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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
8
A lengthy Manitoba feed of notices covers carnival plans for the 24th and the mild January, Manitoba Parliament and fiscal receipts, a blizzard in Ottawa and two feet of snow, a Winnipeg police burglary ring capture, a Japan mission report to cabinet, and local happenings from Glen Campbell’s hospitalization to dance invitations and a Grand Trunk Pacific contract.
An irate American citizen storms a village weekly office demanding the editor. The office boy offers to fetch him, noting others ahead in an odd queue and instructing him to wait until the third visitor arrives. The scene ends with the man delaying his trip.
In Ontario Municipal Elections on Monday the local option measure failed in 36 municipalities and passed in 22. Owen Sound saw a fierce mayoral and council race on local option lines, with Mayor Kennedy and opponents of prohibition leading to decisive majorities against local option. The vote signals revulsion to prohibitory measures in the lake town.
Notice for all members and intending members to attend a general meeting at Hawthorne's Hall on Monday the 20th at p.m. sharp. S. D. Tuomas and R. K. Chalmers sign as President and Secretary-Treasurer.
The directors of the Miniota Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co. bid farewell to W A Doyle long time manager and secretary. They praise his energy and leadership, note the companys growth to a premier mutual insurer, and wish him a long rest. Signed by Jas A Faazsa, President, January 10, 1908.
Secretary Wilson cites the Pure Food Law as requiring labeling of habit forming drugs like chloroform opium and morphine. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is claimed to contain none of these substances and the label shows no such drugs. The remedy is described as safe and commonly used for coughs and colds.
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