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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 16, 1902
Page
4
A stream of items covers visitors, engagements, and local movements in Hamiota and surrounding towns. Notices include weddings, theater plans for Winnipeg, excursion trains to Brandon, shipments to the Winnipeg fair, church services, school events, and a court decision in Scott versus McKay.
Brandon district farmer Mr. Thos Kidd visits friends as crops advance. Cran Call grain town shows early harvest progress with over 425 000 bushels delivered. James Todd begins a new store to be the town’s largest building. The town mourns George Brown’s typhoid death in Owen Sound. New homes rise, old shacks fade, and local baseball contacts grow.
Freight train service frustrations disrupt merchants and builders delaying lumber and stock from Winnipeg. Lenore picnic yields enjoyable day while Crandall team misses, two teams compete with Galt winning a lopsided baseball score. An athletic 100 yard event was won by a Crandall boy.
The Miniota union holds a Sunday school picnic and lawn social at the old grounds with an afternoon for children and evening strawberries and ice cream. A new elevator for 30,000 bushels is being built by Thompson and Stewart. site east of Gerrand's coal shed. Freight service has been poor. CPR stores freight in Minnedosa due to washout repairs, prompting a call for joint protest for better regional service.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church will hold a lawn social Monday July 28 on the lawn beside Mrs Anderson and Mrs Tennyson homes. Tea from 7 to 9, booths selling ice cream and bananas and cream, a musical programme, and a 25 cent admission at the gate.
The event occurred on Wednesday evening July 2 as Bellz McDougall, eldest daughter of Mrs. McDougall of Ralphton, married Mr. Mas Riddell of Hamiota. Groom’s brother Peter gave away the bride. bridesmaid Tena McDougall wore blue cashmere and a watch chain from Peter complemented the wedding. A Rev John D. Gillian officiated and a large family dinner followed amid praised table decor by Mrs. McVicar.
A brief notice notes Amber Plug Smoking Tobacco is winning on its merits and asks readers to try it. It invites readers to save the tags as valuable.
A large circle of friends honored the newly married couple with heartfelt congratulations and well wishes for long, happy, and useful lives as they left for their home.
The July 3 meeting notes the reeve presiding with all members present. Communications discuss drainage and reprinting. A hospital grant was debated with no guarantee of use. A bridge repair plan was proposed to a Pangman bridge task group.
Council endorses seven bridges Mich aels Sparling Hays Millers Smythe Nesbites and Julyans at 250 dollars each with piles and improved approaches. Koster plan to be used except one cheaper bridge and work to start when timber arrives in Gak River village, total contract 300 dollars per bridge.
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