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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1923
Page
6
Moran plans a swift escape after a vigilante roundup as Tug Bailey dies. He sees Wade ranch deserted, targets Dorothy at Wade’s house, and brutal violence escalates as Moran forces himself on her before a desperate plea for help ends the excerpt.
A New York Herald analysis credits London as the world s financial center despite the U S holding half the world s gold. It attributes the supremacy to London's perfected money market machinery including the discount market, world market knowledge, comprehensive insurance systems, and low interest rates.
Saskatchewan farmers earned 229 prizes for grain grasses and vegetables at international shows in Canada and the United States from 1911 to 1922. Of these, 84 were sweepstakes or first prizes, with many additional awards for livestock and prominent wheat showcases at shows where they were exhibited.
Thousands of women and girls lose factory work in the Ruhr under French occupation. They ignore domestic service offered them as Berlin and local municipalities support strike funds, often exceeding home wages. Housemaids are equally scarce in Germany and in the country.
A poisonous mushroom completes its full growth within twelve hours. The rapid maturation underscores risks to foragers and the need for cautious identification in wild areas. Local experts warn against handling unknown fungi.
Advertisement for Catarrhozone a cold remedy claiming to relieve nasal congestion and catarrh. It promotes inhalation and regular use to keep passages germ free, offering two months of treatment for $1.00 and a small size 50c, with mail order from The Catarrhozone Co Montreal.
A British scientist writes that wireless will direct ships trains traffic roads fleets and even humans. A wireless lighthouse on Inchkeith Island guides vessels in fog and a Port of London ship demonstrates global navigation via wireless. A cross Atlantic airplane flight will be guided by wireless from Glace Bay to Ongar over 2000 miles.
The former German emperor refuses to pay taxes in Doorn arguing compulsion drove him to Holland. Doorn authorities claim voluntary residence and retroactive enforcement. Amerongen council, where he first lived in exile, plans to pursue arrears with the Doorn decision in mind.
Governor General Byng and Lady Byng lead residents of Pictou district and public figures from across Canada in a pageant marking the 150th anniversary of the landing of Scotland’s first settlers. A replica of the ship Hector featured in the celebration.
Report cites claim that typewriters painted white reduce eye strain and increase user productivity, noting observers describe clearer visibility and fewer fatigue issues during long typing sessions.
Dr Paul Kammerer told the Cambridge Natural History Society he developed eyes in the proteus a cave dwelling eel like creature by exposing it to red light for five years. He said daylight blocked eye formation but red illumination made eyes and changed its color and size and suggested hidden traits in humans may emerge with proper light.
The George Inn at Norton St Philip near Bath is among England’s oldest. A half timbered house licensed as an alehouse in 1397 features thick walls, a historic room where Duke of Monmouth and Oliver Cromwell slept, a massive oak door, a small oak chair, aged oak settles, deep cupboards, and fine oak panelling.
A western traveler arrived at the Waldorf Astoria with little cash and gold in several pokes he asked the hotel treasurer to guard. He then had the gold sold to the Government to cover his hotel bill, yielding a $5,000 payment. The Government acted as a ready purchaser.
Canada shipped 22,228,898 bushels of wheat in June, up from 11,760,477 a year earlier. Wheat flour exports rose to 904,619 barrels from 764,625. For ten months ending June, total wheat exports reached 205,000,000 bushels, up 68,000,000 from the prior year.
The Prince is winner added interest to Calgary’s summer exhibition with Balcairn Ringlet taking first place in the Clydesdale females. Ringlet is a beautiful yearling filly recently imported for the Prince of Wales’ ranch near High River.
The Dominion Labor Gazette reports a marked increase in employment across all industries with unemployment falling 50 percent from a year ago.
A report notes that Gelf has disappeared after an individual assumed the AI identities of others. Authorities and multiple users are investigating the incident amid concerns over identity and access security.
A chocolate frosting recipe combines milk and unsweetened chocolate heated until thick, then sweetened and cooked again until the spoon drops heavily. When cooled, fold in chopped Sun-Maid raisins and vanilla, then spread on a cold cake.
Dough from flour salt baking powder sugar and butter is enriched with an egg and milk then spread on a pan. Butter and cinnamon sugar are brushed on top, raisins are added, and peeled sliced apples cover the fruit layer before baking thirty minutes.
Professor H. Turner at the Royal Institute explains that a soup plate can appear sun or moon sized from a distance. He outlines how astronomers measure star sizes, noting the Sun is 400 times the Moon and Michelson's method to estimate Alpha in Orion as 400 times larger than the Sun. Future measurements may target smaller stars.
A young Frenchman completed a bold jump from the first station to the ground on a bicycle. He covered forty steps in the initial leap and then fifteen to twenty steps per jump, finishing the ninety yard descent in under a minute and a half. He was only slightly scratched on one leg and the bicycle remained intact.
Electric light meters in Toronto are now read by photographs taken with a roll film camera, marking a shift from manual readings to image based measurement by city utilities.
General Electric ships 37 high power searchlights for the night mail route from Schenectady to Chicago and Cheyenne. Each 5.3 million candlepower unit will illuminate ten miles of night air travel with steel towers 54 feet high and automatic operation. An emergency landing field will be lit at each town along the route.
An advertisement claims Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry halts diarrhoea and cramps quickly. A testimonial from Mrs. Ernest Morris of London Ontario describes severe illness followed by full relief after four doses. Price listed at 50 cents per bottle, distributed by The Y T Milburn Co Limited Toronto.
A commercial aviator charged fifteen cents an acre to distribute poison over cotton fields in Texas. The plane required only three hogs to dust the 460 acre field, vastly reducing time compared with ordinary methods.
A fragment notes that when a woman loses her ejiper she reveals her age signaling a social belief. The item frames age as visible by the loss, reflecting historical attitudes toward female adornments.
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