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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
2
Robert Jenks and Iris Deane explore a volcanic island cave uncovering a vein of antimony in a rock and a hidden Sirdar trunk with rifles. Jenks plans a tea ferry while Iris watches, but a deadly octopus ambush interrupts the perilous treasure hunt.
A sailor battles a giant octopus tethered near the water as Iris fires shots to free him. After a brutal struggle the duo escape, while notes on the Amazon describe its vast tributaries and waters, its mouth wide at 180 miles, and its yellow-tinted flood reaching 400 miles from Brazil.
The Achaean League formed by twelve Achaean towns for mutual protection was broken by Alexander the Great, reorganized in 280 BCE, and dissolved in 147 BCE. The second league united Peloponnesian cities and much of Greece, later clashing with Rome before dissolving and Greece falling under Roman domination after defeats at Scarphaea and Corinth.
A feature praising Mrs Ella S Stewart president of the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association and vice president of the WCTU. The piece notes her Chicago residency eight years, Eureka College trustee role, reform department secretary, and broad public spirit. It contrasts hardship with enduring wealth of a cheerful soul.
A Philadelphia Ledger reprint warns of excessive maternal devotion after the birth of a healthy baby. A mother overburdened by preventing others from caring for the infant risks her own health and the child’s future need for maternal guidance through life’s trials.
A compact reflection on love's value in practical life. The author argues that love awakens care in parents and changes siblings into friends. It contends that even the most matter of fact person should admit love makes the world go 'round and life without love would be unhappy.
A beauty specialist urges women to use makeup and ten minutes daily care to keep complexions presentable. She argues mild cosmetics can conceal age while criticizing extreme home attire as unattractive, stressing small daily routines over grand efforts.
A New York press item suggests placing an oyster fork across other cutlery for the first course to prevent mistakes amid elaborate service. With each successive course, the maid or butler tilts the correct fork for that dish.
The article advises placing a small amount of coffee on a hot stove or griddle to burn off and mask strong odors from cooking fish ham or other smelly foods. It claims the coffee aroma is stronger and more agreeable, harmless to the stove, and superior to burning sugar. If needed, carry the scent through the house on a hot pan.
Miss Minnetta Taylor of Greencastle Indiana long a De Pauw University Romance languages professor. She speaks twenty two tongues fluently and can converse in nine more and read four others. From childhood she showed astonishing linguistic talent and as a child became familiar with Latin Greek and Hebrew.
A household advice item recommends boiling one pound of bran in a gallon of water for an hour to wash varnished kitchen paints. The bran wash cleans effectively and leaves surfaces bright and glossy, appealing to anyone who values a spotless kitchen.
A Woman's Life admonition warns against airing children’s faults to relatives and condemning neighbors. Advising private counsel, it says mortifying children harms their hearts and estranges them, while openly disapproving leads to being quickly forgotten.
A brass teakettle and other brass articles can be cleaned by first washing with a suds of ammonia and soap without water, rinse quickly to remove grease, then apply a brass polish for a shining finish. Benares ware is not included.
The article suggests using a lamp chimney or stove lid to provide heat when hot applications are needed during illness. It notes Bermuda onion and water cress in salads or sandwiches with horseradish for extra flavor and promotes skim milk as a good nourishment for children, while criticizing fat removal in milk. It ends with a wry remark about housework pressures and women.
A woman confined to a couch in a tiny room endures years of limited sighting only of treetops yet remains hopeful cheerful and urges others to bear their burdens and seek comfort and encouragement from others.
About 200 sailors depart on the ss Manitoba from London on March 13 as an Admiralty experiment to test how quickly troops can be moved to the far west in case of need.
In Dublin, Lord Aberdeen asserts he formed and developed what he believes is the largest orchard in British Columbia, claiming responsibility for its growth and advancement.
The Liverpool chamber of commerce expresses the view that the embargo on Canadian cattle should be removed, signaling a shift in policy considerations for trade and agriculture.
An Ottawa report notes experiments at Sault Ste. Marie showing electric smelting can process magnetic and hematite ores. Electric furnaces handle grades containing sulphur and phosphorus, enabling high temperature treatment of troublesome iron ores. Expansion of plants and new installations likely in Ontario and Quebec.
A London survey of reigning rulers reveals smoking preferences with King Edward and Austrian rulers favoring cigars while the Kaiser and the Ceur smoke cigarettes. The Sultan of Turkey is said to be non smoking, Portugal’s king reportedly smokes forty cigars daily, and Pope Pius X. sometimes smokes. Excluding the Queen of Holland, King of Bavaria, and the Sultan, most monarchs are described as tobacco users.
An itinerant artist in Morocco struggles to draw Arabs in Algiers where a Moor helps with embroideries and warns that making likenesses harms the artist in the afterlife. He asks where the artist will be then when Allah demands whom you will give souls by your own will.
The piece describes women in Muscat wearing restricted muzzles that hide mouths eyes and even noses, preventing any Cleopatra style appeal. It contrasts this with Kangra in India where some men cut off their wives noses for perceived beauty.
A Boston girl, raised to believe she must always be wood, is told that all she does is observed by God. On the way to school, her dog trails behind and she orders him home, declaring it bad enough that God watches her and now follows her too.
A Bristol police sergeant serving a summons on himself for letting a Stoke Bishop chimney catch fire acted as witness and defendant. He said a child threw paper on the coals caused the blaze and was fined 2s 6d after his wife called him to report the offense.
A quirky exchange has a man correcting a woman by noting she stands on his corn. The rising in German East Africa is blamed on native discontent with modernization. Mexico acts strongly to protect forests. Henry V. Moore, famed in YMCA circles, has died. Paris inventories list church lands in twenty seven churches. Pacific coast Indians adopt a strange cure for la grippe.
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