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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 30, 1901
Page
1
A reader from H A Fraser urges the editor to hold the council as a whole responsible for slow progress on Ward 4 roads and sidewalks. He argues all members share responsibility, while urging residents to bring issues to their ward councillor and, if needed, appeal to the full council.
Ottawa dispatches report Senator Templeman of Victoria will join the Dominion cabinet as minister of marine and fisheries. The Neepawa Register notes provincial control of Canadian Northern railway rates is not yet in place, with reductions likely due to the railroad’s generosity. A Montreal want ad pair highlights wages, city versus country labor value, while farmers report resumed plowing and threshing progress. Winnipeg elevator runs dry for gasoline, Ross & Howard expand lumber stock, and a church concert is planned. A threshing engine fire destroys three hundred bushels of wheat and Breen’s store is burned in a separate disaster.
Citizens rallied to battle a blaze that consumed a store and endangered the livery stable as south east winds drove heat toward the structure. Boots, shoes, and dry goods were saved and stored in the Massey Harris shed.
Wheat traffic fills the McConnell elevator as Winnipeg buyers arrive while local merchants expand plans. Hamiota figures in real estate activity with two lots bought for a lumber and implements venture by R Allenby. Threshing progresses with most grain graded No 1 hard and several area residents noted.
The Blanchard council met October 24 1901 with all members present except Smyth Reeve chair. They extended the assessment roll deadline to December 1 and fixed the Reeve and councillor nominations for December 3 1901 with polls on December 17 at six wards. By-laws Nos 186 187 188 were read and passed and accounts reviewed.
The council approved juror payments to Cochran and Reeve and related officers totaling several dollars and a 50.00 donation to Winnipeg General Hospital charged to William Addis. A December 1901 auction notice for Oak River was authorized with the Clerk as auctioneer.
Market snapshot from Hamiota listing wheat grades and prices including No 1 hard and rejected grades, flour and potatoes, butter, and feed commodities with scattered price figures and denotations. The fragmentary OCR preserves item names and broad price cues for local agricultural goods.
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