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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 1913
Page
7
A jewel fancier demonstrates a method to alter a yellow diamond to blue white by dipping it in indigo water and revealing a hidden blue pigment deposit. The trick fools pawnbrokers and experts, but the method is illegal in many states, with potential long prison terms.
The 1912 season reported no dangerous fires in Stageau or Athabaska Forests of the Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve. Only a few small fires occurred along the railway under construction in Brazeau Reserve due to contractor negligence. Weather conditions kept fire danger negligible. Brazeau and Athabaska form two northerly divisions comprising over one third of the reserve area. The forest supervisor’s office is at Mile 7 on the Alberta Coal Branch, 46 miles southwest of Fason, with fifteen forest rangers stationed across the two reserves, though staffing remains inadequate for the vast region.
The text notes questions about pay and assets with an example where assets were twice liabilities leading to bankruptcy. It states creditors would receive 26 cents on the dollar. The passage mentions kindness patterns and a person named Ghivers and Hanchet in a brief, fragmented form.
An aged advertisement extols Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as a wholly vegetable remedy to regulate bowels without weakening or gripping. It warns against harsh mineral purgatives for irritating the bowel lining and promotes daily elimination as essential to health.
Vienna sources say the Balkan alliance is effectively blown apart with Bulgaria Greece tensions hard to bridge and war a real possibility. Greece claims are seen as excessive. Bulgaria emphasizes its larger losses and ten divisions but seeks moderation as neighboring Turkey eyes the region amid growing alliance friction.
The text explains that seagull flight direction signals the weather with inland birds predicting rough seas and favorable wind when seaward flocks are seen. It adds that dolphins are reliable weather indicators, as their presence suggests the storm is nearing its end and seas will calm.
The Argentine minister protests a line in The Green Coat at Theatre des Varietes, prompting the authors to move the Argentine audience to Australia. A musician in the play says he was offered 20 000 to perform in Argentina, calling for safer gigs abroad.
The Wichita Judge McCanless, noted as the leanest man in the street, walks Kansas City where a hound dog trails him. A street boy offers the wry answer that the dog likely takes him for a bone, after inspecting the judge from head to foot.
In Washington near the Pacific coast large black ants form vast colonies. They construct pine and fir needle hills four to five feet wide and three to six feet tall with intricate paths. Ants move in and out carrying provisions for their young on varied missions.
The line features Gabe praised as a fine after dinner speaker and Steve quips that he always asks to bring the checks. The exchange captures a light, witty moment about hosting and paying after events.
The Central Business College of Toronto and four city branches along with the Central Telegraph and Railroad School and Shaw Correspondence School are now known as Shaw's Schools. They train youth for business pursuits and good salaries. Free curriculum mailed on request to W H Shaw, President, Toronto Ont.
Willie says PA says to cast his hook and I do it as we go fishin and the book sits by the eye of the water.
The Grand Trunk system introduces a centrifugal lock in the center plate to fuse car body and track as a single unit. President Chamberlin orders its use in future equipment and 96 Grand Trunk Pacific passenger cars are already built with the device. Acknowledging safety fears, railway authorities plan further inquiries on preventing telescoping and protecting passengers.
Negotiations in London prepare for a sensational sale of Chinese imperial art. The collection, from centuries of palace holdings, features premier porcelain and ceramics including pieces looted from Pekin during the Boxer rising, with some dating back 3000 years. The dowager empress Ts Hs was noted as a prolific collector of bronzes, pearls, and gold ornaments.
A recent volume by Jules Martin notes that one in twenty one Frenchmen bears a decoration. France has 665 different honors with 51 new ones. ribbons in the buttonhole signal rank. The Grand Legion of the Merit Agricole crowns 72,194 holders, Academic Learning’s violet ribbon over 200,000, fire brigades 33,440, labor 168,501.
A traveler in Ireland visits a white thatched cottage and sees a brick with a faded rose under a glass dome. The host recalls a memory attached to the brick and a fatal blow from a man who threw it. The rover notes the rose rests over the grave of the brick thrower.
Smith compliments his wife on having a fine voice and Jones agrees it is among the best in the world. He notes it would have worn out years ago if not exceptional.
A government expert states that Philippine forests contain 260000000000 board feet of lumber, about half the total in U S forest reserves, but spread over one eighth the land area.
Stewards disqualified two horses for doping after yesterdays race in Paris. Anderson, winner of the Prix de la Maurienne at St Ouen, and Monsieur Monestyr, winner of the Prix Guistan on November 13, are affected. Bets against Monestyr stood at 65 to 1.
Alpine resorts see skiing resume on En gadine slopes as snow above 1200 meters falls overnight. Weeklong rain has flooded valleys while towns fill with tourists drawn from the mountains. Climbing deemed foolhardy and guides out of work.
A man named Fawn chier went to the Nice police station last night asking to be sent back to the French penal settlement he escaped from on August 26 last year. He cited unemployment and misery as reasons, preferring guaranteed food and shelter over his current hardships.
Fragmentary report notes persistent back kidney pains with doctors’ efforts and medicines failing to provide relief. No clear diagnosis or proven cure is stated in the readable text.
Mr Thos Walsh of Pictou Nova Scotia shares that his wife bedridden with kidney back pain and dropsy improved after using Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills. He notes recovery after two boxes and further health gains with more, endorsing the medicine's efficacy. Pills sold by Edmanson Bates Co Limited Toronto.
A speaker notes a pattern of judging a likely spouse based on repetitive domestic chores observing the same sock being mended and questions the reliability of the relationship. The remark hints at long term expectations and the social lens on marriage.
A humorous exchange questions why people solicit change for a dollar while others provide a dollar for the change. The speaker insists a mistake could occur but asserts it will not be them.
The article extols Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a superior pain reliever asserting its long standing popularity. It claims the product is widely known in households and has gained broad familiarity over thirty years across the western world.
A silk producing ant species common in hot countries nests in trees and binds leaves to form nests. Larvae secrete the silk used, and workers move larvae leaf to leaf to attach threads. When two distant leaves must meet, five to six ants form a chain gripping each other’s mandibles to bridge the gap and cooperate to bring the leaves together.
The father recalls his wife telling their son to refuse a second cake. The boy is asked again if he wants more cake and replies in the exact phrase, No, I thank you, Ive had enough and dont you forgett.
The Hudson Bay Company's Fort George post in British Columbia will resupply via Edmonton and Tete Jaune Cache over the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. This shifts freight from the old caribou road and steamers, reducing 157 miles of wagon travel and 150 miles of river passage, as freighters will use scows manned by native Indians down the Fraser.
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