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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 13, 1901
Page
1
Advertises a full range of Field Garden and Flower Seeds. Encourages customers to bring dealer lists for 10 percent savings savings applied when Steele Briggs Co accepts orders or lists. Provides no specific dates or locations.
A nostalgic column recalls a clean dollar’s journey through misfortune and ownership while readers discuss public meetings over a railway contract. Reeve White resists citizen gatherings. Mayor Arbuthnot led Winnipeg meetings. The Farmers’ Institute plans a Saturday session as railway policy faces heavy opposition amid a Northern Pacific withdrawal with a $7.0 million payoff.
Citizens along the North Central C P R line urge a return to an open mail car service to avoid late arrivals and backlogs. They point out the current closed bag system delays letters, hampers replies, and leaves parcels piling up at Minnedoga Brando and Miniola. They note a mail car exists Melita to Miniota and call for the Brandon to Melita clerk to extend through to Miniola. They appeal to the postmaster general for prompt action due to regional growth and shifting demands.
The report highlights a winter season with twenty three dances four taffy pulls and two neck tie parties attended by local youths. One incident tells of a young man named Sam who got lost with fourteen in his sleigh for three hours on the prairie yet reached the harbor safely.
February senior examinations at Lavinia school No 436 list top performers in Arithmetic and Composition Maxim 100 with names such as J W Lief Minerva Lief Gertrude Vanalstine Robbie Alexander Mabel Ball and Stella Vanalstine. Spelling Maxim 100 shows Gertrude Vanalstine Robbie Alexander and others achieving high scores.
In February the school operated for 20 days with an average attendance of 30 from a term enrolment of 43. Top marks went to Grade &: George Roxburgh 223, Maud Glinz 216, Fred Wilson 187, David Brown 150. Grade 7: Ewart McIntyre 183, Ernest Glinz 129. Grade 5 recipients include Thomas Hanna, Mabel Roxburgh, Maggie Todd, James Haight, May Henry, Elda McIntyre, Annie Haight, David Todd.
A fragment lists marriages including Coryisa and Cornish on March 10 in Crandell and Tyiec and Bisset at Miniota. It notes a forthcoming wedding by Rev J Watson and announces applications for the Ham ilota municipality clerk position due by March 13 with salary set by the council.
Lots of snow at Viola Dale and bluffs packed to twelve feet. Tim Pangman has hauled thirty seven loads of wool. J. Houck from Hamiota buys hogs for Winnipeg. Miss Viola Pollock teaches Holy Sea school. S Brown teaches Kerr school briefly. Judge in Brandon rules out forming the Junction district south of here.
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