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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
2
In the Hall scenes, Daphne spurns Lady Acrise and clings to Sir Penywern as a window tapping unsettles them. He plans a trap to expose blackmailers while she fears unseen threats. the couple debates trust and risk as a confrontation approaches.
Sir Pesywern questions his wife about a visitor, demanding who she expects to see. She responds by shaking her head, leaving the moment charged with uncertainty and intrigue.
A student assistant in a public library is accosted by a middle aged woman who insists on finding a book as good as Laura Jean Libby. The exchange ends with the woman rejecting A Kentucky Cardinal noting it is theological and moving off to seek a different librarian.
Pitcairn Island in the South Seas home to 160 descendants of the Bounty mutineers seeks aid from a visiting steamship for clothing and supplies. Clergy couple from Melbourne founded local schooling, literacy, and crafts, with residents living simply and planning to trade fruit for cloth.
A lady asks a page about how soon he can come back. The page replies at once, noting his present mistress will be glad to be rid of him. The exchange reveals a mischievous, comical tone as the page seeks to depart.
A wartime column contrasts British troops conditions with German trenches and supply lines. It notes warm gear and meals for British soldiers, while German troops face mud, scarce clothing, and meager rations. The piece also reviews Robt. J. C. Stead's The Homesteader, praising its merit and Stead’s literary reputation.
A provincial highway plan before Hon. T. H. Johnson aims for a 2000 mile network under government control. It would connect Winnipeg with Virden, Minnedosa with Souris, Carberry to Dauphin, and link to the Jefferson highway, at an estimated $8 million cost and ten year completion. Maintenance is projected at $125 per mile annually.
The quote celebrates finding work best suited to one’s powers and calls it the greatest fortune. It argues that whether one is educated or untrained, a cleric, laborer, or craftsman, contentment comes from occupying the right role. It urges never to abandon that work for ambition.
In 1860 the British Vice-Consul in Copenhagen noted butter quality as execrably bad. Denmark now exports more butter to Great Britain than any other country and at higher average prices. Improvements began with Copenhagen’s dairy school training hundreds of creameries’ experts.
Alaska Exports Copper reports last fiscal year sales of 26 million dollars in copper while total Alaska exports to the United States reached 50 million dollars. The value of copper is now a growing staple alongside gold and salmon, and overall exports to the U S totaled 50 million, about seven times the price paid for the country.
A critic lauds a Canadian writer for portraying Westward pioneer life and the shift from homesteader ideals to wealth pursuit. The article outlines a forecast of aeronautical progress with multi engined airships, safer descents, and future transatlantic air service enabling London to New York journeys in about fifteen hours, with advances in wing design and redundancy.
The Victoria and Albert Museum has received David Garrick's bedstead presented by H. E. Trevor, a descendant of Garrick's brother. Made about 1775 for Garrick's Hampton villa, it stayed there through his death and Mrs. Garrick's lifetime, later kept until 1864. The canopy has period ornamented columns and preserved green and yellow paint, with cotton hangings painted with The Tree of Life from a Madras factory. presented by Calcutta merchants.
A pupil’s sketch of Queen Elizabeth caused a teacher’s concern as a student quoted a line claiming she stole soldiers’ food. The book later corrected the claim to state she was parsimonious and pinched soldiers’ rations.
The Philadelphia Ledger recalls an admiral famed for exaggeration at supper. He claims a volcanic Mediterranean island was red with lobsters, sparking disbelief from a guest who notes lobsters turn red when boiled. The admiral insists the island boomed with boiling springs.
Census bureau estimates for 1916 place US population at 112,444,620 with 40.9 percent in cities over 8,000. Continental US total 102,017,312. growth figures show white population up ten million and black population up about 750 thousand.
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