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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
7
Felix Bradbury and Miss Beesie Bradbury plot a fake burglary to steal bonds worth 3014 from a house kept by a sick mother and injured father. The real twist comes when a mistaken identity near the hotel leads to a spoof crime ending with a warning call over the wire.
Shortly before his death Keats left injunctions about his headstone bearing Here Lies one whose name was writen water. A 1850 letter from Joseph Severin, Keats’s associate, led to a new epitaph later adopted: Here lies one whose name was writen later. Friends then reversed the sentence and added Keats’s name in marble.
A Pittsburg millionaire once saved a city auctioneer from a costly mistake. He bought a set of Audubon Birds of America with colored plates for 25 dollars then advised shipping the set to New York. The lot later sold for 1.70, proving the mentor’s warning and a shipping error.
The article notes scattered damage to Ben Davis apples from rot in the west, but overall U S farmers expect a liberal crop. It calls the variety a strong market sort when properly handled, praised for cooking use and decent eating if stored in proper conditions, and mentions growing interest in planting more Ben Davis trees.
A New England Homestead letter by J. W. P. advises using a platform four feet eight to ten inches wide and a gutter sixteen to twenty inches wide and eight to ten inches deep for large cows. Recommend gutters fully cemented or with brick side walls four inches thick, with cemented walls and floor, ideally on good earth. The wall adjacent to the platform should have a two by twelve plank edge to prevent gutter sliding.
Farmers advise careful potato handling from dig to store to prevent light exposure rot. A DIY heating kettle built from stones, cement, an oven door, and stove pipe can heat water for hogs or poultry, with waste produce fed into bog or poultry feed.
A brief editorial note warns that corn stored by farmers protects against fraudulent Scots merchants who buy whole fields or cribs and ship grain without proper selection or care for quality.
The article stresses preserving soil nitrogen after harvest to prevent loss through nitrification. It urges sowing rye on bare land or maintaining surface cultivation to protect nitrogen, especially when manure is used and crops are removed. It notes exceptions where sod is burned by grubs.
A reader describes a self made underground filtering cistern connected by a three inch sewer tile. A two foot sewer tile neck seals against insects and toads while a twelve to fifteen barrel filter cistern sits beside it. The bucket inside, packed with brick charcoal or slate, slowly filters water before it enters the main cistern.
A scene from New York Press features a bright butcher’s boy who serves multiple buildings, noting each floor hosts different sounds and that the boss asks him to assess what the music needs on the fourth floor. The tale shifts to a professor and a gentlemanly man debating pyrites versus gold, ending with a joke about a widowed neighbor.
Cleaning hedgerows and removing worthless dead trees improves farm appearance and market value. Clearing weeds around buildings and field edges reduces the abandoned look and reveals further tasks like gates fences and walls for future maintenance.
Field gathered squashes should be kept in a cool dry room until freezing weather. They are moved to a warm dry room before winter. Rot risk remains, but Hubbard and Turban varieties may store for a long period after harvest.
Anastasia teases Innocentia about cards while mentioning George plans to teach gambling after marriage. Innocentia replies that he will introduce a fascinating game called solitaire. Catholic Standard and Times.
A man explains that repair costs pale beside the expense of moving the machine to a shop. He peruses his expense book while responding to a question about auto repair costs. The Detroit Tribune quotes this exchange.
A visitor presents a manuscript saying nature designed him as a poet. The editor replies by returning the paper and questioning what interfered with nature's plan, as recorded in Ridgway's Magazine.
A Houston Post cartoon caption shows an exchange where the photographer jokes that they merely permit customers to believe they have thirty days to look pleasant, as an explanation for a policy. The dialogue highlights a perceived delay tactic and customer perception.
Canning saves Rose Wilcox when she drowns during a rough sea while attempting to reach the raft. He pulls her aboard, administers first aid, and the pair bond as life guards signal an approaching yacht for their rescue. They discuss a future cruise together aboard a yacht.
A rich bank faced a Monday run after a Saturday stamp heist overstated by the papers. Foreseeing collapse it coated doors panels and counters with fresh paint before sunrise. Customers moved in careful measured steps, delaying payouts and averting possible closure.
A brief historical note lists Judaism as the oldest religion, followed by Brahmanism Buddhism and Mohammedanism. It cites Buddha born in Kapilavastu in the sixth century B C and Mohammed born in Mecca in 570 A D while noting uncertainty about the very origins of worship and mentioning Noah and Abraham in relation to early belief.
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