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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 05, 1925
Page
6
Total livestock at Winnipeg stockyards in 1924 reached 916 995 head, up 188 633 from 724 362 the previous year. Cattle 413 433 hogs 443 339 sheep 42 436 horses 7 787 were the main classes recorded.
Relic from a 1920s Relac copy recounts Peter Blood, imprisoned Irish physician, turning pirate aboard the Cinco Lingas. He frees rebels, captures Don Diego’s ship, and spares Colonel Bishop by sinking mercy into sea as mutiny looms. Arabella’s influence fuels Blood’s restraint amid victory cheers.
Mrs Helen Balacorn of Fusilier Saskatchewan recounts three years of severe back and side pain and a failing health. She credits three months of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief and urges others to try the remedy. The ad notes general female weakness and recommends consulting a druggist for the medicine.
Don Diego de Espinosa y Valdez awakes on a sunlit cabin and learns pirate Blood Captain Peter Blood has seized his ship. Blood offers terms for life and liberty for Don Diego, his son, and crew, noting the son and gunner are secured in irons while Don Diego weighs the proposal against his honor.
Don Diego agrees to navigate the vessel to Curacao after being offered parole. The speaker admits limited seamanship beyond action but seeks crew assistance for the journey to the Dutch settlement.
Captain Blood discovers land ahead and a suspicious Don Diego uses a deceptive coast. A rival ship bears down as Blood realizes the promised Curacao is Hispaniola and trust in the voyage collapses. Jerry Pitt’s warning hints at danger.
Captain Blood and Don Diego struggle on deck as Blood’s foe is thwarted. Blood taunts the Spaniard about his soul while revealing the En carnacion, flagship of Don Miguel de Espinosa, the Lord Admiral of Castle, and hints at a reboard to fend off capture. The dramatic moment ends with a resolve to see the fate of Catholic Spain.
An editor in Kansas borrowed a Winchester to return a debt and sparked a wave of payments. Delinquents brought in hay corn apples potatoes wood and turnips as thanks or settlement. The story notes editors nationwide are now trying to borrow Winchesters.
An editorial notes the strong link between monarchy and people seen in the House of Windsor. It argues personal relations between the King and citizens have strengthened ties, making monarchy highly esteemed in modern Britain and surpassing even Queen Victoria era bonds.
The heredity rule shapes collateral descendants of peers. Early childless deaths shift coronets to distant relatives. In the Earldom of Bandon the late Earl’s heir and his cousin both died, leaving the cousin’s grandson as the present Earl and his twin as heir.
Louis Pretola a 64 year old resident of Lodi New Jersey claimed to have regained vision after looking at the January 24 eclipse without protective glasses. He had been unable to see without glasses for seven years due to cataracts and had four unsuccessful operations before sight returned hours after viewing the sun.
Great Britain leads as London endures its heaviest fog in years while America watches for the solar eclipse. The dense haze shrouds streets and visibility drops, affecting travel and daily routines as observers await the celestial event.
The world’s largest lemon grove is located near Santa Paula in California. The expansive orchard highlights the area’s long history of citrus agriculture and its prominence in regional farming.
A Winnipeg magistrate recalls a foreign prisoner who asked to be tried by “Your Majesty” after being offered summary trial or transfer to a higher court. Sir Hugh John Macdonald notes etiquette envy as the American’s courtly bow and bold request surprised him. The anecdote, told by P. W. Luce, captures cross border formality in legal proceedings.
The inquiring one asks a great speaker for his secret. A true orator is judged by results not applause. If you know your objective and pursue it, you are a real orator. otherwise you are merely a speech-maker chasing praise.
A radio equipped Continental Limited train near Saskatoon amused passengers when Westminster Presbyterian Church sent in a sermon from Rev. George A. Dixon of Knox Calgary and a collection was taken and handed to Westminster’s minister on arrival.
The first recorded horses in Canada were left on Sable Island in 1599 by Baron de Lery and Portuguese associates. The island’s sand-bank landscape supported the ponies, whose descendants are the Sable Island ponies now cared for by the lighthouse station crew under the Federal department of marine and fisheries.
British Columbia’s mineral production in 1924 reached 48.69 million dollars, up from 41.30 million the prior year, the provincial minister of mines stated. Metalliferous minerals rose in value while coal declined by about 3 million due to labor troubles.
Short devotional notes cite biblical virtues such as love joy peace and gentleness. Quotations from Galatians James Russell Lowell and J W Alexander emphasize that peace and meekness calm trouble and bless others even after loss. The piece links faith with patient endurance and virtuous conduct.
February brings cold weather and forced home confinement for infants. A gentle laxative to regulate digestion is recommended to prevent or relieve colds and grippe, with Baby's Own Tablets sold at 25 cents a box by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
Knud Rasmussen returns to Denmark after three Arctic years and reports finding skeletons from Sir John Franklin's last expedition near Starveston Cove and King William's Island. He identifies remains by clothing and says scurvy caused deaths, noting Eskimos might have helped them. Rasmussen buries the bones with reverence.
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