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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
4
Around town football and basketball fever fills Saturday nights with about thirty five spectators. People practice nightly in front of Mr Ben Wystra. April has passed and June nears while a weathered road to the railroad hinder wheat transport, with two rows of worn laths awaiting work.
The 29th annual Manitoba Sunday School convention will be held at Portage la Prairie June 10 to July 2. An expected 750 to 1,000 delegates will hear leaders such as Marion Lawrence and Rev. William McLean with a programme featuring top speakers from across the country. Delegates cover their own entertainment, while local hosts arrange accommodations and reduced rates where possible. Delegates with a standard certificate signed by W. H. Irwin will receive a free ticket to their home station.
The May issue highlights hunting stories on specee mountain goat deer and ducks by Rev Dr Murdoch and W Hickson. It profiles salmon and maskinonge fishing, Early Postal Difficulties in Eastern Canada, a Swiss Alps climbing accident, northern mail carriers and the Hudson Bay Company, plus a Dance Donts page and a one legged trapper.
The text argues against folk beliefs about boils and eruptions and warns mothers against withholding water. It promotes scientific explanations of skin diseases, notes infections are not caused by blood or lymph, and advocates internal and external water as a safe antipyretic while cautioning against certain drugs. It cites measles, scarlet fever, and smallpox in discussing eruptive diseases.
The first Bank of England note forgery occurred in 1738 by Richard William Waugh a linen draper of Stafford. His motive was love and vanity as he forged notes to woo a young woman who later passed one, leading to his arrest and execution by hanging.
In a quaint exchange, Mr. Ransom recalls winning his bride and admits humility at the prize. Mrs. Ransom affirms her love and recalls turning down other suitors, insisting she chose him above all.
Weary Walker recounts a playful exchange with Rathless Broderick about seeing and sawing wood. The tale centers on a back yard wood pile and a breakfast offer, ending with a twist about not seeing what was sawed. The humor hinges on repetition and misunderstanding.
Forty thousand people die of famine in Uganda. Seagram's Seismic wins the King's Plate at Toronto opening, setting a record. Senate debate on grain act amendment seeks government control of terminal elevators. Wallace municipality advances a government supervised municipal telephone system costing 35000 dollars for 236 subscribers.
The notice lists voter registration dates and locations for Kamiota Hamiota Oak River and Rapid City with a revision court date. Registration clerk A B St John of Newdale is named.
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