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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 25, 1915
Page
2
After a siege in a hidden cavern, Master Pimball and his men are crushed by falling rock as an earthquake traps the survivors. The narrator, Lucy, and a wounded Pimball cling to life with a flickering lantern and a plan to escape by following a water stream toward safety.
The narrator and a companion push through a water-filled rift, enlarging a passage with an ax. After emerging into a wider cave and discovering a dangerous descent, they reach a final wall where a stone blocks the light, leaving the conclusion uncertain.
A metal box device worn like a haversack was seized and examined. It holds a piping system for flammable coal tar mixture, a nozzle with a pressure gauge and wick, and uses a chemical to ignite the tar as it issues at high pressure. Authorities describe the apparatus as remarkably ingenious.
Mr. Charlies Barber, chief game guardian, reports a revived effort to protect Manitoba wildlife. Temporary guardians now operate across Brandon Killarney Plum Coulee Teulon and Dauphin with city coverage in Winnipeg. Convictions rise as licenses, fines, and confiscations deter Sunday shooting and out-of-season hunting.
The article argues farm success hinges on improved home life and wife’s comfort with better conveniences. It cites Dr Curtis on unrewarded labor, urges reading, social visits, rural clubs, school involvement, and regular family play to enrich life and morale on the farm.
Interviews with Alexei Khvostoff, the newRussian interior minister, outline his stance on governance and wartime policy. He supports victory through national unity, limits on press restrictions, and Jewish rights expansion with postwar real estate limits. A post office order bans postcards and envelopes bearing anti Allies or Germany related imagery as unneutral.
After a barb wire accident do not apply axle grease or rancid ointment. Wash with warm water then clip surrounding hair and wash again. Use absorbent cotton to clean deep cuts avoid wet sponges. Dry dusting powder prepared from snaked lime sulphur and charcoal aids healing. Open nail hoof wounds for drainage then treat with corrosive sublimate solution and dusting powder daily until healed.
A playful exchange unfolds as a hawker offers flowers to a man and his companion. The man declines with humor while a magician asserts mind reading skills and an engineer challenges him to prove it in a quick inebriated toast of wit.
Advice on keeping winter vegetables including cabbage turnips potatoes and onions in cellars or crates. Preserves celery at 35 to 40 degrees with earth on roots and protection from freezing. Recommends sand or soil storage for salsify parsnips carrots and beets with parsnips tasting better in spring.
Returns from Swedish tax officials show 800000 Swedes out of 5,639,009 earn more than six cents daily. Most residents are farmers or fishermen, using money mainly for clothing and small goods. Only 698 have incomes over 21440 dollars yearly, with 40000 above 1000 dollars. Government revenue for 1914 was 149 million, projected 159 million for 1915, but early 1916 revenue fell by about 3 million from the prior year.
A boy in a straw hat asks about snakes and pests while a previous visitor claimed the area lacked rattlesnakes or mosquitoes. The man identified as a naturalist indicated the place might not suit him based on his inquiries.
The Montreal News reports a broad U S stock market buying surge signaling revived trade nationally. It forecasts a wave of prosperity as manufacturers wholesalers and retailers rebuild depleted stocks and clear warehouse and shelf backlogs.
An order in council delays the Welsh Disestablishment Act of 1914 and the Government of Ireland Act 1914. If the war continues twelve months after passage, no steps to operate the Ireland act occur for eighteen months, or until the war ends. The Welsh Church disestablishment date is postponed until the war ends.
The Dominion government forest nursery at Indian Head now distributes spruce and pine for farm planting under special conditions. Distribution is limited to farms, with no stock for town or city lots. Bona fide farm owners may apply to learn more at the Forest Nursery Station in Indian Head.
A timid young man asks a widow if she would consider him as a husband, recalling her first marriage. She replies softly that she would not consider him for even a moment, delivering a coy but clear rebuff.
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