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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 10, 1910
Page
2
Virginia, a royal princess, struggles high in the Raetian Alps with Miss Portman. She reaches a precarious ledge and is saved by a chamois hunter who proves to be the emperor, transforming danger into a fated meeting as she envisions destiny and romance amid peril.
The article profiles diverse women: Nellie Rollinsen an attorney aiding unwed mothers in Cincinnati. Mollie Pingree of Denmark Maine with a handwoven flax towel from family heritage. Lacy O Perkins an art museum expert and museum staffer. Hall Caine's secretary and literary adviser. Carmen Melis a dramatic soprano and scholar. Lady Marjorie Erskine a London trained nurse and notable beauty.
A quirky note describes a sophomore who plans Christmas gifts for each faculty member. The philosophy professor receives cigars, the architecture professor an illuminated copy of The House That Jack Built, and the applied mathematics professor a looking glass.
The Bank of Venice was the first establishment of its kind in Europe, founded in 1171. It operated continuously until the republic fell in 1797 to the French revolutionary army.
The female red grouse is said to vary its dress according to surroundings. It is a fact worth remembering that the red grouse occurs in no other part of the world but the British Isles.
The piece notes some people react to soap with irritation and suggests bran as an alternative. It mentions Dutch royalty forbidden from using soap and advised to use bran with lemon to remove ink stains. Napoleon reportedly avoided soap and kept hands white with bran.
The passage recalls King John signing Magna Charta under baronial urging while bitterly quipping at reformers and souvenir hunters. It evokes the era’s power struggles and the king’s reluctance to yield lake front and milk trust imagery, framing historical tension with a sardonic tone.
Full woman suffrage now prevails over one fifteenth of the earth. Suffrage papers appear in seventeen countries and twelve languages. The Sinois Woman Suffrage association opens permanent headquarters in the Fine Arts building Chicago under Mrs Ella S Stewart. Mrs T P O Connor and Mrs Marion Holmes edit a new weekly Vote launched in London for the Women s Freedom league led by Mrs Despard.
A Connecticut man unveils a rotating wire dasher egg beater driven by pulling string ends. A Pennsylvanian patents modular rubber blocks in a steel channel tire that can be reversed to renew tread. A Louisiana inventor patents a plane with replaceable sandpaper blade adjustable by two knobs.
The Bank of France is owned by 28 200 shareholders. France plans two 23000 ton Dreadnoughts annually for six years. Paris telephone service is the worst in Europe due to inattentive operators and long delays. Official 1909 first half statistics show population decline with 6201 fewer marriages 543 more divorces 12692 fewer births and 25019 more deaths.
The article extols King Alfonso as a daring rider and notes the Russian empress as colonel of a uhlan regiment who rides bravely when well. It praises Queen Maud of Norway for fast country riding and claims she beat an Austrian empress’s hunting record. It also mentions Queen Elena of Italy as gentle yet active, dislocating an arm aiding the wounded at Messing and enjoying wild cross country rides with her husband.
Jessie Millward named leading woman with Arnold Daly in Know Thyself. Charles Dillingham plans Tril by revival as light opera with book by Harry B. Smith. Nat C. Goodwin expected to return to musical comedy with book by C M B McLellan and music by Ivan Caryll. Margaret Anglin acquires rights to La Rival with Frederick Fenn adapting into English.
In London the press notes 1 14 registered clubs and officials report police arresting around 8 000 people annually. A parliamentary motion can only be withdrawn by unanimous consent. The 1911 plan foresees state control of Britain’s telephone system. Last year Big Ben kept time within four seconds of the correct time.
A newborn muskox, one of the Arctic world’s rarest animals, arrives at the New York Zoological Garden. Captured by Canadian explorer Captain Joseph E. Bernier from Melville Island, the calf weighs about 200 pounds and stands three feet long. The adult stands four feet five inches high and weighs around 1,200 pounds. The animal’s fate in the wild is grim due to heavy hunting, with Arctic explorers and natives reduce herds, possibly ending muskox populations soon.
A city bachelor, amid New Year jokes, vows to stay single while joking about visits to married friends. He forecasts sampling life with wives and children, then returning to bachelor quarters for wine and cigars before renewing his vow to avoid matrimony.
The veteran St Louis politician Colonel Ed Butler confides to an old friend and physician in Missouri City that his right leg has grown weaker for two years and pains him greatly. The physician suggests aging, but Butler retorts that the other leg is the same age, insisting age is not the cause.
Chicago News notes editor corrected a new writer who claimed Roosevelt summoned a taxi in Africa after dispatching a lion. The correction points out no taxis exist there, and the writer clarifies he meant a taxidermist.
Quote from the Louisville Courier Journal notes a playful exchange about courtship progress. The jest mentions moving living spaces as fall sets in, reflecting light social humor of the era.
A brief exchange notes one person failing to see someone at Clabberry’s as midnight struck. The other notes they should have looked under the table for the hidden presence.
A Chicago Tribune joke notes a child asking about dialogue and monologue. The punchline implies no difference when the father participates in the conversation.
An old man in Huron County recalls a Wisconsin visit by his son and his bride. They stayed too long and, after warm farewells at the Goderich station, the father jokingly warns not to make such a long stay again, though the visit brightened the old folks in winter days.
A humorous exchange asks if summer clothes were stored with camphor to deter moths or gilded balls to ward off wolves, attributed to Lostop Pranserijy.
A brief Washington Herald snippet shows a flirtatious exchange where a woman asks why someone pouts and a suitor hints at needing to notice. The dialogue implies social maneuvering and attention during courtship in a metropolitan context.
Prof J P McMurrich argues the Pacific salmon industry is overdone and calls for an international commission to regulate yearly catches. He notes runs vary and big runs occur every four years with huge values, while Canada Britain and Australia receive large portions of the harvest.
In a terse note the writer recalls a Christmas gown gift and vows for New Year. The message hints at a renewed visit with nothing but a “pincashient Iu band” and a sense of expectation for a future encounter.
A fragmentary note from Chivage News questions relevance of a kiss related to a mother and mentions Ednar not asking irelevant questions.
A brief verse urges readers to refrain from swearing on New Year’s Day, presenting a caution against cursing with a playful nod to adherence and conscience. The fragment reflects a moral tone typical of early 20th century newspaper verse.
A. B. Warburton M.P. for Queen's PEI, long a Maritime Liberal leader and former Prince Edward Island Premier, is appointed chairman of the House of Commons standing committees. Born 1858 in Charlottetown, he studied at King's College Windsor and Edinburgh, became Q.C. in 1897, and has held multiple PEI offices and directorships.
Lord Charles Beresford faced a vigorous parliamentary bid in York amid wartime fervor. A meek red tie questioner asked if, if war broke out, he would go to Westminster or fight, and Beresford roared that he would go and fight, a moment that boosted his crowd appeal.
The London Chronicle notes Blackpool offers two sunsets in one evening. Visitors watch the sun dip beyond the sea from the promenade and then, from the tower top, view the red circle reappear above the horizon as a final sight for the day.
Mrs Brown argues Miss White will not wed Mr Jenks due to constant quarrels. Mr Brown speculates they may be secretly married already.
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