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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 08, 1902
Page
2
Susan Sharpe resists a peddler visitor as Mollie, her patient, endures another long day under surveillance. Mrs. Oleander and Mrs. Sharpe scheme quietly, while the peddler finds a clue in a lost thimble and plots. The final page teases further developments.
A schoolboy duel at a Paris club ends in grim joke as pistols loaded with bread crumbs misfire. The challenger, Count Deni de Castellane, believing a man is dying, discovers the corpse survives and the prank backfires. He then drags the body to the river and resolves to bury it.
A solemn theorist predicts future isolation even for the successful, while a practical politician replies that keeping friends close is part of his business, implying political networking sustains his support.
A major blaze in Portage a Prairie destroyed nine buildings on main street with estimated losses near 50000 and only half covered by insurance. In Rat Portage the fire gutted E G Hall Co dry goods, valued at 28000, with extensive damage to neighboring blocks and to Dr Marshall’s dental parlor above Hall’s store. Firefighters battled harsh winds and weak water supplies while liquor stocks fed the flames.
The British admiralty invited Clyde shipyards to tender for two 16 500 ton battleships along with five first class armoured cruisers and two protected cruisers. Officials seek prompt bids as work on twenty ships in progress may be sped up. The new battleships will surpass existing navy gun power.
Ottawa reports from the agricultural department poultry expert C. Hare show Christmas shipments bring excellent returns. Fifty four cases from Vrinve Tad cas averaged 14 cents per pound in Manchester, equal to 18 cents per pound drawn.
The British war office, via Hon. Sydney Fisher, placed a contract with Lake of the Woods Milling for one thousand tons of Keewatin flour for South Africa, equivalent to about 12 500 barrels.
Sir Ernest Cassel places 200000 pounds at King Edward's disposal to endow a sanatorium for consumptives. J Pierpont Morgan buys Raphael's Maxdonna of St Anthony. New British stamps earn public satisfaction in London. Northern Pacific capital stands at 155000000 dollars. Australia grants tariff concessions to Canada but duties stay high. British Captain Burrows reports Congo atrocities. Miners riot in Bangor with military control. Johannesburg market booms. land near the city valued at 50 pounds per acre. Five U S prisoners drink wood alcohol on Alcatraz. two die, one goes blind. Nihilist activity resumes in Kiev after a palace blast. Manitoba eyeing Gothenburg liquor system. Winnipeg delegation urges Galician public schools.
A compact opinion pieces touches on a proverb about noisy radiators not matching heat and a witty remark about an engaged woman seeking affection without stinginess. It also muses whether the Psalm of Life would need revision if aerial navigation is perfected.
A quoted speaker asserts the genuine Christian spirit resides in the punch bowl, commenting on religious sentiment and social drinking. The remark links faith to a social gathering and its beverages.
The Manitoba wheat market remains quiet while outside markets rise. Prices traded 6% to 7% for January delivery in Fort William and Toronto areas with fluctuating bids, and reports indicate weak overall American demand and light local storage. European shipments show limited gains and Argentina harvestes are ahead but small in yield.
Cattle market appears well supplied with meat and scarce livestock, keeping prices steady for a time. Regular value at abattoirs is 3 to 4 cents per pound. Hog prices show a weekly drop of ten percent with best weights at 6.44 dollars and lights and heavies at 5 1/2 cents per pound.
Twenty landowners in Britain own more than 150000 acres each. Among them are fifteen peers and five commoners, highlighting a small elite with vast agricultural holdings.
Miss Denby a fifty two year old dressmaker turns fashionable after meeting Count Sardana palus a Greek nobleman She hosts a secret wedding plan and a dramatic balloon departure that ends in a comic misdirection with a ballooning admirer and a nutty balloon courier.
A London journal recalls Tennyson's Freshwater visit with a shy young American author who carried Longfellow's letter of commendation. The guest barely drank while Tennyson drank port after dinner and asked, Do you always drink a bottle of port after dinner.
The article explains theine caffeine and tannin levels in tea leaves noting theine develops best in young leaf skins and shoots sent to Russia. It contrasts English tea as older leaf with less theine and more tannin and questions the small amounts of theine in British tea and its effect on cheer.
Mr Churton Colling discusses how familiar maxims such as Salus populi, a health of the people phrased law, the Delphic oracle reply to Polycrates, and phrases like calling a spade a spade, There’s many a slip between cup and lip, derive from ancient sources or anonymous poets, not modern usage.
A humorous exchange features Ancre Rastus asking Professor Mandrake how to distinguish deadly Amanita phalloides from edible Agaricus campestris. The professor lists distinguishing features such as pileus texture gill color stalk shape ring base and membranous cap, and Rastus asks how to tell them apart in practice.
A gentlemanly passenger objects to a fellow traveller’s protruding foot in an elevated carriage. After a tense exchange the man reveals a wooden foot and subtly retracts it, prompting blushes and a quick exit as others giggle at the scene.
A London Tit-Bits anecdote recalls a provincial grocer scolding a new clerk for sending top quality butter to a customer. The grocer laments that after years of “getting them down to the barrel,” the taste of good butter would rekindle desire for better products, foiling his plan for profits.
The Tragedian jokes about payment while the Property Man questions the salary. The press agent’s evasions are ridiculed in a brisk Brooklyn Eagle quip.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press quotes a new boarder praising a plan while Mrs Starvem jokes about soup versus hot water as a cure for dyspepsia. The playful exchange highlights wartime appetite and domestic banter amid social meals.
The justice suggests placing the victor under bonds to keep the peace as the vanquished protests the outcome, claiming ownership of a bite mark and demanding resolution.
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