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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 02, 1913
Page
5
Troubled with chronic constipation the mill and gentle effect Chamcvers tablets are suited to your case. Sold by dealers. We update mail lists and announce changes to renew titles. White posters changed recently urging readers to renew or adjust delivery for papers.
London man Mr J Davis arrives in Canada with a bizarre mission to track rare Meas fleas for the Rothschild collection. He says he has gathered 227 flea varieties worldwide and hopes to organize a Hudson Bay expedition to capture new bisquam flea types. He recounts wild tales of expeditions to India and Africa and claims Toronto added seventy three Canadian flea varieties to his stock.
An article outlines the Pulmotor as a life saving device that breathes for unconscious or low vitality patients by supplying oxygen and inflating the lungs. It highlights wide use in Europe and America including fire departments and hospitals and notes divers with self contained oxygen could stay underwater for thirty minutes.
The piece contrasts tropical sawfishes and swordfish. Sawfishes grow 20 to 25 feet, are of little value, and wreck nets with their long tusklike snouts. Swordfish, related to mackerels, are prized for food and hunted across the Gulf of Mexico and West Indies, weighing up to 600 pounds with a sharp spear like snout.
A Moscow engineer asserts a chemical process yields a finer linen varnish than the finest linen varnish and at a cost well below typical market prices.
An observer in the mountains reports a large bear carrying a dead cow over steep, sparsely timbered terrain for about three miles. From his hillside position he tracked the animal’s every move across rocky ledges and sheer slopes beyond mule reach.
A 97 year old resident of St Catharines died after a long life spent in the area. He had lived eighty years in the community and was known for his work driving a stage coach between Queenston and Hamiter.
A fragmentary text recounts an Irish group and a woman’s accusations amid turmoil in Montreal. Names and precise events are obscured, but references to migration, a four-person party, and threats are noted.
Amid shipping disruption, a new large dry dock at Prince Rupert is planned to handle up to 20 000 ton vessels with a 2300 foot facility, aiming to eclipse existing Pacific coast capabilities and attract coast steamers for repairs and overhauls.
A fragmented report notes an early X-ray apparatus by a French practitioner designed for versatile field use. The text hints at military applications and potential elevator-like functionality, but details are unclear due to the damaged source.
The readable text suggests a jumble of terms about melted rock and impurity, but lacks clear facts, entities, or a coherent event to report. It appears as garbled OCR from a larger piece.
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