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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
3
A prisoner hidden in a cell hears a distant inspector approach as a deadly quiet fills the room. Green plans a careful exit to avoid discovery while a photograph of a dead boy resurfaces, heightening fear and tension.
Thorold, resolved to protect his brother Frank and his own honor, dresses Green as a woman to mislead Inspector Lock. Green, terrified, plays along while Thorold plans to keep the detective at a distance by a staged sewing scene and a parasol concealment.
An eminent astronomer describes a tale about a meteorite that fell on an Essex farm. The landlord claims ownership under the lease, the tenant argues it fell after, a revenue officer seizes the meteorite as an imported article without duty payment.
A marble statue of Verdi and bronze figures portraying Mmes Patt Stolz and Arnoldson in operatic roles is being erected in Saint Petersburg at a cost of 173000 dollars.
Male help wanted for stock brokerage training with capital requirements from 190 to 500 dollars. No live representative in every city. References required. Write or call M. R. Edgar & Co at Victoria Street, Toronto.
Wanted agents for hail and wind storm insurance by The Canada Weather Insurance Company Dominion License Winnipeg Manitoba. Apply now for sales and field coverage across the region.
After the busy season, students are invited to come east for three months of business education. The message promises low costs and a new curriculum, inviting readers to write W. H. Shaw, President, Shaw's Schools, Toronto, Canada, for details.
A junior officer and a seaman aboard the new dreadnought Kaiser at Kiel are linked to a fatal incident. After a quarrel over a discipline breach, the officer shot himself in his quarters and the sailor hanged himself minutes later. Naval authorities conduct a secret inquiry.
A house hunter argues that floods bring water to the house while the agent notes few properties offer fishing from the dining room window. The dialogue reflects coastal or floodplain concerns and unusual real estate features.
In a Yorkshire town two explosion victims were hospitalized after New Year’s Eve injuries. One man’s nasal organ was blown off and another lost an ear. They shared beds and exchanged witty jabs about their misfortune.
Thousands gather in Paris for the funeral of the last horse drawn omnibuses. A 3000 strong crowd fills front of St Sulpice Church to witness the procession, as mourners in crepe hats join the family and motorcade escorts the hearse. Bells toll and locals salute the solemn parade amid laughter from onlookers.
A tale about W. S. Penley narrates an audience moment where a tired father in the Penley anecdote slept through much of the show Charley's Aunt. His daughter remonstrates. He wakes for a moment then greets a passing old lady as Charley's Aunt, exclaiming How's Charley.
Henry confronts his father-in-law in the library after two years of support and shared expenses. The father asks a final favor asking Henry to tell his mother-in-law the supper-club dance tickets found in his room must have fallen from Henry’s pocket, and that would settle the matter.
A brewery plans an extension with many workers. digging begins slowly but then surges as workers press on despite weather. The manager reveals a hidden jar with a parchment promising treasure to spur digging, buried beneath the site to motivate laborers.
An elderly shopper’s bag spilled a shilling on a Saturday in a provincial town. A passing gentleman retrieved the coin, but the woman blocked it with her foot and quipped that he had outwitted her once before, turning the moment into a humorous street vignette.
A grandson of the last king of Delhi has begun a business in Bombay offering watch and clock repair services. He advertises his willingness to visit any bungalow to perform repairs for clients who request his services.
A bantering dialogue features a young man asking for advice on marrying the lawyer's daughter. The lawyer bluntly declines the match and requests payment of two dollars, delivering a quip in a dry, humorous tone.
Daniel Melsa a precocious violinist arrives in London to debut at Steinway Hall. Born in Warsaw and raised in Lodz, his life was marked by tragedy during a pogrom, later rescued by Cossacks, then trained in Berlin. He has since performed in Berlin and Paris and plans about forty concerts here before touring America.
A group returning from an away match clashed with a ticket collector after one player lost his return-half. The official refused a pass and charged the half back, prompting snorts of sarcasm before he leaped from a moving train onto the platform.
The Norwegian government orders a relief expedition to Widje bay for the Schroeder Stranz expedition and the German legation aids. The last direct message came from Magdalena bay dated August 12. London Rochford Market will be discontinued after seven centuries of operation.
At a meeting a preacher tells tales of gratitude and mishap among young men. The crowd laughs as stories unfold of a mother-in-law fall, a dismissed romance, tobacco funds spent on bananas, and a suitor deemed too extravagant. A corny aside promotes Holloway's Corn Cure.
Mr Sel Castleman of Larder Lake Ontario reports sending sixty miles for gin pills that relieved severe kidney and urinary pain within hours. He paid $2.50 for a box of six and received a free sample offer from the National Drug and Chemical Co of Canada Limited in Toronto.
In a witty exchange, Miss Society and Miss Sharp discuss Nature and a pineapple, while Dolly frets about bones at home and her father's remark that the tale sounds too good to be true. The conversation blends fashion, whimsy, and social banter in a lighthearted set piece.
A man from Verviers identified as the Brussels Patriots was jailed for six months for an offense committed by his brother whom he closely resembles. Despite protests the error remained undiscovered until after the sentence was served.
An elderly, reputed miser was found gagged and strangled in her Brussels suburb lodging this morning. It marks the second such murder in Brussels within a week. A former gendarme is under arrest on suspicion of committing the first murder.
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