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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 17, 1901
Page
1
A petition will be sent to the council at the next meeting requesting the appointment of a constable whose duty is to attend to the matters mentioned.
A Hamiota Herald letter urges action against parents who keep British born children from school. It questions ministers magistrates and trustees and cites the Neglected Children's Act. The writer proposes boycotting the noncomplying family and, if needed, relocating them to an Indian reservation until they fulfill schooling duties.
The notice outlines weekly publication Wednesdays from the office of publication with a $1 yearly subscription in advance. It details contract rates on application, minimum three months, transient ads priced per line with first week then per line, and special notices at 2 cents per subsequent insertion with a 30 cent minimum. Church socials with admission fees fall under transient rates. JAS. I. ROSS.
Mr F H Clergue, a Sault Ste Marie capitalist, opposes Sunday labor and operates his works to observe the sabbath. He says rest one day weekly yields best service and hopes others join in developing New Ontario resources. The piece notes public esteem for his stance and calls for civic action on nuisances.
Viola Dale and Mrs Gamsby visit her brother Ss G Brown with children while the school closes for holidays and the teacher takes up carpenter work. Ed Virtue visits the area staying with Jim Pangman. Sunday school picnic nets seventy seven dollars. Andy plans to return to farming after business. W H Brown wins contract to finish the schoolhouse stable. amount thirty dollars.
Miss Ella Brown returns home after visiting her sister Mrs J H Mc Yonnell in Hamiota. Crops are thriving with wheat reaching four feet two inches in some areas and hay hard to obtain due to high water in sloughs. Orangemen did not celebrate on July 12 because many other celebrations were held. Local youths attended the Oak River picnic and enjoyed a good time.
The report lists scores from Lavinia School final examinations held on Friday June 28 for senior grade and lower classes. Students including Roy Walker Melville Lief Minerva Lief Mabel Ball Gertie Van Alstine and others posted marks in Arithmetic Composition History Geography Physiology Spelling and Grape subjects under teacher Gunning.
Mrs Stinson visits Orrwold friends this week as grading halts due to team shortages. Johnson plans moving his house and other buildings to the main road. Miss Hill of Ontario visits Mrs W Stevens. A Hardaker family from Brandon guests of Mr and Mrs O Wallace. A barley stem measured 44 feet pulled from a local grain field last Thursday. Miss Yeandle of Birtle starts as Orrwold school teacher this week. Mr Coldwell and Mr Rupert Stewart exchange pulpits next Sunday. H Decker and A W Lief swap roles at the Sunday school. A severe wind storm Friday night leaves grain lodged. Harry Tench returns home for holidays after applying for a Shoal Lake second class certificate.
Nelson Hodgson contact with an old well while driving a three horse team led to two horses falling in. After hours of effort one horse was rescued and the other drowned in the six foot well due to soft mire at the bottom.
Market notes list wheat grades including No 1 and No 3 with varied values and rejections, plus prices for potatoes per bushel, and commodities such as flaxseed, shorts, and chop per ton. The column records multiple small price points and commodity listings typical of a rural Manitoba market report.
The listing notes a medical office and residence for Diseases of the Eye Far Nose and Throat located on Donald Street near Broadway in Winnipeg.
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