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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 1902
Page
7
London responds to word of ceasefire with jubilation and demonstrations. King Edward and Lord Milner announce terms agreed with Boer delegates near Pretoria. Crowds fill streets. bells ring as Sir Lord Mayor urges orderly celebration and a national day of thanksgiving is planned with Catholic participation.
A brief War Office message reached Buckingham Palace and a Kitchener cablegram notice appeared. Outside colonial and war offices only sparse alerts stood as London clubs and offices learned, by tape, that the South African War had ended and the city woke to the news.
A man named Graham was killed on the docks at Fort William. The report notes a fatal incident with sparse details and local reaction from the port community.
A rustic verse extols the farmer who rides high as dairy, poultry and corn prices surge. It notes butter, veal, pork and beef rising in value while eggs and hay fetch strong sums, leaving townsfolk to retreat. The poem positions the farmer in the saddle of economic luck and urges others to yield.
A historic cook shares two simple fixes for lamb odor. One uses lemon juice and butter to make a gravy for broiled or baked meat. The other suggests pouring mint-flavored gravy over freshly cooked meat and letting mint steep to flavor it.
Describes ideas and rituals used to induce rain including borrowing gods, honoring or banishing deities, and iron tablets guiding petition journeys. Temples house rain tablets with exchange, speed, and diet rules for envoys. Prayers peak in fifth and sixth months with a ten day limit. umbrellas face bans and foreigners are mobbed for carrying them.
The piece details arsenic poisoning symptoms from a dose, including bowel distress, burning esophagus, thirst, vomiting, and abdominal tenderness. It covers progression to collapse, convulsions, and possible death within hours, noting remissions and potential, later recurrence of swelling and chilling symptoms.
Birds resemble humans in character with canaries showing varied temperaments. Some males neglect duties while others are courteous and attentive to the mate. Hens differ too with quiet mothers and others constantly chattering and quarrelling with their mates.
A public health note outlines a treatment for stammering. It states stammerers rarely show impediments in whispers, then prescribes ten days of no speech, ten days of whispering, and fifteen days of gradually returning to normal conversation.
A fragment from London Tit-Bits questions blame and a proposed feast after twenty five years. The dialogue contrasts responsibility for a past event with a suggestion to kill a pig for a celebratory meal.
A witty fragment shows a fashionable doctor pleading for a workaround to shoot birds. The speaker laments luck and asks Trost to write a prescription, implying a humorous or satirical hunting scene.
A cited statement suggests that when the husband is younger than the wife, offspring tend to be girls more often than boys. The claim reflects a pattern noted in historical discussions of gender ratios and parental age differences.
The report notes fifteen million pounds and thousands of unemployed men drifting to cities as state governments shelter them. Drought districts remain in New South Wales Northern and River regions and fodder duties hinder imports. Inland communication stalls as waterways fail. fodder prices force farmers to abandon mail housing. Queensland reports massive sheep deaths and widespread starvation among rabbits.
Ottawa reports to the department of trade and commerce that drought and heavy grain exports to Britain pushed prices higher for wheat flour butter cheese bacon and lard. Flour climbed to 42 47 per ton. wheat to 97 cents and 1.10 per bushel. Trade prospects with Canada are upbeat with interest in 50 tons of butter monthly.
Count Tolstoi suffers typhoid fever as grain rates in Ontario drop toward seaports. St Vincent gains Canada’s $25,000 relief grant for West Indies sufferers. Turkish troops are crushed by Arabian rebels. A Springfield Ontario gale damages the town.
Irene Warper, six year old daughter of Mrs. M. B. Warper the local postmistress at Whitesand Assa, drowned after falling into an unused old well. The accident likely happened while she was at play.
Joseph des Chat elets of Little Ripon St Andre Av in parish near Papineauville Ottawa county is in Hull jail awaiting trial on a murder charge. He is alleged to have thrown Benjamin Richar a 15 year old boy into the Little Nation river.
The maxim urges judging character through daily actions rather than remarkable feats, emphasizing consistency over bursts of effort. It advocates steady integrity in ordinary life as the true test of a person.
Vancouver reports arriving steamers show social and commercial life in the Sandwich Islands collapsing after U S governance. W J Ball, once managing a major firm, says native land loss, mortgage foreclosures, and depopulation from 120000 to 26600 threaten livelihoods. He claims revenue supports the United States, not local needs, and vows not to return.
A group of twelve American millionaires passed through Saskatoon and bought 80 000 acres in Saskatchewan and Assiniboia from a syndicate led by A D Davidson. The deal covers 80 000 acres and 125 square miles with plans to keep and farm the land using steam plows and modern machinery. Some parcels were bought for American capitalists to study potential Canadian investments.
London observes the king's birthday with parades and salutes. The main event at Horse Guards features the trooping of the colors and the presentation of colors to the new Irish Guards with thousands of spectators and notable dignitaries including the U S ambassador Joseph Choate and Henry White. The king rides with the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught in the Irish Guards uniform, followed by a ceremonial review. Later the colors are presented to the Grenadier Guards’ company.
Montreal reports Mayor Prefontaine received a cable from Chevalier Gustave Drolet of Paris announcing the Saskatchewan Gold Mining company has been floated with a capital of 300000 and stock listed in Paris and London. Prefontaine plans to visit the Yukon next week to inspect mining properties and will depart in September for London to float a company valued in the millions.
A six year old named Dale Roy was accidentally killed yesterday afternoon at Bli Bdi Manitoba while watching men move a building. A timber piece slipped back and struck his head, causing instant death.
A Dunrea boy Walter Street drowned after leaping from a scow into deep water. Twelve Galicians died near Edmonton when a raft capsized. Jockey P Magher fatally injured at Woodbine. Winnipeg rulers move to abolish saloon licenses. Michael Herbert to succeed Lord Pauncefote in Paris embassy. Ontario returns show government 50 seats, opposition 47, North Grey disputed. Lord Cadogan to resign Ireland vice royalty. Prince of Wales to visit India for Durbar at Calcutta next January. CPR settles telegraphers dispute. In Ireland savings banks and related funds total large sums with widespread accounts. Grand Marais drowning after horse fell into water. Lord Strathcona opposes colonial representation in imperial parliament.
In a city scene a busker explains how winding a watch predicts time. He demonstrates counting wrench clicks to estimate run time, showing that twelve clicks equal 120 minutes and one click equals about ten minutes, claiming accuracy within ten minutes.
The article recalls Lord Mount-Stephen's rise from a Banffshire herd-boy to a Canadian merchant and banker, his 1891 elevation to peerage as the first colonial recipient, and his practice of giving away most of his fortune while living. He distributed about £600,000 to relatives and donated £25,000 to Aberdeenshire infirmary and £40,000 to bolster Church of Scotland stipends near his birthplace, arguing death duties spur living generosity.
A Manchester Guardian note explains nicknackstorian as cockney slang for a bric a brac dealer who ran an old curiosity shop. A plaintiff sold items including a mummy orangutan scene. the defendant's executors refused payment but the glossary term is used to show the dealer’s win in court.
A biographical sketch notes that young Grant loved play over lessons and was quick to scramble for action. It recalls perilous escapades including a river dunk at Pictou and a hay cutter accident that cost him a hand, from which he joked about a second hand.
A claim from Engineering Magazine states that a 40 horsepower boiler can be manufactured and shipped in about eight hours. If ordered by seven AM, it can depart by three PM the same day, assembled from flat sheets with rivets and tubes set to be water and steam tight.
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