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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1901
Page
2
In a stormy night, Reverend Rashleigh is coerced into conducting a fake marriage between Mollie Dane and a masked groom. The pair flee. the reverend is later released with a forged certificate, left stunned as dawn breaks and Mollie vanishes.
In the morning two workmen kissed their families then helped tear down a building with a hundred others. One man slipped, an ambulance and hospital followed, and a thin black crepe appeared on a door. Iris’s children continued, but the wife died from heartbreak, and the father’s loss left the little ones without hope. Yet witnesses called it not so bad, saying only one man was killed.
At about 6 pm on Wednesday a Canadian Pacific Railway train derailed three miles east of Ingolf after a track failure. Two killed outright and several injured include Lan White of Kent City and Daniel Le Tiane. Names and homes of other victims and injured listed with uncertain spellings.
The August 1901 Ontario agricultural bulletin reports overall weaker farmers' season than 1900. Fall wheat suffered from Hessian fly in the southwest. hot weather hit crops elsewhere. Total yield projected at 16 million bushels versus 20 million prior year, with spring grains down but strong pasture and near normal oats aiding feed. Apple crop fails and peaches likely scarce.
Burglars tried to rob the N. R. depot safe last night but failed. A drilled hole and powder were found with a fuse that did not ignite. entry was gained via a back door transom. Little money was in the safe and no trace of the criminals yet.
London reports Sir Thomas Lipton departed for the United States yesterday to a cheering crowd at the station. His train compartment bore flowers including a Shamrock II model in manganese bronze and gold plated trim, a gift from Miss May Morell.
The Grand Trunk night express bound for Portland with about 100 passengers jumped the track at Morse Siding near Richmond. The engine Dagwage mail car and first class coaches plus two sleepers toppled eight feet into a ditch. No injuries among the tourists aboard despite the wreck. Wreckers cleared the line and authorities blamed a half open switch. In Winnipeg a boy with a loaded rifle shot accidentally struck a passenger on a Fort Rouge streetcar, injuring an arriving harvest excursionist from Ontario.
Telegrams report Sir William Laird dies aged 69 in Meersfontein Orange River Colony. Comandant Pretorius, shot through eyes, is dead at Wienigeg. Ex Premier Green Way foresees harvest of about 35600 bushels of grain in Crystal City area. Robert Wadsworth’s body found in Toronto bay. relatives seek confinement. Edison tours Sudbury nickel deposits. Major Hill park to host Persian garden events for Duke and Duchess of Cornwall visit. Coroner rules culpable negligence in Proton accident near Owen Sound. Mrs Savigny bequeaths 200 to friends for cremation in Toronto will filing.
Rev. F. G Stevens, former Methodist missionary to Oxford House Indians, arrives in Winnipeg amid efforts to reaffirm his earlier claim of starvation deaths at Sandy Lake during a severe winter. He cites testimony from Indians brought to Norway House, asserts investigations found the deaths, and says current conditions show continued hunger with bark, berries, and scarce fish as sustenance.
London Aug 16 The House of Commons passed the factory bill on third reading after a debate over removing laundries from its scope amid nationalist objection to Catholic convent laundries. Home Secretary Ritchie and Mr. Balfour said the concession was necessary, while government supporters denounced it as surrender to Irish obstruction.
A Winnipeg convict sentenced for larceny attempted self strangulation with broken glass in Stony Mountain Penitentiary on a Sunday morning. Guards stopped the flow of blood and the man shows signs of insanity and may be sent to the asylum.
A sweeping summary notes how the nineteenth century exchanged tools and ideas for innovations. It lists advances from the bicycle and locomotive to lithography, color photography, electricity, dynamo, telephone, and medical aids, contrasting past and future legacies with a steady march of progress.
A condemned eighteen year old in a neighboring state resists kindness until a distant telegram from his mother reaches him. The note "Your mother is loving you yet" prompts tears, but the chaplain notes there is no time to save him as he faces execution for murdering a helpless old man.
A New England Bible class studies Romans twelve on hospitality and rules for Christian living. Most members answer Given to hospitality, except the minister’s daughter aged fifteen who argues the motto should be Patient in tribulation.
A brief Brooklyn Life quip about Spudder trying to join a fishing club. The punchline notes he cannot fish and jokes that a member must be a good liar as well as a fisherman.
A witty clash notes the latest dance called The Automobile sparking a quip about a breakdown. The eagle editorial voice hints at playful social chatter surrounding the new craze.
A fragmentary Hardy verse voices fatigue and social drift as we fall behind old lines. The speaker notes weariness, regrets, and the feeling that a new order replaces the familiar cast, raising questions about purpose and belonging.
David Boyle curator of the Pro-Vineral Museum notes the addition of low specimens and stresses the need for funding to acquire casts, books, and diverse crania for comparative study. The 22,000 specimens are mostly American and Ontario focused. the text lists forthcoming articles by Harris, Wintemberg, and Hamilton among others.
A Weiman recounts a husband who gauges his wife’s mood by a ritual. He returns from work and notes whether his hat is thrown back out or stays inside. If the hat stays in place for five minutes, he enters and finds her agreeable. if it’s tossed out, he seeks a night away to avoid anger.
The fragment references a cook who locks doors and keeps a policeman in the Kitebee. It mentions careful thieves and a cautionary line about daily routines. The text is unclear and largely nonsensical with mixed phrases.
The readable portion presents a fragmented plea about life and death, lacking identifiable people places organizations dates or events to form a coherent news item or report.
An editorial laments the strain of exams on students and promotes Dr. Chase's Nerve Food as a cure for exhausted nerves and frail health, claiming it restores color, vigor, and buoyancy to pale, puny children.
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