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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1901
Page
1
Men’s fleeced lined suits priced at a dollar and up to one dollar ten. All wool suits range from a dollar twenty five to three dollars, offering best value. Large stock of mitts gloves caps socks, men’s boy’s and children’s suits, overcoats peajackets reefers. See black worsted suits in single or double breasted styles. Flannel and flannelette fabrics well represented. Call and be convinced.
The advertisement touts an extensive holiday selection including Lemon Sandwiches Jam Jams May Blossom Raspberry Turnovers Orange Blossoms and Windsor wafers at low prices. It lists dried fruits nuts figs raisins mince meat molasses and chocolates and promotes a Gent's Furnishing and Dry Goods section with neckwear silks handkerchiefs and a wide array of glassware and toys for Christmas shoppers.
The notice sets weekly publication Wednesdays with annual subscriptions in advance. Contract rates shown on application and no contract shorter than three months. Transient ads priced per line with first week at lc and subsequent weeks at sc. Special notices priced 0c for first insertion and 2c for later insertions. Church events with admission fees charged at transient rates. no notices in local columns.
More than 18,000,000 bushels of wheat shipped from Fort William last Saturday, nearly doubling prior records and totaling over 9 million dollars paid to Manitoba and Territories farmers. An estimated 37,000,000 bushels remain to be shipped from Manitoba. At Winnipeg Liberal convention rural delegates discussed the Manitoba Grain Act, noting farmers can challenge local grading by sending a sample to the Winnipeg chief inspector for a regrade and cash adjustment if the local grade is too low.
Local shop announces a large assortment of fresh Candies for the Christmas trade. Mixed Chocolates priced at 35c per pound with 25 flavors, undercutting other outlets selling at 50c per pound.
The annual meeting at Orange hall Hamiota on December 9 opened with the president Mr Philip Kerr in the chair. The secretary read and approved the last minutes and presented the 1901 annual report detailing progress including an agreement to purchase about 30 acres adjoining the town for future grounds.
The Society reports purchasing grounds for 800 with 6 percent interest and spending about 540 on fence and roof wire over two years. A race track is planned next year to boost fair day attendance and improved buildings. Gate receipts rose to 190 this year, and plans include a permanent agricultural hall. The report praises Institute work, ploughing match success, and urges farmer support while noting a 275.14 balance.
A new arrival in a western town discovers a split community as locals counsel him against rivals and expose rivalries. He meets A and X amid warnings from the reeve and ministers, each masking petty feuds and shifting loyalties.
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