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Hamiota Echo

Location

Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Dec 21, 1938

Page

9

Trouble at the river dig across a tense night

In the night Kay confronts Jack and Jeanne over alleged betrayals as tensions flare. Jack vows to confront Bruce Kenning about the gold dredging and the transfer of the claim. The scene shifts to Jack moving toward McKenzie Joe’s test shaft to uncover the true owner of the discovered gold.

Kay White Jack Jeanne Bruce Kenning McKenzie Joe Joe Kenning McKenzie Jack Hammond Hammond McKenzie’s Joe's

Salting the Claim and a Surprise Suspect Revealed

McKenzie Joe confirms sniper gold was used to salt Kay's claim while Bruce Kenning alternative schemes unravel. Hammond confronts Lew Snade at the test pit and tracks Kenning to the distant hill as suspense builds toward Whoopee and a cliffhanger ending.

Kenning Lew Snade Hammond Kay Kenning Cabin

Old Legend of Felt Wool Pilgrim Tale

A monk named St Feufre during William the Conqueror era supposedly plucked wool from sheep, placed it in his shoes, and prayed for a miracle. At journey's end his feet pressed the wool into a new material, felt, legend says.

William the Conqueror St. Feufre

Leaning Tower at Caerphilly Castle Noted in Britain

The tower at Caerphilly Castle, nine miles north of Cardiff, stands about 75 feet tall and tilts 11 feet from vertical, making it the most remarkable leaning tower in Great Britain.

Great Britain Caerphilly Castle Cardiff

Anemone Boom Transforms Cornwall's Flower Trade

A chance experiment teen years ago sparked a Cornish flower industry led by over 1,000 growers around Penzance with 400 acres under cultivation. This year six tons or 600000 blooms arrived at Paddington for Covent Garden, marking a 40 percent traffic rise.

Cornwall France West Country Covent Garden London Penzance Devon Cornish Paddington Station Britain

Women volunteers drove ambulances in Spanish Civil War

Ruth Davidow and Evelyn Rahman, New York volunteers for the medical bureau aiding Spanish democracy, spent 19 months in Spain. Evelyn drove a three ton truck delivering food fuel and medical supplies to a hospital base while Ruth served six months on anesthesia at the Cordoba front and later at the Ebro front. She could see firing from hospital tents and the base was destroyed two days after evacuation.

Ruth Davidow Evelyn Rahman New York Medical Bureau Evelyn Spain Ruth Cordoba Ebro White House

Costly Newspaper Business Drives Sustained Closures

Since June 1937 at least 41 U S daily papers have suspended publication due to rising costs. some merged, six shifted to weekly formats. The Niagara Falls Review notes the high expense of producing papers today, contrasting with earlier eras, and cites a £500,000 English fundraising for the Czechs as context.

United States Niagara Falls Review

Lost Will Reveals Long Vanished French White Fleet

Paul Dubuc, grandson of Charles Alexander Dubuc, claims a 1897 will found in 1938 ordered the transfer of the French White Fleet ships to the Canadian government. The Brock Shipping Company of Montreal is asked to locate data on the fleet. no Montreal source confirms its existence, and the search continues.

Lake Jineau Labelle County Brock Shipping Company Montreal Paul Dubuc St. Lawrence River Charles Alexander Dubuc Superior Court of Quebec Canada

Otterville bell ringer bands long service to community

In Otterville Ontario Mrs Ruth Elliott, aged Sist birthday, is noted as likely the Dominion’s oldest bell ringer. She began as a teen, has rung the tower for over 60 years, now rings five times daily, and handles the fire alarm rope when needed. Her son Charles often rings at 9 30 on Sundays.

Canada Paris Dominion Otterville Ont Ruth Eliott Hillier Mrs. Elliott

German swing ban hints at Nazi creed merits

An article notes a prohibition on swing music in German amusement venues and contrasts it with controversial praise of Nazi ideals. It also mentions California's extensive rail network, totaling 8,190 miles.

Germany State California

Addicts Charge Japanese Sponsor Narcotics in Nanking

Dr. M. S. Bates, American educator at the University of Nanking, reports to the New York press that 50,000 people in Nanking are slowly poisoned by heroin sourced from Japanese controlled rings. He says at least 5,000,000 Chinese dollars monthly flow to dope traffickers allied with the Japanese Army, with major opium supplied from Dairen via Shanghai.

Nanking M. S. Bates University of Bates Dairen Shanghai

Cost Of Victory Tax Policy Powers Ethiopia Run

The article notes Italy’s 7.5 percent tax on capital and real estate to fund Ethiopian development, with a prior 10 percent levy last year. It argues Britain does not recognize Italy’s conquest as Italy does, and estimates Italy’s Ethiopia campaign costs at 175 million dollars, plus incidental funds found by Mussolini. The piece cites the Chatham News.

Great Britain Italy Ethiopia Mussolini Chatham News

Conscience letter arrives for insulator damage

Western Union in Chicago reports receipt of a conscience letter from a boy who enclosed 15 cents in stamps as payment for an insulator he broke on a company line. The note marks the first such compensation for the millions of goods destroyed over six decades.

Western Union Telegraph Company Chicago

After 1939 Exposition the site becomes an airport

The text notes that after the 1939 San Francisco World Fair ends the artificial land it used will be repurposed as an airport. It also mentions a barrel cactus being more than 90 percent water.

Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promotes Pep at Parties

For generations women have shared how to go smiling through discomforts from functional issues with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It helps Nature tone up the system and lessen monthly discomfort. Try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

Lydia E. Pinkham

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