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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 24, 1921
Page
7
A winter trapping memoir recounts beaver and fox sk inding in Hudson's Bay Company trade. The narrator details fur values in skins and beads, an altered silver fox hunt, a thief Indian, and his 75 pound yearly salary.
A survey lists famed doctors and their payments for royal and imperial patients. Dr Debiet received about 60,000 for attending the late King of Greece, Sir Morel Mackenzie earned around 100,000 plus travel extras for attending Emperor Frederick, and Dr Lorenz was paid 160,000 by Ogden Amour to cure his daughter. Dr James Gale secured a roughly 250,000 fee after a successful permanent cure. Baron Dimsdale collected 50,000 cash plus a 2,500 yearly annuity and 8,000 for travel, tied to service for Empress Catherine.
The Mormons of Salt Lake City built a $0,000 monument to seagulls that saved their crops from locusts. When early settlers faced famine, flocks from Great Salt Lake islands descended to feast on locusts, enabling survival and lasting gratitude toward the birds.
Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden rescued a British sailor who fell overboard near a Stockholm pier. He climbed down the timber supports and pulled the man to safety after a determined effort.
A scientist notes spider silk is so fine that a single ounce could create a thread stretching from New York to London, illustrating the extraordinary strength and reach of this natural fiber.
An official report says 200 airmen and 11 planes destroyed Mad Mullah’s power in Somaliland within three weeks in 1919. The campaign, costly at an estimated 25 million, left Somaliland peaceful with only two camel corps casualties.
War invalids and other men moved into the Sainz Tiergarten on Austria's outskirts, forcing gates open and erecting huts as they claim the park. Authorities ignored an earlier demand, and hundreds advanced to stake plots with a model hut as a symbol of possession. about 1,700 families expected to claim grounds.
The San Francisco coast range is slowly moving northward causing earth strain. Mount Tamalpais reportedly jumped back 66 feet and Mount Hamilton near San Jose moved northward at about four feet annually from 1893 to 1903 before a 22 foot sudden shift. Professor A C Lawson of the University of California discussed the findings in a geological bulletin made public recently.
The University of Alberta Senate authorizes a combined arts and agriculture course. Students with matriculation standing may earn both the B A and B S A in six years. The program spans two arts years, one science year, and three agriculture years with English mathematics and political economy integrated.
A dialogue scene reveals Mrs. Smithers anger at the Parson after a funeral sermon about her husband. The Friend reminds him of his harsh line about the deceased finding a better home, sparking tense commentary.
The Reclamation Branch of the Interior Department conducts surveys in Northern Alberta to relieve overflow from Lesser Slave Lake. Chief engineer Tempest travels to Ottawa to report plans, including removing wing dams and possibly carving a new channel with gates. Projects on Winagami and Cygnet Lake drainage await Ottawa decisions to open farming lands. surveys extend to Northern Saskatchewan.
Dr. Waissileff, a Russian physician now in Paris, announces a discovered fluid that renders the human body transparent, and also causes treated bones to become transparent. He refuses to reveal the fluid’s nature, describing it as a combination of several liquids, and says it was studied in Petrograd before the war.
Alfred W. Lawson announced that the Lawson Airplane Company will start Chicago to New York passenger and mail service next May and charge fares by passenger weight. Provisions allow for carrying passengers up to about 4,000 pounds. no standard weight rate has been fixed.
The Taj Mahal at Agra is praised as the world’s most celebrated mausoleum. Built from white marble and inlaid with precious stones, it cost 10 million dollars and involved 20,000 workers over twenty years in its construction.
The article notes rising U S interest in disarmament with three resolutions pending in Congress. Sen Walsh proposes cooperation with the League of Nations on international armament reduction. Sen Borah seeks a 50 percent naval cut with Britain and Japan within five years. Rep Brooks supports an international convention on arms control. Women's groups press Congress to act.
John Armstrong Chaloner pioneers a farm labor solution by converting a cow shed into a motion picture theatre on his Cobham Virginia estate. He provides free cinema for farm workers to boost morale after long days. His 400 acre farm faced idle periods when labor left, prompting this innovation.
Levi Weaver told a Lloydminster banquet that land values would climb from $20 to $100 an acre if farmers improve methods. He praised his grand champion Clydesdale Wee Donald and urged constant striving for better farming practices. Ministers of agriculture from Saskatchewan and Alberta attended along with livestock men and about two hundred farmers.
The Smithson Institute reports a skull unearthed in Central Montana likely from the great ape lineage that includes humans and monkeys. The institute cautions the find may not be a direct monkey ancestor and notes there were no monkeys in the area now part of the United States.
A brief dialogue from the Edinburgh Scotsman shows Joe misses a train by a minute and laments the timing while Fred notes he did not see it. The exchange captures a moment of near-miss misfortune and casual humor between friends.
A brief report notes the onset of a conflict described as a war of the union beginning shortly after a marriage ceremony concluded. Details on participants or location are not provided in the text.
At a French Association for the Advancement of Science meeting a theory was advanced that life originated in the sea. Observations show body temperature fluctuates with daily cycles similar to sea temperatures, suggesting inheritance from protoplasmic cells adapted to ancient warm oceans.
Dr. Barnes president of the National Poultry Association announced that the Canadian National Poultry Association has applied to the department of agriculture for a grant to fund sending a Canadian delegation and exhibit to The Hague congress in September. He expressed hope for a favorable decision and Canada’s strong representation.
Livestock on southern Alberta ranges are reported in prime condition. Favorable weather has eliminated the need for winter hay feeding up to mid January. The mild winter supports cattle and other stock across the region.
A brief item notes a pice car once driven by an unidentified speaker. The story recalls an incident where auto bandits held up the speaker and left their machine, taking the speaker’s vehicle. The exchange is cited from the New York Sun.
Forty eight freight cars will be necessary to transport the automobile license plates which will be used in New York State this year.
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