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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1901
Page
4
The text lists religious services and meetings: Pest Pastor Rex S. Kiddell leads Sunday services at 7 p.m. with Sunday School at 2 p.m. Prayer meetings Wednesdays at 8 p.m. Young People's Society meets Thursdays at 4 p.m. Epworth League gathers Tuesdays at 5 p.m. All are welcome. church is Presbyterian with Methodist activities noted.
Municipal lands for taxes are up for sale today. Visitors include Geo Brown of Owen Sound and Ed Butler of Ranchville. Various social events and travels span Crandell, Miniota, Oak River, and Brandon with lectures by Rev. J H Hector, church openings, weddings, and school activities.
Miss Frazer receives Holly for Christmas and Dr. McInnis may visit for discharge practice. Mrs. Basler visits son Sir G. Basler in town while Miss Hotel returns to Bakwills tailors. Crown events include Mason & Risch vocalition cost about 600 dollars and a grand New Year carnival at the rink. Talks cover Lipsett farm sale, Cedric and Cherry Ripe sires, Gitana concert company slated for Dec 30, and multiple theater dates across towns. The article notes an enteric fever illness of Sergt. Geo Armstrong and a vote of thanks correction for Maplewood school. The grain blockade persists as Fort William shipments rise and elevators fill.
The store touts Christmas ties in 25c 50c and 75c line along with mufflers priced 75c 1.00 1.25 and 1.50. It features lace satin and velvet ladies ties, silk varieties, belts with buckles, Windsor child ties, and a range of handkerchiefs for ladies children and men.
Miss Frazer carries a stock of about 33 000 to 4 000 dollars and reports being more than pleased with results. She is ably assisted in her store by Miss Mabel Kerr and Miss Annie Frazer.
Miss Magrie Beamish visits relatives in Hamiota. S. J. McKee and James Warren visited Brandon last week. W. H. English suffers from neuraglia. Rev Laycock and Mr Speers of Oak Lake visited friends. John Parr and Cooper Hunter are on the sick list. C P R resident engineers left for Winnipeg. H V Clendenning went to Madison Wisconsin for winter at an agricultural college.
A Herald reporter visited Miss Frazer's book and gift shop noted abundant Christmas displays. Windows feature chinaware and Raphael Tuck cards priced to $3, while leather goods, cased pictures, and novelties fill the front. Inside, religious books from Oxford and Nelson presses, Bibles, hymnals, and poets works line shelves for holiday gifts alongside adventure books, Sunday school outfits, toys, and musical instruments.
Municipal elections held yesterday show little overall excitement. Ward 4 reports a heavy turnout with Walter Whyte defeating Jos Beamish by a larger than expected margin. H A Fraser, seeking reeve, gains a strong 43 vote lead in Ward 4. Plebiscite favors borrowing for road improvements only in Ward 4, giving Fraser a 17 vote lead as Ward 6 awaits results.
Elegant Chinaware display features French China Sets Water Sets Berry Sets Fruit and Tea Sets now in stock. Noting the refined collection, customers are invited to view the new chocolate glassware alongside the fine dinnerware.
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