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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 17, 1902
Page
2
In a tense combat scene at Santa Ana a veteran officer confronts a former captain amid the siege as orders to retreat echo. Langdon meets the pale, nervous Colombian lieutenant colonel and learns Melville has fallen, heightening the crisis.
Amid smoke and flame the brigade drives Tagal defenses along the Guadeloupe road and cordon, captures the river redoubt, and tends the wounded while Langdon, wounded, is honored with a brigadier general brevet. Melville reveals Armistead’s hidden past as Langdon contemplates trust and duty.
War winds down as regiments muster out in Manila and San Francisco. Eric Langdon’s hero status fuels governor pressure while Nathan and Torrance reckon with past rifts. Langdon resists public office yet remains pivotal amid political maneuvering and veteran reinforcements.
Carleton County residents report Dodd's Kidney Pills as a complete cure for kidney troubles including back pain and rheumatism. The article highlights a Lower Windsor postmaster who recovered after years of ailment and multiple remedies. It notes rising advocacy as more cures are claimed locally.
Despite the disappearance of the golden eagle from Wales, white tailed eagles continue to be found in north Wales and in Shropshire, indicating a regional persistence of this species.
Spearing swordfish along the Atlantic coast is described as an exciting occupation for ocean farmers and the fish are noted to bring good prices.
A cavern called McSwine's Gun along County Donegal's coast creates a powerful tide rush that booms like a cannon and can be heard twenty or thirty miles away.
The report notes that in India, snakes kill more people at home than in fields or elsewhere, highlighting domestic risk and the prevalence of snake bites in houses.
A Toronto dispatch reports Bishop Baldwin of Huron describing Jewish rising power and wealth, with claims of press influence and a millennial future for Israel. Also notes Ada Norman’s fatal basement fire in Winnipeg, and local Manitoba real estate and political chatter.
The export movement has slowed with the season. stockers await later shipment as grain traffic eases. Yearling stockers command around 16 dollars per head and two year olds about 22 dollars, beef cattle priced by weight and quality. Hogs are plentiful and prices soften with large receipts. best weights around six cents per pound. Milch cows are scarce with prices firm at 30 to 45 dollars per animal. Horses show strong demand for bush teams and general purpose stock.
Sir Edward Bradford, long head of England’s metropolitan police, announces his impending retirement after twelve years as Chief Commissioner. His career spans service in India, suppressing Thuggee and Dacoity, loss of his left arm in a tiger encounter, and leadership of major public pageants in London.
A Century magazine excerpt recounts prisoners, mostly not drunk, seeking adjournments while drunk defendants rush to face the magistrate. A painter by trade defends his intoxicated state with a barber pole anecdote as the crowd jokes about feigned innocence and excuses.
A Paris merchant seeks to know which Yokohama firm failed. He asks a banker to review a list of ten names without revealing any identity. The banker refuses, citing delicacy, until the merchant explains that only one name is genuine and all others are fictitious. The banker confirms the failed firm is on the list, revealing the merchant’s risk in trusting the unreliable method.
Dr Hausmick asks Schumann about Wagner. Schumann says Wagner is impossible because he talks too fast and no one can get a word in. Wagner recalls Schumann as impossible too, saying he says nothing and looks into space during talks of operas and composers.
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