23 May 1918
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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
1
The notice urges immediate purchases of coal as American shipments to Winnipeg decline. It cautions that few American coal supplies will reach Winnipeg, making Western coal highly demanded. Summer stocking is advised to avert a severe energy shortage.
Prepared lump and stove size coal for furnace and domestic use. Stocks for an indefinite period with minimal degradation. High heat units, low soot, and only five percent ash. All cars loaded over sixty six feet of round hole shaker screen leaving some entirely free from stack and screenings. We present our proposal on your coal requirements.
Local notices report Roy Houck home on furlough from Toronto. Oak River Fair directors decide not to hold a fair this year. Victoria Day store closures noted, railway service to Brandon and Miniota resumes, and various social and military notices from Oak River and surrounding towns.
Hamiota's Departmental Store launches a promotion offering a 1918 Gray Dort car free to the first correct estimate from a jar contest. Shoppers earn one entry per dollar spent with no required purchases. Contest runs May 20 to July 20 with a sample jar displayed in the window.
A grocery and department sale lists value items at one dollar each. Apparel includes Gray Dart Ladies undergarments and gloves, dress goods, and boys and men's clothing with all pieces priced at $1.00. Food items feature canned goods, cocoa, dates and coffee, with multiple two-for-$1.00 style offerings.
Public notices announce seven percent loan opportunities on improved farm lands in Hamiota area. Municipalities discuss drug store sale of gopher poison at McNaught’s Drug Store. A telephone policy change charges 2.00 for calls between 9 p.m. and 9 a.m. and WANTED ads seek bicycle agents and printing office premises.
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