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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 02, 1900
Page
1
An advertisement lists items for sale including carpet cleaning aids, garden seeds such as field peas field corn and turnip seed, various grasses and lawn seeds, wall paper stocks, and Arden rakes and hoes with pricing notes. Tools include spades and shovels.
N B notes store closing time at 7 p.m. on all days except Tuesday and Saturday.
The city of Hull suffers a catastrophic blaze, leaving over seven thousand people homeless across more than a thousand families. Canada grants 100000 toward relief as subscriptions flood in from across the country, while British papers urge substantial aid from the empire. Meanwhile Winnipeg faces a smallpox outbreak with eleven confirmed cases and fear of wider transmission traced to a traveler from Australia.
The health authorities label a contagious outbreak and pursue contact tracing to quarantine exposed individuals. Hotels and private homes may face surveillance, with Strathclair hotel already quarantined. Prophylaxis via vaccination is planned for those never inoculated, possibly at municipal expense, under compulsory public health law.
District teachers met Saturday to organize a summer institute. Officers elected were President J H Chalmers and Sec Treas H Heasman. Miss Carswell of Palmerston school spoke on Nature Study and Chalmers lectured on spelling, highlighting debate and importance. Next meeting set for late May with notice to follow.
Witness T. L. Martin of Dixie Kentucky describes intense coughing fits that kept him awake nightly. He credits Dr Kings New Discovery with instant relief and says his family has used it four years. He asserts it stops coughing and can prevent or cure consumption. Price fifty cents.
Free trial bottles offered at Lawsons Drug Store accompany a guarantee on every bottle priced at one dollar.
Junior department ran 20 days with 53 pupils enrolled and 38 average attendance. Promoted from Grade III to Senior include Roy Pedlow Greta MacKay Annie Murray Ida Vanables Willie Wilson. Senior department open 20 days attendance 44 with promotions to Grade VI Willie Kirk Bert Davies Grade V Annie McRae Grade IV Ethel Latimer Lily Cavanaugh Flossie Wilson Jennie Moore Lottie Basler Laura Brandon Bell Gutteridge. Highest marks: Grade VI Hattie Whitely Gordon Middleton. Grade V Willie Heddesheimer Lorne McConnell. Senior Grade IV Ethel Whitely Willie Allshire. Junior Grade IV Flossie Wilson Cora Brandon. Best maps Eddie Stinson. Parents urged to start six-year-olds Monday May 7 for a new beginners class. late admission after next week. Road improvements planned with scrapers. post office to move to town next week. Proposal for tri weekly mail from Elkhorn instead of semi weekly. Petition to grant unit. Great North West Central Railway reaches track end. Hickling & Stout visited Rapid City.
An advertisement promises increased strength and mental clarity from Dr King's New Life Pills. The 25 cent box is sold by Dr. Lawson with claims of renewed energy and improved social and business success.
Harry Blackwell returns from Ontario to visit brother Robert. Mrs Geo Clendenning is very ill but hoped to recover soon. Walter Budd left for Rapid City last week. Mr H Bell recovered from a two week illness. Rev Mr Baldock arrives from Foxton to lead the field vacated by Rev D A B Stoddart. W H English starts building a stone house. The Christian Endeavor Society shifts its meeting to Sundays for the summer.
Seeding is near completion in the district. Enterprise Company of Toronto picks local agents to handle goods. Arrowton improves in morals as youths sign temperance pledge. Ella Robinson recovers from scarlet fever. Selwood leaves W Lipsett for Lavinia. W J Robinson travels to Brandon to resume college studies. A Lavinia wedding is expected.
Messrs. Ross and Selwood dissolve their partnership and future work will be carried on by Mr. 065. Mr and Mrs T Evoy of Rapid City visited friends in town. Robt Hawthorne moved into his new blacksmith shop and reports brisk business. Miners occupies the upper part of the building as wagon maker. D Fraser erected an implement warehouse and took the Frost Wood implements agency. Miniota Municipality plans to purchase a grader and six wheel.
A fragmented market page lists grain prices for wheat and oats with decimals and codes. Prices shown include No 1 hard wheat at 90 and oats feed at 21, while butter figures appear as prints and related notes.
Hallett at Oak River on Saturday April osth reports the wife of Frank Hellett bears a son. McRae at Hamiota on Thursday April 1900 notes Robert Calvin, youngers son Christie and John McRae aged 5 years 7 months and Ls days.
The undersigned is prepared to do tenoay this season. Apply with Unger at Carlingville P.O. for details and negotiations regarding seasonal employment.
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