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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1915
Page
5
A playful poem recounts a boating trip to a lake with friends. They set up a tent named Lafangrotat, enjoy meals and rest, brave a skunk visit, swim daily, attempt fishing with little luck, and plan to camp again at Shoal Lake next year despite the world’s upheavals.
The newspaper seeks correspondents in Decker McConnell Lavinia Crandall Oakner Pope and nearby areas to provide news items. Editors will vet submissions for interest and relevance and avoid personal or promotional pieces.
Local church listings include schedules for Church of England Zion Methodist Knox Presbyterian and others with times for Sunday services Sunday schools and guild meetings along with pastor names and contact numbers for Ellenville McConnell Marland and nearby communities.
A lengthy passage outlines eligibility for homesteads including age, residency, and farm size requirements, plus terms for entry by proxy, cultivation duties, house building, and pre emption. It also mentions purchased homesteads and substitutions of livestock for cultivation, with price at 3.00 per acre and residency rules across three years. The document then shifts to a critical letter to the editor about wartime patriotism and community support for local young men shipping to the front, urging visible encouragement and action from local leaders.
A poem urges that heroism is not marching to war or flashing flags but doing one’s part daily. It speaks of courage and honesty as the true measure, suggesting personal virtue yields a greater joy than military glory. The piece emphasizes quiet integrity over public glory.
The poem urges enlistment for national service. It appeals to courage and duty, cites Belgium’s wrongs, and frames the call to action through a patriotic voice. It contrasts fear with conscience and promises support from Canadian forces and the Maple Leaf Forever.
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