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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 01, 1950
Page
7
Marcia Morgan waits beside a hospital door as doctors reveal her husband’s severe internal injuries but alive. She schemes and recalls a prior arsenic plan involving Ellen, the drugstore seller, while the restoration of hope clashes with her madness. The doctor notes an unusual meal before a near fatal incident.
Pattern 4694 advertises an apron with bib in one fabric sizes small to large and Li yards 35 inch. Easy to sew tested for fit illustrated instructions and postal order request for 25 cents. Includes call to send name address style number and coins to Anne Adams Winnipeg Street W To 60 Front Street oo.
The largest sheep and lamb sale in Saskatchewan was held at Tompkins, with 2,859 ewes, lambs and rams sold for $58,147. Alberta buyers paid up to $30 a head for ewes, two-year-olds brought $31 to G. S. Hawkins of Moose Jaw, three and four-year-olds $26, five-year-olds $22, and older ewes over $16 on average. University of Saskatchewan top rams reached $135 a head, and $126 for the next six. Pet lambs drew 42 entries but sold to Lethbridge Feeders at $24 per cwt.
Edmonton police report downtown gutters contain cash and securities totaling 31 534 since October 5. Constable J Hallberg recovered 30 513 in common shares from a dropped book. Electrician Anders Anderson retrieved 1 021 in bills from a gutter on October 5.
Crnbrook sees a large flock of whistling swans swarm the night over lights then rest at a marsh at dawn before leaving in a crescent. Regina study suggests horticulture and agriculture potential in northern Saskatchewan. Vancouver finds a pouch with a million dollars in bank transfer cheques, lost by a Wheat Board employee. High River reports a contract for 2 000 nylon lanyards for revolvers. Macleod forms a Chamber museum project with Fort Whoop-Up cannon and arrowheads. Edmonton to survey Alberta North West boundary near the 60th parallel. Medicine Hat notes huge dendrobium growth in local greenhouses. Vermilion man enters day 130 of unconsciousness since a June crash. Gravelbourg mayor S M Bonneau re-elected by acclamation.
In Madison Tennessee Rev James H Elder is asked to perform a marriage by Miss Alice Ann Baker. Groom candidate turns out to be patrolman Walter Toone who had previously ticketed Dr Elder for speeding. Elder threatens to ask questions and charge a high fee before answering.
Devon Alberta resident Thomas Staley, 64, pans gold on two North Saskatchewan River spots near oil country. He uses a river-flume setup beneath a bridge under construction and a mud box with blankets to capture gold, earning about $6 daily at one site and $28 an ounce at the Vancouver assay office, sharing proceeds with local gravel workers. Old Tom has 16 years chasing gold on the North Saskatchewan.
The Bank of England releases a comprehensive study on the drop in British investments overseas from 1938 to 1948. It notes total overseas holdings fell from £3,545 million to £1,960 million with Commonwealth, Empire, and U.S. investments all shrinking, though U.S. holdings rise by 1948 despite earlier losses.
A Cowichan Indian tribe member reportedly forecast heavy snow for Vancouver Island. An enterprising reporter asked the tribal chief how such predictions are made, and the chief replied that they may listen to radio weather reports.
The Canadian Bar Association will hold its mid-Winter council meeting in Regina on February 23 and 24. Frank L. Bastedo, vice-president of the organization, announced it is the first time the group has met in Saskatchewan in 1928.
William Mitchell, the sole non‑Burns family guest to visit the Burns cottage in Ayr, plans retirement from a Calgary service in November.
The Labor Ministry in Buenos Aires required all workers to give two days of annual pay to the Eva Peron Foundation. Employers must deduct May 1 and October 12 from workers’ wages and deposit within 48 hours to the National Bank.
In Grande Prairie Walter Figgures of Hudson's Bay buyer holds a rare white albino muskrat skin, caught by Gene Gerwatorski on a registered trap line. The fur weighs in as a prized possession for the company.
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