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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 07, 1903
Page
1
A period advertisement offers a 10 percent discount on clothing and fur caps from the Russian Buffalo Fur Co. It notes a well assorted stock of groceries for the Xmas trade and highlights a tea sale at 30 cents per unit.
The Herald is published every Wednesday from Hamion Manitoba with annual subscription 81 in advance. Advertising terms include contract rates by application, minimum three months, transient 1c per line first week and rising each week, with 30c minimum charge and ten line limit. Notices of charged socials or entertainments follow the transient rate.
The intermediate department reports December honor lists with names by grade. Grade I includes Roy Storray Meen W Whitely Joseph Whyte John Fraser Mabel Fraser. Sr Grade IV lists Ida Thomson Mabel Pedlow Annie Murray Mary Latimer. Jr Grade IV lists John Wilson Gertie McConnell Alex Venables Lisle McLean Harold Ferguson. sr Grade II lists Edna Cavanaugh Bertha Stephens. Jr Grade II lists Dolly Heddesheimer Hilda Anchorman Wilfred Cavanaugh Elva Cowan Jennie
Mr J Young of the Immigration Branch of the Department of the Interior will be at Flamiota from January 24 to 26 to receive applications from farmers seeking workers. The department notes a rising immigration flow and has adopted this system to benefit both farmers and new settlers, seeking experienced and inexperienced boys, single men, and couples.
Mr A C Frazer of Brandon has agreed to speak at a mass meeting in McConnell Hall on January 13 at the invitation of the Hamiota Liberal Association. The group invites all electors and encourages them to bring their wives.
A. Baldwin, a clerk who absconded with employer A. C. Campbell’s money and forged Campbell’s signature on a $65 cheque cashed at the Bank of Hamilton in Minnedosa, is linked to another $65 forged cheque at Western Clothing Co. Winnipeg. A warrant has been issued for his arrest, but he remains at large.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wyllie visited Pipestone last week. Mrs. Dobson, once seriously ill, is now recovering. Mr. Hugh Woods recovers from an accident. Mr. Thomas McLay, a Brandon College student, paid a flying visit to our district. Miss Parr, recently housebound, resumes duties at the post office. Rev. S. J. Nickie returns to Wes ley College after holidays. Rev. John Lewis gave a New Year lecture on his trip to the Old Country. Attendees felt well repaid to hear it.
The Winnipeg Free Press announces a change for Weekly subscribers. The initial ten picture set is withdrawn and subscribers will now receive twelve paintings on delivery of their order, plus one more each month during 1903. The twelve reproductions received are described as beautiful and well chosen for home display.
Mr William Kemp learns of the death by drowning of his brother Chas Kemp in Lansprint South Africa. A Baden Powell constabulary member who had joined the Boer War effort, he swam across a river in December and expired from exhaustion before comrades could help. His body was recovered two hours later. The loss comes just weeks after word that he planned to return home in March.
A veteran recounts witnessing General Grant being struck by a policeman during a fire at the Masonic temple after Grant’s presidency. The tale emphasizes Grant’s silent response and the officer’s stern actions to clear a crowd near the Fifth Avenue hotel. The narrator reflects on Grant’s restraint and enduring greatness.
Mercury's year spans 88 days, Venus 225 days, Mars unknown. Thunder clouds rarely exceed two miles. seven miles is outer cloud height. The moon's edge is rugged enough to affect totality length in solar eclipses. Sun heat lifts 37 million tons of earth water each minute. A coal cube 200 miles on each side would need burning each second for same work. Beehive ovens give way to modern German charcoal methods saving by products. A human blood contains colorless liquid with red cells, about a million per drop, capable of division into smaller cells.
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