated sermons from German divines printed in the Methodist Times. The extracts claim Teutonic mind pride and assert no pity for the English as justification for wartime aims.
Articles report on sermons by Professor Rheinold Seebey and Pastor Fritz Philippi in Berlin asserting a sacred duty to crush enemies and wage merciless war. They claim divine sanction for destruction, crucifixion of humanity, and the German empire as protector of a global kingdom. The piece condemns such sermons as perversion of Christianity and notes opposition by Rev Willian Barnes.
March events include Honour Sunday School Bible Class and Young People's Society led by Miss Frazer and Mr Geo Fraser. Pioneer Home Mission details announced for March 27 with related activities and group participation noted.
The Hamiota carnival on Friday March 3 concluded with many prize awards. Winners include Helen Bennett and Nora Ferguson in youth groups, Mrs. Homuth and Pearl McConnell among ladies, Hugh McConnell and Willie Andrew in boys categories, and Charles Venables in several adult divisions. Judges faced tough calls across costume classes.
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Notice under The Manitoba Trustee Act for creditors and claimants against the estate of Charles Ross late of Woodworth Manitoba Farmer who died about February 21 1915. Administrator Canadian Guaranty Trust Company Brandon Manitoba. Claims to be sent by April 1 1916 to John Pritchard Virden Manitoba with details and evidence. After April 1 1916, assets to be distributed to those with notice and without liability to those who fail to file. Dated Virden Manitoba February 19 1916. Administrator John Pritchard solicitor.
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