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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1901
Page
2
A fragment describes a figure near green glass in a scene around a blazing fire. The wording is surreal and lacks clear identities or events to identify a distinct news item.
Dr. Oleander imprisons Mollie to force marriage and money matters. Mollie, starved of hope, sits by a bleak window with dagger ready, while a nurse, Susan Sharpe, enters to tend her as Oleander plans a Cuba escape for their future.
The Manitoba department of agriculture reports total grain output of 85,174,455 bushels for 1901 with wheat 50,502,885 oats 27,765,888 barley 6,536,155 flax 266,420 rye 62,261 peas 16,? The report notes regional variations with Northwestern districts leading at about 30 bushels per acre and a strong dairy and hay season. 18,375 laborers migrated eastward. Winnipeg saw rapid arrivals and threshing labor demand.
The department of agriculture at Regina and the C P R extended a program to move pure bred bulls from Ontario or Manitoba to the Northwest Territories at five dollars per head. The new rules allow pure bred cows and heifers at seven fifty per head with the department covering part of the rail rate. Ranchers in the Territories and breeders in Ontario and Manitoba are urged to correspond to use this service.
Fort William December 12 An FP R freight engine left the track at Atbara sixty miles west of here yesterday morning no injuries were reported the crew escaped unharmed with the freight train sidelined.
London reports a grand naval display tied to King Edward's coronation. Each nation will send a ship bearing an admiral's flag, with Admiral Sampson of the US Navy and the Duke of Uenoa of the Italian navy likely to attend and hoist their banners.
Alfred Desmarchais of Dominion Fidelity Supply died instantly when he attempted to fix a furnace. He carried an electric light in one hand and opened the furnace with the other, creating a live electrical circuit in the basement.
The passage reflects on how individuals categorize goods as necessities for themselves and view others' desires as extravagances. It suggests a subjective judgment of value tied to personal circumstances and social norms.
Two market phases emerge with speculative demand driving an advance of 2 to 4 1 4 cents per bushel while actual wheat trades stall as buyers resist higher prices. Reports from Argentina foresee a 28 million bushel export surplus and harvest starts there, with Australia likely to perform well and Europe importing vessels to ship wheat.
Cattle shipments head to Montreal while Winnipeg buyers push 3 to 31 gc per pound for prime cattle and 245 to 3c for common stock. Hog receipts rise as markets stay steady with packer weights 150 to 250 pounds. Milch cows scarce with prices $30 to $45 per head. horses expected to rise in value as snow falls and bush demand grows.
The Rossland Works reports a ship ment of gold from Fort Athabasca received there. The Mackenzie river assay shows nearly twenty dollars per ounce, described as the best value ever handled in the Vancouver office.
Jacques Inaudi the Piedmont shepherd boy undergoes a two hour mental calculation test before 100 observers, solving rapid problems without aid. He describes thinking in numbers since infancy, noting varying times for different tasks and sharing a sample that yields 801 years in duration. He emphasizes no general schooling and uses memory only for numeric sequences with purpose.
The essay notes poets often disregard their own borrowings and recalls Lang on Scott and Dobson. It cites Tennyson’s occasional slips and suggests even great poets may confuse others’ lines with their own, while acknowledging possible unconscious borrowing.
The article traces early heating devices from Greek braziers with charcoal basins to Roman hypocausts. It notes heat moving from under houses through floor crevices to rooms and baths, with later flues distributing warmth to entire homes. Remains of Roman lime furnaces survive in some English villas.
The 1775 London Clearing House in Lombard Street allowed bankers to exchange bills notes drafts and other papers via transfer tickets. It enabled large-scale settlements without cash changing hands and involved Bank of England and major London banks. The first U S clearing house was formed by New York banks in 1853.
Dialogue recalls Mrs Hiram asking for references and an applicant admitting to tearing them up in a lively exchange. The vignette hints at social norms and tensions in domestic interactions.
A tract notes an Indian belief that a sleeping man under a hooded Shesh Nag predicts fortune. It cites popular tradition linking the tale to Haida Ali of Mysore rising from a common soldier to prominence.
A collection of curious notes on animals including the silkworm’s many diseases and bee wax production, long bodied canaries, the elephant beetle of Venezuela weighing seven ounces, kangaroos consuming vast grass, 900000 in Australia, field mice multiplying, mound nests of the Australian mound bird, goldfish fin health, and a pet crow’s playful sliding on a mustard can sled.
Nordensfield notes the white bears mistake seals for men in fur, stalking sailors by rocks and ice. The bear hides behind rocks then glides across open snow as hunters, aiming to shoot unseen, are foiled by a misread cue and a risky chase.
A London Mail piece recounts a Norwegian hotel fire escape pamphlet seen in Visnes. The spoof notices claim a rope and improvised procedures for dramatic evacuations with garbled English. The piece satirizes traveler anxieties around wooden hotels and dangerous fire safety guidance.
A prominent doctor argues that florists face the highest death rate, not miners. He cites their exposure to extreme greenhouse heat and cold, shifting from nearly 100 degrees to below freezing, plus careless dress in hot artificial atmospheres, leading to lung throat stomach diseases and rheumatism.
The lovers exchange cautious words as one asks if the other still returns feelings. Dearest answers with a weary, precise time, signaling the moment has passed.
In 1658 Captain Thomas Clarke with John Winthrop started an iron works at New Haven Connecticut. Wild Bill Kleckok visited Portland Maine on a red hot trail and joined a poker game with rich young sports, staying up all night, winning about 1500 dollars, and thanking them for keeping him awake.
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