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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 29, 1912
Page
6
An entry from a historical trade listing notes L G Moberly Ward associated with Lola Company Limited with connections to Lencen Melbourne and Toronto. The text indexes corporate ties and geographic links in a business ledger style entry.
Dorothy faces a fork between marrying Miles Kennessey for his wealth to aid her parents and to support Oliver Dynecourt’s career, or refusing and preserving their relationship. Oliver weighs ambition against personal sacrifice, urging Dorothy to consider her parents and Miles while his own future hangs on the choice.
A London Ontario man describes low condition improving after using Morse’s Indian Root Pills. He states cleansing the blood cleared indigestion and skin sores and calls the remedy a essential family medicine sold by dealers at 25c a box.
The Montreal Standard notes Western Canada’s dramatic railway expansion and population rise from 1871 to the 1910s. Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta together reach over 1.28 million people, with 10,308 miles of prairie track and rapid bank and building growth. Wheat dominance centers Winnipeg with large receipts while East and West mutually need and share prosperity.
A tense exchange unfolds as Miles Jennesley’s name is kept secret and Dorothy vows to endure hardship for others. An urgent late visit follows with a solicitor, Edward Soames, arriving to prompt the next chapter in the quiet, restrained drama.
Work on the CPR irrigation dam at Bassano Alberta continues with two hundred men at the site. Concrete completes by June, rip rap to follow, with an overall project duration of about two years more. The Bow River structure combines a south bank earthen embankment and a reinforced concrete spillway in the river channel. The completed embankment will exceed seven thousand feet in length, stand up to 45 feet high, and be 350 feet wide at the base, containing one million cubic yards of material. The dam will divert water into the main canal for CPR irrigation, underpinning over 2.6 million acres of Alberta land regarded as highly productive.
The piece discusses George Cruikshank's Bank Note not to be imitated published in 181. It notes the drawing of gallows linked to forged notes outside Newgate and the plate work required to meet demand. It also mentions that an act followed to end capital punishment for forgery.
A fragment quotes a speaker describing dismissing a new maid for neglecting children while attending air club meetings. The exchange implies concern for child care but lacks full context or verifiable details.
In a brief exchange, Senator Sorghum rejects revisiting old speeches saying such digging is ensoying. He notes opponents revive outdated lines of argument as they press current points. The dialogue frames a debate about rhetorical reuse.
A new talking clock automates hourly, half hour and quarter hour chimes day and night. Press a bedside button to hear the minute accurate time without light. A phonograph film on a copper plate drives the belt and sound box, with a silent lever for night use. The film is durable and compact.
Buckingham Palace will receive exterior repairs after early Easter as the roof is in poor repair in places. Cabinet members overruled using a $730,000 surplus for interior work, directing funds to other royal needs with the coronation. Expect the project to run ahead of the London Season.
A husband hides a 1916 fashion paper in a 1911 December issue to trick his wife into believing new styles exist. A separate tale recounts a woman who leaves a note on a dusty piano and a witty exchange follows. Eve quips about shaping Adam.
Walter Hall of Sydney, a Mount Morgan millionaire, recalls the tale of Queensland’s famed mine. Two Morgan brothers, prospectors, visited Gordon’s rough hut and bought a poor pasturage claim after sampling rocks. They later sold a half interest for £2,000 to fund mining gear, and the Morgans and partners eventually became millionaires.
A description of a hat that should reflect a lively, temperamental personality. The speaker claims to be a great racegoer who adores drama, reads classics in the original, supports the women’s movement, and travels frequently, seeking a hat that conveys all these traits.
A Londoner creates a door that opens by whistling. An electromagnet pulls a bolt when a curve passes a platinum point attached to a piano wire tuned to a specific note or octave. The vibrating wire contacts the platinum point, completing a circuit and triggering a relay.
In a dialogue a young wife asks if it is justifiable to take funds from her husband. The older wife counters that the issue is not justification but the reality of finding any money to take.
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