Boy Scouts Hold Engaging Meeting and Jamboree Plan
The gathering saw nearly all scouts present except Scout Mc Connell who was ill. Eagle Patrol won the knot tying contest while McConnell and Keough staged a two round boxing bout. Capt. Oakes of the Salvation Army gave a practical talk to the boys. Plans announced for an old time Jamboree on Halloween night and a September 29 meeting. An auto competition with thirteen car owners in Hamiota was also held and a winning story was read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McConnell
Eagle Patrol
McConnell and
Keough
Capt. Oakes
Salvation Army
Hallowe'en
Boy Scouts
Hamiota
The Lawyer and the Chest Ghostly writ stirs a list of speed law violators
A lawyer awakes to a ghostly Book of Doom listing names of those who speed and break traffic rules. He begs to publish the list but is told to relay it to a newspaper. The spectre reveals the curious case of a single name, J Griffin, among the many others.
Halloween Night Open for Boy Scout Celebration
Mr. R S Hodge who has been visiting in Rapid City Killarney and Winnipeg returned from holidays on Saturday. Mr C R Moore of the Union Bank staff at McCreary Man is spending a week in town with his parents Mr and Mrs J P Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R S. Hodge
Rapid City
Killarney
Winnipeg
C R. Moore
Union Bank
McCreary, Man
Mrs J. P. Moore
Fire Prevention Week Marks October Dates and Chicago Blaze
The piece recalls the 1871 Chicago fire started by Mrs O Leary's cow and notes annual fire losses in Canada and the U S now averaging 500 million dollars and about 15 000 lives yearly. It promotes the International Fire Prevention Week observed from October 6 to 11 with a public call to improve fire safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Leary
Chicago
Canada
United States
Grobb to Visit Dauphin at Foxs Jewellery Store
Charley A. Grobb of Dauphin will be at Foxs Jewellery Store on the next open date, with appearances scheduled every second month. The upcoming visit is set for Wednesday October 15th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
Montreal Misadventure Ends With Work And Return
Two men, Joe and Bill, arrive in Montreal with only dress clothes. After being robbed, they seek aid at Windsor Station and join the snow shoveling crew. They earn back their travel funds and return home, their ordeal contrasted with film fiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Bill
Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Windsor
Birth notices and a brief memoriam item
At Pope on September 24 a son was born to Mr and Mrs Arthur of Pope. At Oakner on September 24 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs W E B Francis of Oakner. In Memoriam Henry Pate lies here Tread softly all who pass He thought his foot was on the brake but it was on the gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope
Arthur
Oakner
W. EB. Francis
Henry Pate
Big Rock at Bon Echo and the Lost Indian Treasure
The article recounts legends of Meyer's Cave on Bon Echo Rock in Eastern Ontario. It details ancient religious ceremonies, mysterious hieroglyphs, and a contested tale of trader Meyers who reportedly found silver, left a map, and died after a perilous journey. Many expeditions have searched, but the treasure remains elusive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacques Cartier
St. Lawrence
Hochelaga
Lake Mazinawe
Ontario
Bon Echo
Lake Ontario
Continent
Big Rock
Brockville
Trenton
John Meyers
Moira
Skootamatta
Loumishtigouche Lake
Meyers
Uni
Skoot
Belleville
George Merrill
Bon Echo Inn
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Hamiota Tieat Market
J. P. Moore
Prop
Lama ‘L’co
Imperial Lumber Yards To
A. Kerr
Mgr
Laminated Materials Co., Ltd
New Westminster, B.C
van Alstyne’s Garage
D. van Alstyne
The
Hamiota Sheet Metal Works
Cisternus
Plum Lang
Kavetroughing
Manitoba Hardware Co
A. G. Brown
Portage la Prairie
Farmers’ Mutual
Mamroas
Fire Insurance Company
Portage
Mutual
Portage Mutual
Manitoba
G. B. Shoup
Brandon
Jamiota
Ok River District
Burgess
Penny
Kurnees
Echo
Brooks
Houck
Stewart
Agrarianus Stable
Doc Hudson
Medico
Surgeonable
Noble
Moore
Homuth and
Taylor
van Alstyne
J Griffin
R A Swyers
Lailor
tNamiota
Chas. A. Grobb
Optometrist
Europe
America
Ravitins
Quebec
Sw. den
Alfred
England
Memoriam
Canadian Packing CO
Empire Wallpapers
Linerusta
Budape
Sanitile
Amy Job
W.V. Josey
Hamiota Lodge
C. F
Hamiotseo
Fred. Watson
N.G
JOT
Anderson Secretar
F. M. Coombs
Hameota
Orrick
Court Hamiota
Court Ham Ta Nuneveld
Oranges Hall
R, Eb, Skillicorn C.R
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