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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 14, 1924
Page
6
In a frozen Ottawa outpost, Sergeant Seymour obsesses over a murder case. He discovers a silver fox pelt and a black fox fur as key clues, musing on Balzac and the idea of magic skins while hiding the furs beneath his winter tunic.
Coroner Sergeant Seymour presided over an Arctic inquest at Armistice into the murder of a woman named Clespe. The jury, including miners from Prospect and local trader Koplock, found the husband Olespo guilty after testimonies about a troubled relationship and a fatal crime near a remote post.
In the Armistice detachment tale Chief Seymour presses for Avie the fox hunter as the Eskimo killer remains at large. Blizzards and long nights frame his vigil as he inspects fur from Eskimo and southern Indian crafts, seeking clues to Avie’s whereabouts and the missing Avie. A medical note adds: Dr M M Seymour reports a new scarlet fever antitoxin from the McCormick foundation, soon to be used in Saskatchewan.
In a rugged frontier scene magistrate moor holds a formal inquiry into Oliver O Malleys death. A last minute jury change brings a missionary as key witness. A sorrowful procession transfers the body to the Mission House and a warrant is issued for Avie the Eskimo, with orders to bring him back alive.
The author urges earned honors over purchased titles and explains letters like K C M G and R S P as symbols of real worth. He stresses kindness reverence and courtesy as the true royal qualities, citing stories from Canada and Indigenous cultures to illustrate reverence before the King and in daily life.
A family of partridges nests on the roof of a six story office building in Manhattan’s business district. The gravel roof and the birds’ camouflage allow quiet observation without disturbance. Workers say the birds have been returning for several years.
J Baston Dominion Government Egg Marketing Inspector at Regina reports forty five cars of eggs shipped to multiple points in Southern Saskatchewan from April 1 to May 31 this year. He says Northern Saskatchewan may receive 35 to 40 additional cars.
General Waldemar Sikovitch, once a Russian division commander and later a Ukrainian leader against the Bolsheviks, arrives in Canada with his family. The bulletin says he will farm in Western Canada in a district with Ukrainian settlers, joined by Dr. D. Lalkow, secretary of the general, who will also settle on a farm.
A warning on summer dangers to infants notes that heat causes stomach upset and illnesses like diarrhoea and dysentery. It recommends Baby's Own Tablets from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co of Brockville Ontario to regulate bowels and soothe the stomach for 25 cents a box.
A testimonial from Mrs W J Brady of Bothwell Ontario praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring strength and appetite. The ad claims the medicine's success comes from roots and herbs, emphasizes its safety, and invites women to write for confidential advice to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
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