By L. G. Moberly Ward and Co. Limited
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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 07, 1912
Page
2
Ambition and deceit swirl in a surgeon's consultation room
In Dynecourt's study a web of lies forms as Mr Soames presses for a possible heir to Sir Miles Hennesley. The surgeon hesitates but yields to ambition, fearing loss of riches and Dorothy's hopes. Soames exits smiling, calculating how much he can extort from silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Edward Soames
Beames
Miles Hennesley
Dyhecourt
George Hennesley
Aid
Dynecourt
Miles
Mr. Soames
Dbynecourt
Miss Carstairs
Will
Mise Carstairen
Mr Soames
George Wennesley
Hennesley
Soames
Getting a Job Papa
A daughter mentions a man paid $50 000 a year by the Bankers' Association forging checks. Georges plans to do it for half that, while a fiancé frets about ink and a job. The father asks what he is doing as the youth outlines a risky scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Yaghter
Bankers’ Association
Motte
Georges
Death Rate In Canada’s Mines Surpasses Other Nations
A Commission of Conservation report shows Canada’s coal mine death rate far higher than in Europe and the United States. The 1900s-1909 period averaged 3.82 per 100 workers with Canada peaking in 1909 at 4.21, while Belgium and Great Britain had much lower rates due to safety advances and organized reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission of Conservation
Fernie
United States
Canada
Belgium
Great Britain
Kimberley
Tranevaal
Beware of the mummy from the Cairo Museum tale
A Cairo correspondent recalls a visit to the Cairo Museum with a friend where the mummy of Ahmose I caused a sudden tightening sensation around the neck. Both men felt shaken and believe superstition remains strong in Egypt despite modern civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egyptian Gazette
Cairo Museum
Ahmose I
Egypt
Hoarded Gold in China Said to Reach Europe
Reports reaching from China indicate sales of the Empress Dowager’s hoarded gold may be moving to Europe to help meet debt coupons. Analysts note £150,000 known to have left China with rumors of up to £500,000 more, destination unclear between Berlin and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Berlin
London
Sky Scraper Hospital Planned for New York
A twenty two storey sky scraper hospital is begun in New York. It will be built in the air with wards high above the street and sun lit rooms. The project is valued at about $1,000,000 and will use electric lifts and car service to bring emergency cases from across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Population growth in Spain over four and a half decades
The population of Spain has grown by five percent in the last forty five years. Analysts note this slow rate contrasts with higher increases in other European nations and discuss factors shaping demographic trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
SNAP Soap Promises Suds that Kill Odors and Dirt
A nostalgic ad touts SNAP Soap as a multi use cleaner that banishes dirt and odors without hard rubbing. It claims to soothe and soften skin after tasks like lamps, milking cows, and peeling potatoes.
The Great Moguls The Coronation Of George V At Delhi
A historic look contrasts Tamerlane and Babur rulers of the Moguls. Tamerlane’s conquests, his brutal rise and Delhi fall, are set against Babur’s poetic, military genius and his devotion to family. Babur’s death follows his son Humayun’s near miss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George V
Delhi
Tamerlane
Marione
Calyphas
Warior
Zenocrate
Western
Asia
India
Mahmud
Samarkand
Babar
Vithal
Punjab
Agra
Barbar
Humayon
Kabul
Bold Health Rules From Noted Authorities
A satirical synthesis cites Muldoon Sandow Hutchinson Morgan Mayor Gaynor and others claiming contradictory cures. The list urges extreme behaviors from eating nothing to eating all, avoiding vacations, exercising vast miles, and paradoxes about smoking and drinking while stressing self study and animal instincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Muldoon
Eugene Sandow
Woods Hutchinson
Pierpont Morgan
Mayor Gaynor
William Robinson
Upton Sinclair
The Banker Moved to Compassion for a Bereaved Exiled Return
A college graduate, ruined by a string of misfortunes, appeals to a wealthy banker. He recounts the loss of his wife, failed ventures, broken health, and the death of his son. The banker weeps, then orders the porter to remove the man, saying he is breaking his heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Washing Dilemma Sparks Family Debate
A mother quibbles over laundry loads with her daughter Jane. The daughter notes differing suitors, a bank clerk and a chimney sweep, suggesting social differences influence household chores.
