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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 01, 1917
Page
4
Transient advertisements details for Cheemiota Echo published weekly with rates 61.0 per canuem ic advance. Notice mentions change of editions must be delivered by Tuesday to ensure same week publication. Signed by W. Venables and H. Josey.
A 1917 essay extols wheat as secure value and compares paper money to durable wheat. It praises the Dominion of Canada pledge on Victory Bonds at five and a half percent, arguing bonds are as good as wheat and as safe as the Bank of England.
Private Merton Atkinson writes from France October 3 1917 to Hamiota noting he is well and with comrades Fred Heddesheimer Gordon Rennie and other Hamiota boys. He mentions his father serving in France and that they have not yet met but expect to soon.
A Social Service Convention at Crandall last Thursday endorsed a resolution urging the new Union Government to prohibit the manufacture and interprovincial shipment of intoxicating liquor. Delegates also pressed Manitoba to amend the Temperance Act to curb liquor exports and opposed hotel subsidies. Officers were elected and delegates appointed to Winnipeg for the Social Welfare Congress, with a budget set for the Prohibition campaign and local district committees formed to raise funds.
Pte. Merton M. Atkinson writes from France after sixteen months in the south battalion. He notes enlisting two years ago and spending more than half that time in France. He closes with hope for continued luck and well wishes to readers.
A list of individuals including Crandall W HW Stewart K Mart BeotiaJan Smith Jr Jas A abnerGeo VY Rankin T Riddell Arwold A W Poennaheber Wyatt Lavinia E W McConnell Tremaine McConnell A D McConnell Herbert Pollock Chomah John Kirk Fred Andres Miniota Russell Lynch Bert Kabella S P Heine Blerie John Bull appears as partial names in an OCR text fragment.
James A. Stewart, appraiser for the Cabada Permanent Mortgage Co, announces money to loan on farm property. He offers financing options and invites inquiries from farmers and landowners seeking mortgage funds.
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