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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 26, 1900
Page
4
The notice lists weekly church activities: Presbyterians meet Sundays 7 pm and Thursdays prayer at 5 pm. Epworth League Sundays and other youth groups meet at 4 10 pm and 2 pm. Invites all to attend services, with Rev F P Davies as pastor and FM Tennyson as secretary-treasurer.
Local brief items report visits from W Ferguson M P P and residents from Rapid City and Winnipeg. Changes include post office name updates to Miniota and Crandell, new cashier Miss Mackay, a typhoid case, church furnace plans, and the first hospital death at Shoal Lake. Weather and rail clock upgrades noted amid ongoing threshing delays and sidewalk concerns.
MN B Jackson representing the North of Scotland Mortgage Co as fire life and accident insurer and loan lender. Banding loans at 7 percent on farm lands and village property prospects.
John Leonard son of Robert King of Viola Dale died at home on Sunday September 23. He is buried in Hamiota cemetery with Rev. P. W. Davies officiating. A service will be at the school house on Sunday September 30. He was 9 years 11 months and 6 days old and well liked by his schoolmates who served as pallbearers. The community offers condolences to the family.
A pleasant meeting featured Miss Mary Frazer presenting a paper on work among the Indians of the North-West Territory and British Columbia. Rev. Mr. Crozier delivered a pleasing and profitable address as officers were nominated for the next quarter and the roll call conducted.
Mrs John Dowling of Butler Pennsylvania battled a three year stomach illness with nausea and indigestion. After two months on Electric Bitters she reports complete relief, weight gain, and renewed strength. The tonic aids digestion, cures dyspepsia, and improves appetite. Only 50 cents guaranteed at Dr Lawson's drug store.
This week a number of notices are sent to Herald readers with subscriptions in arrears. Hundreds of dollars are due the paper from delinquent subscribers and while the amounts are small there is no reason to delay payment. Pay up your arrears to keep the local paper continued.
An Ottawa despatch states the department intends to cancel any sales found tainted with fraud after completing the investigation into impropriety in recent tobacco school land auctions.
Despite very disagreeable weather the Coontown 400 performance drew about two thirds full and earned heavy applause. The colored company impressed with singing and dancing and many encores followed. The finale Every Nation has a Flag but the Coon was a crowd pleaser. The troupe performs again tonight with an all new programme and is expected to attract a bumper house.
Campaign brochure extolls John W. Thompson as the pro Lavalier government choice over Roche. It cites tax cuts, tariff advantages, imperial loyalty, and policy aims including tariff relief on farm goods, expanded transport, and prohibition of liquor, urging farmers and industrial interests to vote Thompson.
ADA Milne administratrix will offer by public auction on Saturday October 1 1900 at Hamiota House Manitoba the NW quarter of section 24 township 15 range 24 west of the first meridian about ten miles NW of Hamiota sixty acres cultivated with a small one storey frame house terms include 2 percent cash at sale 1 percent within one month and balance within one year with 6 percent interest on unpaid balance. Solicitor M Bb Jackson Hamiota Man. September 10.
An advert claims the product removes ailments firmly, purporting it can do the work easily and perfectly without drastic measures. It touts cures for headache and constipation and promotes a 25 cent price at Lawson's drug store.
A local millinery offers fall and winter hats including Castors Pearl trims and staple colors. Leading styles listed include Wheel West End Brig adies Redfern Mexican Erminie Eclipse with novelties like feathers pompons ostrich plumes aigrettes and veiling from 15e. Mourning goods are a specialty and prices are advertised as right.
A Paris cablegram reports the Canadian Pacific Railway Company receiving a gold medal for its exhibit at the Exposition and a silver medal for displaying a section of its palatial sleeping car.
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