Highflyer Suffers Loss as Wife’s Savings Fund Divorce
Dialogue notes the Highflyer's fortune loss and his wife’s frugality leading to a divorce. Blobbe observes she saved enough to cover a divorce, implying the split financials. No further context or dates are provided in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blobbe
Automobiles in Yukon Considered for Winter Use on Sled Trails
The Yukon region could support motor cars built to sled width. Tests show a car can withstand cold without freezing. Wide gauge cars failed on the White Pass and Yukon route due to sled track constraints. Sled trails, widened for wagons, could host vehicles, cutting White Horse to Dawson travel from eight days by stage to about two days by car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
White Pass
Yukon
White Horse
Yukon Valley
Wonders of the Dead Sea Journey by Jacob E. Spafford
American colonist Jacob E. Spafford describes a motor boat circumnavigation of the Dead Sea from Jerusalem. He notes fertile ghors, Engedi as a freshwater oasis, limestone cliffs, and the fortress of Masada with its Serpentine neck. He details Jebel Usdum’s salt rock cave and the surrounding geologic features including Ghor-el-Mizra and the apple of Sodom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dead Sea
Jacob E. Spafford
Jerusalem
Ghors
Mr. Spafford
Sodom
Gomorrah
Engedi
Engendi
Masada iSebbeh
Herod
Jebel Usdum
Josephus
London’s buttonholer returns from holiday amid Labouchere’s melancholy
A London socialite at his club recounts renting a Davres house near Mr Labouchere and notes the latter’s somber mood. He recalls seeing Labouchere flee into a fir wood when approaching him during a walk, provoking concern among listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Davres
Mr. Labouchere
Lahouchere
Wood chopping championships ruled by American tools
In New Zealand Australia and Tasterta competitions in woed chopping draw great interest. Championships are won through American tools, as experts and prize seekers rely on them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Australia
Tasterta
Matrimony Course Taught to Girls at Los Angeles School
In Los Angeles a Gardens Agricultural High School curriculum adds a course of matrimony, courtship, baby care, mother craft and domestic science. Five classes of girls study daily, with plans for boys to join next year, teaching deportment, household management, dressmaking and plumbing pay norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Gilbert
Jack
Jill
Prentice
Los Angeles
California
Gardens Agricultural High School
New York World
A High Court Exchange On Time And Eternity
A long winded lawyer argued before a supreme court judge who joked about trespassing on time versus eternity. The judge noted the difference between delaying court time and encroaching on eternity in a restrained exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supres
Laugh Away Careful Woes With Light Humor
The text urges facing trouble with humor and a sunny smile. It advises rests, reading, walking, and socializing to lift gloom and avoid morbid brooding, stressing that surrender to sadness is the worst misfortune.
Track of Bird Migration Recovers Noted Across Portugal
The article reports remarkable recoveries of ringed terns in Portugal this autumn. One bird ringed in Roseshire was found 15 miles south of Oporto, another ringed in Renfrewshire near Aveiro. Observers suggest a coast to Spain migration line and increased research by English ornithologists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugal
Roseshire
Renfrewshire
Oporto
Aveiro
Spain
Teheran’s Growth and Desertion to the Caspian Valleys
The piece notes Teheran has more than doubled in fifty years to nearly a quarter of a million. It contrasts Raschid’s faded spirit with new British influenced modernization, including telegraphy and tramways. It highlights an exodus to the Caspian mountains such as Sita where fashion and wealth build fine houses in a dry cool climate. The Shah sets a seasonal example with multiple retreat sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
Haroun
Raschid
Caspian
Sita
Shah
The Professor's Calculation from McGill
A Montreal professor known for kindness to students shows absent mindedness when visiting his nephew. He asks if the baby can walk, and the mother snaps that the child has walked for five months. He responds with further abstract musings about how far the child must have gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGill
Montreal
Trees Tradeoffs Shape North American Forest Heritage
The passage notes Europe gave North America a mix of conifers including Norway spruce and maple as reciprocal gifts alongside American white pine and Douglas fir. The exchange underscores historical parallels in forestry and species exchange between continents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
North America
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Vic
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Thames
Nee Ey
Kedney
Peles
W. NL
Cana
Da’s Mines
Jane
Nationaal Drug and Chemical Capainef Canada, Limited
Vn Lage
Liverpool
Ireland
Scandinavia
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
J. S. Calder
Winnipes
THE
Canada Cancer Institute
Limite 10
Churchi Ave
Toronto
Renca
Jami
Trench
Limited
Dr. Pierce
Ory
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