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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 11, 1924
Page
6
Seymour and Karmack clash in a brutal rough‑and‑tumble inside a log store. The fight shifts from fists to a gun drawn by the factor, Seymour rolling away as the pistol discharges, then seizing the weapon and gaining the upper hand before a door bursts open.
Moira confronting Sergeant Seymour with an accusation of murder follows a tense standoff at the Arctic store. The confrontation centers on a pistol duel and a vow to let the Law decide the killer of her brother, revealing her belief in Karmack as the culprit.
Cor poral arrives with sealed orders and papers from Ottawa as Sergeant Seymour and Royal Mounted officers cope with the unexpected visit. Karmack the factor seeks news and papers while La Marr holds firm on the dispatch and a mystery about trading-post keys deepens the intrigue.
Dr. Cuthbert Christy reports on his Central African expedition for the Belgian government. He details pygmy use of potent poison arrows against elephants and okapi, and notes a grim view of shooting a chimpanzee as akin to murder. He warns of imminent rhino extinction and describes chimpanzee behavior when danger nears.
Nimble Dick, once an ordinary milk wagon steed in Toronto, outjumped all rivals at the Eglington show with a 27 foot leap. The feat nears the English record set at Richmond, with owner W. J. Northgrave credited for discovering the horse's prowess.
An African lung fish from Southern Sudan arrives at London Zoo represented among three lung fish species African, South American and Australian. The specimen traveled in a cake of sun baked mud and awakens in the Tropical Hall to join the display.
The California state fish and game commission reports thousands of crippled ducks gather in the Victoria Island sloughs of the San Joaquin River delta. The cripples, unable to keep pace with able-bodied, form a cooperative colony to obtain food. An examination found every duck at the island crippled.
A quoted passage shows a speaker criticizing high brow work and recounting constant quarrels between a pair. The speaker claims to have been shuffled between a keyhole and a dictionary by their disputes, implying a dependent, strained dynamic.
The orange began as a pear shaped fruit roughly the size of a cherry and transformed over 1,200 years of cultivation into its modern form. The long evolution reflects selective breeding and regional varieties.
Waldemar Kaempffert argues from Percival Lowell’s theory that Mars deserts and canals imply an advanced intelligent race. Smaller gravity would make Martians far stronger and taller, capable of vast irrigation and feats beyond earthly limits, suggesting a civilization older than Earth's.
An editorial in the New York Times argues the gorilla, king of apes, faces extinction and should be safeguarded. It highlights a humane view of gorillas, cites T A Burns of the British Museum noting killing apes resembles murder, and references Carl Akeley's Brightest Africa on a dying child gorilla seeking comfort in his arms.
Vast areas in Queensland and New South Wales face invasion by prickly pears. The invasive cactus, introduced years ago by an American girl from California, proves highly prolific and nearly impossible to eradicate.
Fruit growers and farmers in the Okanagan are giving more attention to dairying with provincial help supporting starting dairy operations. Butter exports at creameries are reported to have increased, and high quality herds have been imported from Eastern Canada.
California ends quarantine for foot and mouth disease in nearly all districts. No outbreaks reported outside California. U S Department of Agriculture commits resources to quell any flareups and prevent spread.
Koreans on tracks obstruct traffic and ignore warning whistles prompting a railway propaganda campaign. Chosen Railways reports about 500 trains annually stopping due to track sleepers and several fatal incidents in hot summers. Some victims’ friends have damaged track sections in retaliation.
Summer heat threatens infant health causing diarrhoea cholera infantum dysentery and colic. Prompt aid is vital. Baby's Own Tablets claim to regulate bowels and ease stomach issues. Sold by medicine dealers or 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Since becoming a province eighteen years ago Alberta has quadrupled its population and increased grain yield twentyfold. In 1923 total agricultural output reached 223.06 million dollars.
A caller asks a hostess about hints and a child responds with a cryptic definition describing a hint as half a tell. The exchange hints at playful conversation and the proximity of a curious child to adult dialogue in a social setting.
Over ten months grain movements on the Edmon ton Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway reached 4,620,500 bushels with wheat comprising 2,681,000 bushels.
Mrs Edgar Simmons of Woodbridge Ontario credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from female troubles headaches backaches and dragging sensations. She praises the remedy as more effective than others and urges neighbors to try it. The ad claims forty years of proven value and roots and herbs as ingredients.
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