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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 05, 1916
Page
4
The notice outlines the weekly Theraday publication by the Veto Patiching Co with Arthur Setewiption Rates per annum. It lists prices for advertisements such as For Sale To Let and other inserts. Changes must be submitted to the office soon to ensure timely publication.
The Canadian Pacific railway announces immediate reduced freight rates on cattle returning from Calgary Edmonton Winnipeg Moosonee or Saskatoon to country points. The offer targets breeding finishing or feeding cattle and relies on signed certificates from Grain Growers Association officials. Rates apply across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta excluding western Alberta stations past Canora.
Grace Rebekah Lodge No. 35 invites participation in a Saturday Oct 14 event at the Orange Hall open 2 p.m. contest 2:30 p.m. Entries 25c with multiple categories including children and ladies over 65. Proceeds aid the Hamiota Ladies Patriotic Society and feature a Kitchener Toe and sock kits.
A community gathering at J H McConnell's home on Friday September bids farewell to Miss Morrison, matron of Hamiota Hospital, who departs October for overseas service. Hospital Board president Mr Chambers and local officials praise her service and promise her position awaits her return. The event features music, a reading, and a civic watch gift from the Ladies Hospital Aid, ending with Auld Lang Syne and refreshments.
The article touts Charley's Aunt as a timeless English farce and praises its enduring appeal. A clever company will stage the play at McConnell Hall, Hamiota, on Saturday evening next, Oct. 7, drawing local theatre-goers' enthusiasm.
Local business leaders meet Lieut J W Wilton in McConnell Brow to form a recruiting committee. A three to four man squad will canvass Hamiota and Blanshard east while Rapid City covers the rest. Notes on enlistment will be sent to headquarters and local officials. A hall meeting featured an address on the war and a silver collection funded cigarettes for front line troops.
Visiting days and hours set for private and semi private wards with limits on number of visitors per patient. Restrictions apply on overnight stays without superintendent permission and possible refusal of admission for patient welfare. Visitors must register in the Visitor’s book and parcels require authorization before entering wards. A board charge may be made.
The advertisement outlines entry rules for sole heads of families or any male over 18 to obtain a quarter section of Dominion land in Manitoba Saskatchewan or Alberta. Residency requirements include six months per year for three years with a habitable house and potential proximity rules. Prices set at 3.0 per acre and conditions cover farm size and premption rights.
The Decker School organized its autumn term Literary Society with officers including President Mie Cardelia Howenberger and Treasurer Janet Panabaker. First meeting Sept 22 featured a program with address, chorus The Maple Leaf, readings, humorous stories, and God Save the King.
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