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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 14, 1929
Page
8
IOI 9 ICN XVI Mr M E Chalmers visits Killarney with friends while H D Hanford from Vancouver visits with Mr and Mrs W Lindsay Frequent council and school board meetings are discussed with emphasis on transparency and private nature of wool board gatherings.
Notice lists a dance at Birtie on August 16 with The Midget Orchestra. Also mentions a Belmont vote on Hydro electric proposal defeat and local debts in Virden and Marintoba municipalities.
A pure black gopher was captured near Deloraine and taken to the Ysrandon Museum. Cern Pearson is erecting a residence in town and there are several residences needed in town at present.
Mrs Reverend S D Thomas and her daughter Jennie travel from Giroy California to the district for the holidays to visit relatives and friends.
Sugar is advancing. The price per 100 lb sack is $6.60 cash at time of purchase in Miniota, United States.
Notice invites readers with eye trouble to consult John Arklie at Leam's Hotel this Wednesday. The brief item provides location and day, with no additional details.
A dance event at J J Nichol's Harmsworth on Thursday August 15th features The Midgets orchestral group billed as the easy dancing solution for attendees.
Hamiota residents cancel this year’s horticultural show due to a season unfriendly to flowers and vegetables. Local organizers cite persistent poor growing conditions and unreliable weather as the reason for the shutdown.
A town meeting of the Horticultural Society led to the cancellation of the August 23 and 24 Miniota show.
Provincial governments in Canada sold liquor worth 107,694,384 dollars in 1928. The federal government earned 49,805,291 dollars in revenue and provincial profits totaled 2,855,201 dollars.
A group of Miniota Lodge Masons traveled to Foxwarren on Thursday night to participate in the lodge's institution ceremony, with many members involved in the formation at that location.
Mrs. W. H. Yarwood says from the west that crops in many parts of Saskatchewan are very poor with acres already plowed under due to the devastation.
Gilbert Rowan visited Bran don Friday to see his son George who remains not notably better. George is being taken to a Winnipeg hospital for further examination and treatment.
Residents note unusually long shopping hours with stores staying open late each night to maximize sales. The community observes higher evening traffic and favors nickel saving practices amid current economic pressures.
The article notes ongoing talk on proposed electric lighting propositions for Crandall and Mimieta villages. A decisive move by interested parties is expected soon to ensure electric service by fall.
Mewere McLean and Taylor of the Dominion Survey Branch visited the district on Wednesday to evaluate a possible site for a location.
A proposed emergency landing field for air transport is planned about three miles west of Arrow River on the Hochett and Spalding farm. The field will be equipped with a beacon to aid night navigation and will serve the Winnipeg to Regis mail route once the service begins in the fall with planes leaving around 9 a.m.
Mrs. Charles L. Kely, mother of five, won first prize in an Omaha Bee editorial contest. Her winning piece highlights a neighbor whose home embodies modern architecture and equipment, reflecting themes of progress and prosperity.
A narrator defends investing in his children over charity, arguing education benefits the town. He compares his duty to provide clothing, housing, and feeding to a neighbor’s penny pinch on schooling. He views children as national raw material and community responsibility.
A baby boy was born on Wednesday August 7 at Miniota Hospital to Mr and Mrs W I Wright of Beulah. The infant is the couple's first child and the family is listed in local society notes.
United Stores introduces fall and winter samples for Cambridge made to measure clothes. Call in to view the new lines at Maniota location and make your appointment.
Olive Mildred Warren and William Jasper Merrick wed on Saturday August 10 in Isabella with Rev. H. S. Bowman officiating. The couple plans to reside in Saskatoon after a reception attended by about thirty five guests and gifts from bridal party members.
The passage expresses best wishes to Mr and Mrs Merrick as they expect to arrive around August 20th. Readers extend sincere hopes for a joyful and prosperous life together.
Beulah Bits Mise Syvia Armstrong visits friends in town during a brief public appearance.
Morgan Johnson spent a few days in Winnipeg last week while Miss Calder of Dominion City spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs J. A. Irazer.
The W A af St Wilfrid's church held a successful sale of miscellaneous articles at Mrs H Pritchard's home on Thursday afternoon. Proceeds were very good and will be devoted to the church's building fund.
The Wednesday afternoon event gathered a splendid array of horticultural exhibits. Mesdames Pratt and Chapman of JBirtle gave very interesting talks, surprised by the strong showing despite dry weather. A nice lunch accompanied the closing of the proceedings.
Isabella notes that Mrs. J. Taylor and daughter May of Winnipeg are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wes Stewart and their family.
Mrs J Brisbin and her daughter from Aberneth Sask are visiting Mr and Mrs H M Brisbin.
Mrs F Gamache of Montreal and A Johnson of Conquest Sask are visiting with their sister Mrs R Warren.
Misses C Madson and Ruby Finkbeiner and Chas Arriss, W Cumberland and B S Finkbeiner visited Fairlight and Antler in Sask on Sunday.
Miss Mildred Warren was guest of honor at two community gatherings last week. Tuesday at Mrs J Finkbeiner’s home friends presented the bride elect with a cabinet of community silverware. A similar Thursday event was hosted by Miss G.
A Lee girl friends group held a miscellaneous shower for Miss Warren. A very large number of gifts were carried into the room in a cleverly constructed aeroplane. Miss Warren responded with suitable remarks at each gathering.
The Miniota district crop outlook is positive with many noting conditions are not bad and yields may be respectable when threshing returns are compiled.
Canada has 1,076,819 motor vehicles, about one car for nine people, with heavier density only in the United States Hawaiian Islands and New Zealand. A Massachusetts resident anonymously returned spoons and dining items to a Toronto hotel, citing conscience. In Alberta, Stoney Indians attend Banff powwow as four babies are born. A Sparks Street tale recalls five cents on a ticket exchanged. Buffalo herd expansion is planned from Wainwright and Elk Island. Canadians remain the world’s top butter eaters, consuming 29.31 pounds per person last year.
J. M. R. Fairbairn chief engineer of Canadian Pacific Railway and Dr A Gaby chief engineer of Ontario Hydro Electric Commission were chosen as Canadian delegates to the Tokio sectional session of the World's Power Conference to be held in Japan in October. They were nominated at a meeting of Canada's executive conference committee.
The article notes a rise in power use per person from 43 to 63 horsepower between 1920 and 1927, marking a more than 46 percent increase in electric power consumption per inhabitant in Canada.
The Lord Nelson hotel in Halifax on July 15 set three meal service records with 245 guests at breakfast 29 percent more at luncheon and 276 at dinner reflecting rising tourism interest in Nova Scotia as a resort destination.
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