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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 22, 1925
Page
6
A vivid note on Rafael Sabatini’s adventure novel Captain Blood features a Vicagraph image with J Warren Kerngee caption. The entry hints at swashbuckling action, daring voyage, and frontier exploits in a naval drama set during colonial exploits aboard ships and in Caribbean ports.
Lord Julian confronts Captain Blood aboard the Arabella after Blood battles two Spanish ships and rescues Miss Bishop and Lord Wade. Blood's daring course alteration for their safety stuns Wade who seeks a commission for Blood from Lord Sunderland. A tense exchange follows as Blood rejects bribery and hints at deeper loyalties.
Letters from readers in Dublin Ontario and Halifax Nova Scotia praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief of weakness pains and sleep issues. Women report gaining strength improving sleep and weight while recommending the remedy to others and offering to answer inquiries.
A Turkish officer ships a gunboat to Malta for repairs. Stranded by frayed chains and with dwindling supplies he drifts through the Mediterranean, finally forcing a return to the Dardanelles and home. He reports to the admiralty with the blunt line Malta Yok, and is promoted to under secretary.
A Black man in England asks a clergyman to deliver a Lord’s £25. the cleric gathers friends to collect funds for him. The next day the man receives £15, then writes to the Lord asking that future money be sent directly to him rather than via clergy.
Archaeologists uncover about 40 000 stone implements near Rochester England suggesting a 50 000 year-ago site was a substantial arsenal for tools and weapons. Experts assess the find as evidence of early industrial activity in the region.
Figures from the minister of lands show 1924 logging output reached a record level, exceeding the next highest year of 1925 by 28,000,000 feet, marking a historic peak for the province’s timber industry.
Roy Chapman Andrews leads a caravan of 150 camels and eight motor cars from Pekin toward Kalgan and the Gobi Desert to pursue clues on human origin. The party aims to reveal whether Asia is the cradle of humanity and to locate Adam’s grandfather.
Harland and Wolff of London outlines a future dominated by motor ships. The annual report notes three mail and passenger liners over twenty thousand tons gross each are under construction and thirteen of twenty one active projects are motor ships. Twenty six diesel engines will power these new vessels as main propulsion. The shift follows German yard orders prompting the change.
Governor General Baron Byng of Vimy spoke in Toronto at a reunion banquet of officers from the Toronto Regiment, Third Battalion, praising the memory and meaning of the Canadian corps and expressing it as a deep, soulful attachment.
The good roads department of the provincial government aims to complete the Trans-Canada Highway through Manitoba by October 1. Tenders have been bid and work, when finished, will extend from Brandon to the Saskatchewan boundary.
Two hundred British seamen and marines who took part in the raid on the Zeebrugge Mole in April 1918 will be present at the unveiling by the King of the Belgians on St George's Day April 23 at Zeebrugge. Admiral Sir Roger Keyes said the men would arrive at Dover the previous evening and Thover corporation decided to entertain them.
Trade Commissioner Stutehbury reports promising results from Alberta straw in paper manufacture. Efforts are underway to attract capitalists for commercial production. An auto company gifted the Prince of Wales seven cars while a wartime voyage saw two liners staying together on a south America to England route.
A couple in a quiet suburb at 2 a.m. alert stealthy intruder activity as a window remains stuck shut since painters left. The scene captures a tense, whispered moment with the husband urging caution and seeking escape through an earlier unopenable window.
They both leave everything.
A quirky line notes a method to study eye expression by spilling ketchup on a table cloth. It also reports banana yields along the Syrian coast at about sixteen tons per acre.
New high commissioner J. S. Smith said the Prince could enjoy a grand stay in South Africa with options to drive a team of 16 oxen or take charge of activities he desires. Dutch Cape farmers would compete to provide suitable horses while lions and other wildlife were offered for hunting. South Africans promised abundant ostriches and plumes for his coat of arms.
A mixed list of crossword clues covering across and down entries. Includes definitions for venom, prefix meaning like, title, observations, whale oil, decrease, and many others with reader onus to fill in. Also features archaic and abbreviated forms and foreign terms across diverse topics.
A testimonial from Mrs Zepherin Lavoie of Three Rivers Quebec praises Baby's Own Tablets for regulating a baby's stomach and bowels and aiding health. The ad claims the tablets relieve constipation indigestion colds fevers expel worms ease teething and promote sleep, marketed by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont at 25 cents a box.
The Rosenbach Company of Philadelphia paid a record £1,175 for the finest existing copy of Burns Kilmarnock poems. The same auction saw Rosenbachs pay £380 for a first edition of Alice in Wonderland (1865), one of only six known copies.
A line distinguishes those who look down from above including aviators intellectuals and sixteen year olds. The text notes a ton of coal equals two cords of wood for steam use.
Sally the twelve month old lioness owned by General Smuts was moved to Pretoria Zoo after sheep game and poultry vanished at the farm. Once a faithful follower, Sally roamed the grounds freely but showed signs of trouble as appetite waned and growth accelerated.
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