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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 17, 1901
Page
1
The Herald calls for a by law to compel yard cleaning and proper disposal of slops, with barrels and weekly removal to a nuisance ground. It proposes a sanitary constable and compulsory box closets to curb water pollution and disease. Citizens are invited to send opinions or interviews.
Ottawa domestic workers form an association and launch a campaign against Sunday night dinners and suppers. The move aims to protect a universal day of rest as young women go on strike from a seven day occupation. The piece notes rising interest in western issues and a forthcoming sixty four page Presbyterian church periodical. Rev J A Macdonald, editor, visited the west to prepare illustrated material on religious educational and social questions for the May issue.
The education department issues a circular urging general tree planting on Arbor Day Friday May 10. School trustees should fund the events teachers to organize recitations songs and a public ceremony ending with tree planting and addresses by notable citizens. Canadian Forestry pamphlets distributed to school secretaries and distributed to local leaders.
Canadian farmers focus on the Uniform Co-Operative Dairy Herd Test Record as the dairy herd drives Canada's industrial growth. The notice promotes interest in the Dominion experimental farms and their role in agricultural development.
A letter from J H Grisdale, Agriculturist, Ottawa Experimental Farm, appeals to dairy farmers across Canada to share feeding practices and production data. It invites winter and summer rations, milk yield per cow, use of pure bred bulls, by products, and participation in a 1901 dairy herd test with monthly records, postage paid.
The Saturday Night editor critiques the Cook inquiry noting its outcome aligns with expectations. He finds Cook's story improbable and the evidence incoherent yet acknowledges lingering public impact. The piece highlights a politically prominent figure entangled in lobbying for over two years seeking recognition.
The article argues against a ten thousand dollar demand for government appointments, suggesting no government involvement. It condemns a system of bargain and sale in party appointments and fundraising, portraying H. H. Cook as an especially persistent power broker in seeking a public honor.
Market brief lists prices for wheat No 1 hard 80 58, wheat No 2 80, wheat 3 hard 04, wheat rejected, oats white 30, butter prints, beans, hake 700, potatoes per bushel, flour per cwt, pears 16 00, chop per ton.
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