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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 09, 1901
Page
1
Public notice of advertising terms from the Hamiota Herald lists weekly publication on Wednesdays with subscription at $1 yearly. Rates include contract ads with minimum three months, transient ads 12 cents per line first week and six cents thereafter, special notices six cents first insertion and two cents each subsequent, and restrictions on notice length. Church events with admission fees follow transient rates.
Mr Harrop addressed the community and a social programme followed. Miss Ethel Sparling left for Brandon for normal school training. John Peters of Rapid City school visited family. Oak River school term closed after six months with fourteen December attendance days averaging thirty. Final exam top scores listed for Geo Roxburgh Annie Todd Maud Glinz Arthur Glinz Jennie Hanna David Brown Fred Wilson Ernest Glinz John Hays. The Misses Todd visiting Rapid City. W A Thomson visited town.
A town news summary reports Xmas school programs by Methodist and Presbyterian units, a new term for teacher A Bell, a surprise gift for Mr Harrop for ringing the town bell, and talks of upcoming marriages. Other items note Mr McNaulty selling his grocery, D Crossley selling household goods, and residents planning travel or relocation within Manitoba.
Minutes show council resumes with W Miller applying for secretary treasurer and acceptance of the application. Committee appointments made including Finance Roads and Bridges. By law 175 introduced and passed. Auditors named. payments approved for health officer, election costs, printing, and other expenses. Meetings scheduled for 1901 with a full assessment roll adoption and by law actions.
Market notes list wheat types and prices for a rural Manitoba town. Wheat hard 90 58 and 46 ranges. butter prints and potatoes per bushel priced around 0 35. various grains show small fluctuations in a dry, terse commodity roundup.
The council met January 2 1991 with all members present to consider official salaries. Henry Smyth was approved as secretary treasurer earning 225.00 to draft by laws handle tax sales and report meetings to the Hamida Herald. Carried.
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