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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1912
Page
2
Melbourne and Toronto based Ward Lock Co presents Der ane Ansther and A Tangled Wes by L G Moberly Ausber. The fragmentary OCR notes show publication details and author attribution with unclear titles.
Edward Soames, a sharp solicitor, leaves his dreary Fesex Street office to pursue a mysterious errand in a perilous corner of South London. He investigates Mansmere links and the Hennessey matter while clashing with junior Tritton and an ageing clerk, hinting at secrets behind a will and a past linked to Sir George Hennessey.
In a grim court scene, Mr. Soames climbs filthy stairs to a top floor room in a crowded tenement to speak with George Somers. A vigilant guide notes Somers’ poor condition as Soames prepares for a private conversation about urgent business.
A young man invited to dinner with a vivacious lady gives only monosyllables. She prods with jokes about ban and wonas at dessert, and he finally declares a humorous preference for an old-fashioned night-gown.
A family riddle prompts a discussion on when a baby will talk. Mary argues Jov did speak as a baby, while the father notes babies cannot talk yet, citing a Bible reference about Jov cursed the day he was born.
In a humorous classroom exchange a nervous student answers a prompt about eating a whale. The examiner asks what to do with the bones and the class answers bury their bones on the plate edges.
A young woman spends a hectic day browbeating salespeople, shaming a shop-walker, and dealing with a milliner, modiste, chauffeur, and street-car conductor. She fires her maid and hires another, then, despite her assertive day, does not smile when a young man begs for protection through life.
A Welsh collier returns the key to the agent after a week, saying the house is too good. He complains the wall weeps for the roof, the jerry-built structure leaks water, every chimney is a non-smoker, and the place has no room for a ordinary sinner like him.
He asks to drop Miss and asks what prefix to use as she gazes with meaningful eyes. The exchange hints at growing intimacy and a turning point in their relationship.
Whales, due to their great size, are not fast swimmers and can only move about ten to twelve miles per hour.
A financial note highlights the U S gold reserves reaching about 1.2 billion dollars in the national treasury. It contrasts this with major world hoards: Imperial Bank of Russia about 610 million, Bank of Russia around 650 million, Bank of England about 200 million, and Bank of Germany slightly higher.
Honolulu reports an astonishing lava bubble in Halemaumau crater. Scientist Frank A. Perrett and two Japanese assistants photographed a 3000 square foot sausage shaped lava glass bubble inflated by earth center gas and riding a lake of fiery liquid before vanishing.
A recent regulations hearing notes changes in officer marriage rules. Offrs of naval service or half pay may marry without a fixed dowry but must prove social fitness for an officer's wife. The det regimetaire abolition in the French army is recalled.
The Animals' Friend Society proposes a yearly feline day with donations to nearby cats homes. It cites last year saw over 10,000 stray cats taken in and notes more than forty cat shelters exist in London and the provinces, funded solely by voluntary contributions.
In mining, experts argue for a new metal tougher and harder than quartz that could advance mining tech. A substitute for diamonds used in drills would rely on dark opaque stones called carbons, which are scarce and expensive.
A Syrian dairyman explains Syria’s dairy system linking goats and cows to market networks in Damascus Beirut and beyond. He notes triple purpose livestock, seasonal grazing, and itinerant cheese making, contrasting with Western methods and the slow spread of modern dairy institutions.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica traces steak to Icelandic steik meaning roasted meat from steikja and notes a porterhouse steak as a loin cut named in New York after the porter house eating house serving chops and steaks. It adds a rare practice of grilling a steak between two others, sometimes called a porterhouse steak, now uncommon due to high meat costs.
An enormous uninterrupted tropical forest spans Africa from the southern tip along the eastern coast to the equator. Altitude rises with latitude from sea level near the cape to 10 600 feet toward the equator, where vigorous growth, including the pencil cedar Alyyssinia, enriches the highlands.
Six year old daughter of a famed evangelistic preacher amusingly directs a weary book agent to wait for her father at home. She offers hospitality to the stranger, saying mother will look after him until the father returns. The scene captures a tender moment of charity and concern.
A contemplative ode claims a book is loyal company that quietly serves the soul without reward. It resists jealousy for other pleasures and travels into memory, transforming from outward object to living spirit in the reader.
On some afternoons the day of the wind at San Francisco arrives with clocklike regularity about twenty two miles an hour and a solid wall of fog averaging 1500 feet in height rolling through the Golden Gate. The fog causes a temperature drop to about 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Bank of Montreal held its 4th annual meeting on December 4 with R. E. Angus presiding. Net profits reached 2 276 518 for the year, the premises value adjusted to 4 000 000, and 3 000 000 credited to the rest account. Sir Edward Clouston retires as general manager, to be replaced by H. W. Meredith.
An old private wounded at Kassassin recalls the tense advance and the rider falling nearby, then sums up war’s impact by noting what struck him most were the bullets that missed him. The anecdote blends humor with a stark, human war memory.
Three petrified redwood trees declared the largest in the world have been uncovered from mountain debris near the Bohemian Club grove in Sonoma County California close to Occident. One tree reaches 23 feet in diameter and 350 feet long while the others measure 13 and 12 feet in diameter.
A fragment urges proper digestion and attentive care of the stomach to ease distress after meals. It links symptoms like headaches nausea bad taste and bad breath to a need for gentle, practical aid and better habits for overall well being.
An American traveler lands in Liverpool and seeks a romantic rural inn. The buxom landlady serves a supper described as medieval and Robin Hood like, but the dish proves to be plain hash, deflating his romantic mood.
Editor urges restraint on alum used in baking and calls for government action. Citizens are advised to choose baking powders that disclose ingredients on the label to avoid potential risks.
Rumor says the Canadian Pacific Railway will run part of its British Columbia Division on crude oil. Circular rivetted steel tanks with 200000 gallon capacity will be built at Field Golden Rogers Pass Hevelstoke Sicamous Jct Noteh Hill Kamloops. Jet burners to be inserted in fire boxes. tenders to be changed to hold off.
A Birmingham engineer develops a system allowing a passenger on a fast train to talk to the telephone network. The breakthrough could enable transcontinental calls at high speed and, with monorail gyroscope tech, suggest travel at about one hundred miles per hour.
Magazine editor Rob Davis praised a fellow as a great athlete calling him a killjoy. He quips the man can throw a wet blanket 200 yards in any gathering, highlighting Davis’s picturesque expression and humor.
In this fragment, Hanna urges delaying the stock market look while Cy-Come suggests starting with shopping. The dialogue hints at a light, everyday scene set around financial questions and ordinary errands.
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