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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
2
King reviews newspapers and letters after Avery’s death. He notes Avery spent last hours at the Amaranth Club and suspects Barthelemy or an unknown party may benefit from Avery’s demise. Avery’s penciled card hints at a club event tying Barthelemy to the case.
King, a member of a quiet Hanover Square based club, questions if Avery was murdered. He notes Avery left the Amaranth lounge at 2:00 AM and died in his sleep later, with King seeking a poison that leaves no trace yet acts later. The inquiry continues as King interviews a renowned toxicologist.
The Topeka Capital notes how KU women students support themselves. They cook for harvest hands and wash small white dogs while in school. Some do housework for faculty families and others play piano for gym classes. One student earned money by making banners for the Santa Fe railway and two roommates bathe a small white dog for two dollars a month.
The 1916 report from Canada’s forestry branch shows 2,609 mills reporting lumber lath and shingles with output totaling 3 490 550 000 board feet a 9 2 percent drop from 1915. Lumber value 58 365 349 lath and shingles 5 962 933 total value 64 328 282. Eastern provinces fell while western provinces rose led by British Columbia.
Advices report civilian depopulation across Belgium. Roulers behind the line has been evacuated completely. Ostend and Courtrai areas emptied with about two thousand sent from Courtrai. Berlace residents forcibly moved to Turcging for trench work. Sleydings inhabitants, both rich and poor, compelled to toil on military roads.
A cryptic exchange from the Baltimore Ave Herald notes a guest claiming an overdue note is not their fault after signing a document that led to an unexpected house party. The brief quip hints at social tensions and comic misunderstanding.
General Maurice, chief director of military operations at the War Office, cites vast Allied manpower and active British support across fronts to counter German propaganda. He argues Britain does not “let others fight” but sustains heavy combat, with Canadian, French, and colonial forces in diverse theaters from France to Mesopotamia and Palestine.
The passage notes concern that if Petain has not addressed troubled minds, the task may be beyond any power. The quotation underscores doubt about solving deep political malfunctions.
Manitoba's soil yields abundant wild forage and hardy grasses like Kentucky Blue Grass Canadian Blue Grass and Western Rye Grass. Wild grasses provide hay for thousands of farmers and Western Rye Grass yields high per acre. Cultivated grasses such as timothy awnless chrome grass and red top perform well aided by rich soil long sunlit days and spring rains. Alfalfa shows strong yields with Brandon experiments averaging over five tons per acre. Oats and barley crops bolster beef and feed stock with Manitoba oats weighing more per bushel and high feeding value. average oat yield over the last decade exceeds 38 bushels per acre with frequent 60 70 80 100 bushel crops.
Manitoba barley is noted as very light hulled yet heavy in weight and contains food wastes that are described as nearly unmatched in any barley analysis.
Practical guide on preserving vegetables through winter. Highlights include protecting produce from frost, keeping cool and moist, avoiding damp rot, and using moist sand for roots. Cabbage, cauliflower, celery, and Brussels sprouts require cool cellars with proper airflow.
Fall plowing conserves soil moisture and heat, aids deeper breaking, and helps control pests by exposing eggs and larvae to freezing. It can harm humus depleted soils, cause puddling, and is not best for all soil types. It also reduces spring workload and uses winter freezing to mix subsoil with surface soil.
Professor R. K. Baker of the University of Saskatchewan says the province is well suited for poultry raising. After a western poultry men’s convention in British Columbia he notes education is needed for farmers to profit, stressing feed efficiency and practical rations. He puts current poultry value at about seven to eight million dollars annually and believes import opportunities and better marketing can boost the industry.
The piece notes nine million acres of Quebec's 210 million are under development with timber as the dominant future crop due to poor soil for tillage. It cites forestry workers' wartime service, explores hydro airplane fire detection ideas, and describes Ottawa's Indian department plan to require slash piling to protect timber holdings from fires.
To improve poultry marketing two stations have been established in Saskatchewan at Regina and Saskatoon. Experts supervise killing plucking grading and packing while advance payments are made to suppliers by grade with final balance after sales. The system aims to pool fall lots and sell through the stations to fetch higher prices for farmers.
The London scene is described as the Imperial City with Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, and South African troops on leave. Officials from the Dominions mingle amid a wartime nerve center, while the Daily Telegraph notes the drive to establish freedom through the war.
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