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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1920
Page
2
In a camp tale, Mr. Washburn recounts Dorkin once a promising student ruined by opium. After a failed college theft and disgrace he arrives seeking help, pulling back from death with support from Lookup settlement. Dorkin conquers addiction, becoming a beloved figure in the woods community.
Oil has been struck in small quantities in the Imperial Oil Company well at Fort Norman in the far north at a depth of 450 feet, according to a word received in Calgary. Aromatic honey produced by the bees of Mela is noted as unlike any other locality.
Painful back trouble and urinary disturbances are linked to diseased kidneys. The ad promises quick relief and lasting cure in one day, claiming Dr Hamilton's Pills of Mandrake and Butternut restore kidney vitality, with 25 cent yellow boxes available from dealers.
A description of two vast Atlantic valleys or underwater mountains. One passes between Cape Verde and the Azores toward Europe and the British Isles, ending near the North Sea ridge. The second runs parallel, separated by a land strip with Azores above water. The piece suggests early land connection between England and the continent.
Harrison Watson, chief Canadian Trade Commissioner in the United Kingdom, reports the UK has nearly reversed the wartime shipbuilding advantage with the United States. He notes steady UK tonnage growth, narrowing the US surplus from 1,350,000 tons to about 1,478,000 tons in favor of Britain, while wartime American surge owed to temporary circumstances.
B C Has Record Fruit Crop. Apples in Vernon district are expected to drop below 1919 levels while pears are set to double last year. Peaches cherries and apricots should hold steady. Onions tomatoes and potatoes show larger acreage and the combined output is projected to set records.
The Chinaman’s coat bears five buttons each tied to a Confucian virtue Humanity justice order prudence and rectitude symbolizing moral guidelines.
Sixth to eighth grade pupils on the Island of Hawaii contract for cane farming as part of their industrial education. Each student signs to cultivate one tenth of an acre, renting land from plantations and handling costs with seven percent interest. Hanokaa School starts with 20 contractors on two acres. Honomu School has 19 boys renting land. Returns go to the pupil.
To tackle a chronic teacher shortage Saskatchewan Education will grant British teachers who completed a two year training college course in the United Kingdom the province's highest professional standing a first class certificate subject to satisfactory work in the province.
Red Cross compiled figures across eighteen countries show twelve million children in Europe lost one or both parents. Russia leads with four million, France one million, Albania with seventeen thousand.
The London Zoological Gardens saw a record 1,515,042 visitors last year. A playful note questions the rhyme about flour and wheat.
Statistics from the Dominion Experimental Farm show Manitoba pen 18 at Brandon owned by W. H. Howe leading the provincial egg-laying contest with 1 401 eggs in 3 ½ weeks. Pen 2 in Ottawa’s Canadian contest, owned by J. E. Rhoades, sits second with 1 356 eggs. his Barred Rocks birds reside there.
The 200 year old Cristiori piano, made in 1720, remains in good condition. Its strings are plucked by quill or leather points rather than struck by hammers, giving it a harp like timbre.
A man tries a joke on his wife asking why he is like a mule. She responds with a sharp line Clarifying she knows he is but not why, turning the quip back on him.
Clifford Yeomans of East Chettelcook, N B, reports three years of pimples on his face. After using two cakes of Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Cuticura Ointment he was healed. The note promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum with prices and a Canadian depot in Montreal.
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