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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 28, 1918
Page
4
Publication notice for Che Famicts Echo issued every Thursday by Bemicts Ueho Publishing Hamida Mas Sobewipticsn Rates listed. Advertisements such as Weated Lost Found Stra od Por Sale Te Let Rtc require first insertion codes. Change of advertisement must be in the office by Tuesday for same week. C. W. Venables H. Josey.
In a March 25 1917 letter to The Echo residents weigh the proposed purchase of the Mote Cecil hotel by village and rural councils. They debate funding shares a rest room idea and urge ratepayers to vote on April 4 while cautioning against supporting a non profitable venture and taxing all to favor outsiders or favored interests.
A Hamiota letter to The Echo questions council estimates for a hotel project due to high repair and upgrade costs. The writer cites $1400 repairs, warns the total could reach $4000 plus annual heating at about $900 and insurance taxes of $200, totaling over $2000 yearly, and worries about tenant viability and future charges. The piece reflects concern over municipal liabilities and ongoing costs.
For weeks C E Newell presented educational moving pictures in his regular program. Ford Motor Co of Ford Ontario released the films and provided detailed industry views valuable to both youths and adults. The Musical Eckards Swiss Bell Ringers appear April 1 in McConnell Hall with a program of novelties and melody. Admission 25 and 75 cents.
The Home Economic Society holds a gardening meeting in the Methodist basement on Tuesday at 4 PM with Mr A C Kemp addressing. Members are urged to bring knitting for the Red Cross and discuss food-producing gardens for the season. A Winnipeg letter requests districts to report available experienced domestic help for Manitoba farms to head office. Mies Senior will run a one week Home Dressmaking Class in the Methodist basement starting April 8 at 10 am with a 35 cent fee.
Excerpt notes the Shorthorn Breeders Association offering a special price of ten dollars for membership, with five dollars credited toward a beet steer calf and five toward the best heifer calf sired by a purebred Shorthorn sire. The prize includes a free Shorthorn Club membership for the year awarded to the winner. Officer names listed include J. McConnell as President and E. J. Venables as Secretary.
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