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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1902
Page
2
Mrs Sharpe helps with pies and tea while planning an escape with Mollie The tea is poisoned leading to a sleepy trap and a fatal. Nero and Tiger the watchdogs die from the poisoned beef as the night ends in a murder plot.
In a moonlit Nassau-like scene Mollie Dane clings to Hugh Ingelow amid a thwarted breakout. Mrs. Susan Sharpe and the intruders lead a desperate attempt to seize Mollie as the two lovers plot to outwit the villain Olean der. The scene ends with Mollie trusting Ingelow and Mrs. Sharpe reluctantly joining the ruse.
Wheat markets slipped early in the week as financial stringency in Chicago triggered margin calls and selling. By Friday prices steadied on renewed margin compliance, with crop prospects dampened by persistent western drought. Argentine exports may reach 16 million bushels, far below last year's 32 million. Manitoba prices held while European crops stayed healthy despite mild French winter weather.
A humorous vignette from the New York Press features a boy named Willie and a boy claiming to be his twin. The exchange ends with one asking the other to fetch his brother a piece of pie, highlighting playful newspaper banter.
In a Chicago Tribune paragraph a teacher prompts Tommy Tucker about the word microbe. The line shows microbe defined as a minute living organism and links it to classroom dialogue highlighting parts of speech.
A fragment shows a student speaking of facial scars from duels, asserting pride in them and challenging others to wait for consequences. The text includes garbled lines and nonstandard spelling.
A sad case of insanity was heard at the police court session in Brandon Manitoba. Mrs. Cooper of Victoria British Columbia was detained after behaving demented on a trip from Victoria to Liverpool and held for further medical examination following a telegram from Regina.
News from Quebec notes traces of gold silver and copper found at Matane with large land leases and a shaft contract underway. Mer F E Laucier has attracted several investors tied to Rossland properties. Other items include Methuen’s capture in South Africa and Blake’s Irish Nationalist fund gift. Weather and distant incidents are also mentioned.
Reef cattle see rising activity with strong demand for prime stock and butcher offerings. Prices: best cattle 4c per pound, other grades 3c. yearlings $14-$16, two-year-olds $18-$20. Sheep show little movement as butchers stock up on frozen mutton. Hogs firm on light deliveries with packs paying 6c for 150-250 lb animals. Milch cows scarce and in demand at $20-$45 each. Horses in light demand with no standout features.
In the Wyoming frontier tale, Hans Mueller, a reluctant trumpeter, joins a scouting party with Sergeant Nelson and two privates. Cornered by Nez Perces, Mueller shields the sergeant, carries the wounded Dodds, and falls bravely while delivering his unit to safety. His grave is marked “Courage Was Bullet Proof.”
A veteran Philadelphia sportsman recalls a near fatal encounter as a wounded blue heron struck him between the eyes with its bill after an accidental discharge while aiming at a mink in a creekside chase. He notes the danger of even seasoned hunters facing wildlife.
A young American drummer visited M de Witte, the Russian finance minister, to obtain information for selling his goods. The minister refused, the drummer pressed, and then used a sharp threat to press his case. The scene ends with the drummer declaring he will return to his family empty handed.
A social vignette on Portuguese hotel clocks that strike the hour twice and disturb guests at night. Multiple clocks in a single hotel create confusing, maddening chimes while two servants, a Gallego and a Portuguese, may be called to judge which clock is correct. The one sent for help may arrive half naked, biased by personal comfort, and the landlord may join when doubts persist.
An emperor's 325 edict against gladiatorial games waned in enforcement. In IDE Honorius era monk Telemachus halted a fight at Vespasian’s amphitheater by gifting a cross. The crowd killed him, but the event spurred an imperial 404 ban on gladiatorial sports across the empire. The Coliseum was later consecrated to Telemachus and Christian martyrs.
The London Graphic notes hard military punishments for theft such as the gantlet and the cat o nine tails. It describes first a gantlet trial with soldiers striking as a sergeant backpedals, then a harsher method where the offender is tied to four halberds and whipped by successive men using the cat o nine tails until expiation.
The text notes two unusual cat traits: yellow fur always denotes a female, with males never showing any yellow. It also claims blue eyed cats are always deaf, acknowledging rarity and possible exceptions but asserting blue eyed cats cannot hear.
A Lahore structure built of brick and mortar around 320 B C defied removal by four successive governments. The piece notes India’s plastered white buildings rival marble in shine and smoothness, comparing ancient craft to modern polish.
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