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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
2
In a tension filled scene Sir Penywern confronts Daphne over a secret letter. She pleads for one last keeping and avoids giving up the note while he insists on trust and control. He hunts a nighttime intruder through the park, suspecting Daphne’s ally, as suspense builds toward a chase.
C S Noble of Nobleford Alberta powered a 1000 acre threshing with 53 men and 78 horses to produce 54 1 2 bushels per acre totaling 54 383 bushels, aided by Marquis seed and a centralized farming operation. A 52 210 bushel load backed by Clydesdales completed the record amid a Lethbridge Board of Trade motor procession.
A strange spider in British Isles freshwater ponds and ditches shows fishlike habits and air breathing. It weaves a sacklike web, carries it underwater to store air in the sack, then dives back to live inside until the air runs out.
A wounded officer recalls a Tyneside Scottish piper who, advancing with his company across No Man's Land near Albert, led the dash against German trenches. Though fire raked the ground and comrades fell, the piper marched on, seemingly bearing a charmed life as his unit surged forward amid the chaos.
In a wartime exchange two speakers predict the postwar draft will vanish and instead everyone will be compelled to volunteer. The dialogue hints at shifting civic duties as a humorous note in a sketch.
The Purcell range now accessible via the Kootenay Central line draws Alpine climbers. Mount Ethelbert offers blue lake scenery and a terrace above with cascading falls. About forty climbers, mostly from the United States, explored under A H MacCarthy of the Canadian Alpine Club who predicts the region will attract many visitors once roads and trails are built.
The exchange notes a proponent’s belief in peace regardless of cost while a pessimist counters with a hypothetical morning awakening to find no price to pay. The Washington Star quotes the debate on peace terms and value.
The Military Correspondent of the London Times questions the German defenses described as superb then overrun by French and British forces. He notes useless infantry attacks, bayonet advances, and asks what became of the Brandenburgers after they were said to be solid in Guiller mond.
A light exchange recalls a quip about shoes and affection. The woman teases that a man once praised her tiny foot, while he retorts that if she keeps paying ten dollars for boots he may start to believe the compliment was honest.
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