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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 18, 1923
Page
8
A female narrator recalls meeting Murray, a cheerful, trusted office worker from near Ottawa who wins her trust and affection. She contrasts her cautious stance with his steadfast, good-natured charm and her resolve to marry for genuine connection rather than a game. Murray vows marriage and fidelity, shaping their budding relationship.
In April 1914 a severe cold turned to pneumonia endangering the narrator’s mother whose heart had been found weak. She recovered enough to return home and rest in bed and on the couch. The narrator recalls deciding not to accept her possible loneliness and learns of the depth of their friendship with Murray through her care and final days.
In Winnipeg during the early days of war, a woman recounts rearranging marriage plans with Murray to wed in August rather than September. Murray faces duty and fear of killing, while she asserts rights to care for him if injured. They marry early, receive social notices, and he joins the 8th at Valcartier. The couple spends two weeks together before he departs, and she returns to work with plans to continue their story.
A new periodical devoted to fur trade interests appears in Oshawa. The Fur Trade Journal of Canada notes the silver fox industry began 36 years ago in Prince Edward Island and has grown substantially with foxes valued at 5,372,262 dollars. The industry, including muskrat and beaver, contributes over 9 million dollars annually.
A humorous exchange features a husband boasting that his wife kept the family home intact by stopping a mortgage plan to buy an automobile. The repartee underlines domestic prudence and quick wit in a light social note.
A compact 15 cent dye and tint service promises to revive faded clothing and drapery. The ad touts women customers can dye any garment or drapery to restore color.
Do not worry about dyeing success. Diamond Dyes guarantees perfect home dyeing even for first timers. Druggists carry all colors with directions in every package.
A cablegram from the Dominion Livestock Branch notes bacon prices advancing 10 to 15 shillings with leanest and prime quoted at 125 and 130 shillings, respectively. Hog prices in Canada show a week over week rise, led by Toronto at 11.90 and Montreal at 11.75, while Winnipeg remains steady at 11.27.
Canada faces annual damages of about 14.5 million dollars from forest fires over five years with 6779 fires yearly. Campers, settlers, lightning, railways, and other causes drive the losses, while timber destruction and land clearing remain core issues prompting safety safeguards and burning permits.
Alberta expects a total wheat harvest of 142,955,000 bushels from 6,956,461 acres. The average yield is estimated at 24 bushels per acre, per figures from the Department of Agriculture at Edmonton and the Government Bureau of Statistics.
The Department of Soldiers Civil Re establishment has received 24 000 applications with an approximate 60 000 000 insurance value since the act began. In the first year, applications were about 400 per month, but August and September last year saw about 2 000 monthly.
A concise remark notes a man could profit using five fingers if ten were unavailable to slip through, implying resourceful use of limited means.
A western packer plans to test the buffalo meat market using his herd of buffalo. The venture aims to assess demand and price since demand for buffalo meat has grown in recent times.
The London Daily News cites Broxholme six miles from London as England’s laziest village. Rector Rev. H. J. Griffin laments 105 parishioners who seldom attend church or village events, noting only a sprinkling attend on Sundays and poor turnout at fetes. Some villagers walk the short distance to the church as he sweeps the graveyard, a scene the rector finds humorless.
At the 1923 session of Parliament legislation was secured to extend egg grading to the domestic trade. Grading had applied to inter provincial exports and imports, now home consumption eggs must be classified. The consumer gains assurance of value and quality, while producers can command better prices, boosting the poultry industry nationwide.
A burn on the hand is far more painful than on the back. The hand’s nerves make it highly sensitive and finger tips are among the most responsive parts of the body. A palm wound can cause collapse as if the body were shot.
The Manitoba Government will appoint a commissioner to investigate marketing of dairy products with a view to forming cooperative agencies at country points and securing better prices for producers, importers, and consumers.
An office boy muses on doubling his income after folding a ten dollar bill. The moment hints at aspiration and financial ambition within a workplace setting.
Authorities estimate the body's surface area at about 16 square feet. The figure is cited by several sources as a general guideline for medical and scientific references.
An advertisement urges readers to inhale Catarrhozone for catarrh and nasal relief rather than oral cough medicines. The Montreal company markets two months of treatment for one dollar or a small 60 cent size, with mail order available.
In Constantinople Turkish police reportedly revert to English 15th century styles to mark habitual criminals by tattooing or burning. The article cites a surge of Near Eastern criminals after the war, making the city one of the worst for crime worldwide.
A Belgian woman dying of an incurable disease was carried from London to Brussels in a specially converted Napier D H 34 airliner that served as an aerial ambulance. The plane, normally seating 11, was fitted with a bed and a silenced 450 horsepower engine, covering the 200 miles in 1 hour and 40 minutes.
The provincial government estimates Saskatchewan has 12,332,000 acres devoted to wheat this year and 5,998,000 acres to oats. Other leading crops include Darley 617,000 acres, rye 878,000 acres, flax 461,000 acres, and hay and clover 275,000 acres.
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