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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 03, 1924
Page
6
In a tense scene a sergeant urges Moira to leave the gulch before Bonnemort returns. Moira resists yet obeys as Seymour plans to prove facts and track Bart’s killer, warning of danger as the gate may be opened from inside.
A narrator notes a right boot with a peculiar plate near improvised clothing. The sole bearing a mark leads to the deduction that the wearer killed Bart Carwel, tying the boot to a violent crime.
Moira O Malley travels Glacier Creek avoiding Smwashes and seeks a path to capture the white slayer of her cousin s sweetheart. Bonnemort confronts her at the improvised bridge and detains her, testing her with questions as she plans a daring escape aided by unlikely allies.
In a dramatic confrontation at Glacier Creek, Bonnemort abducts Moira as Russell L. Seymour races to help. Moira hurls a rock, Bonnemort's shot misfires, and Seymour wrestles the gun away, freeing Moira as native Argonauts close in. The scene ends with the threat unresolved.
Astronomer Robert G. Aiken of Lick Observatory said recent Mars observations near Earth’s proximity bolster the view that Mars could support life. He noted the greenish tinge in early Martian summer may indicate vegetation, implying animal life of low forms may coexist as on Earth.
The Red Star liner Bergeniand, arriving at Plymouth for the final time before a round-the-world pleasure voyage, will carry 500 tourists for a five month trip. Pantry space is insufficient so stores fill the hold, including 10,000 lb beef 78,000 eggs 10,000 lb butter 30,900 gal condensed milk and 106,000 lb flour.
Inspector commends Mr. Short for accurate scales, noting sixteen ounces to the pound. Short acknowledges the accuracy and says he will repair the scales when he has time.
Hon. C M Hamilton announced in the legislature that Craigie Fyvie a top two year old Clydesdale stallion was sent to Regina from James Kilpatrick of Kilmarnock and John Crocker of Fyvie as a magnanimous gift to the College of Agriculture. Robert Linton who visited Scotland in 1920 wrote urging a well bred Clydesdale donation and within weeks learned the stallion was en route to Canada.
British postal workers held a show featuring more than 400 drawings and paintings by staff. Critics praised the pieces for exceptional beauty and one exhibitor, still employed by the post office, has had work displayed at the Royal Academy salon.
American Mercury notes Americans coin countless indefinite names amid a survey of terms like thingumbob doodad and doohickey. A British Nile expedition returned 9,000 fish specimens from Egypt, illustrating wide cultural exchange.
James Kilpatrick of Craigiemains in Kilmarnock Scotland is noted as a prominent Clydesdale horse breeder in local records.
John A. Lincoln grand nephew of the president meets H. M. Mitchell whose cousin was Lincoln’s assassin. In a Cecil Street print shop London they discuss an engraving of Lincoln and the booth relative selling it to a Lincoln. The meeting is reported by the New York Herald Tribune.
The Pic du Midi observatory opens the world’s highest radio telephonic station at 10,000 feet. A 350 meter wavelength antenna with 800 watt capacity was transported up the mountain in sections. The system links the observatory with Bagneres, aids weather broadcasts for agriculture, and supports study of radio phenomena including signal fading.
A pigeon race in England saw birds fly from Palace Yard London to the Black Country about a hundred miles in two to three quarters of an hour. The feat prompts questions on pigeons’ flight limits as distances once deemed impossible, such as 500 miles, have been surpassed. War carrier pigeons have records of extraordinary lengths and precision, including an 860 mile Marseille to England journey in one day.
Mothers turn to Vicks VapoRub as an outside remedy for children’s colds throat soreness and chest congestion. Rubbed on throat and chest it releases medicated vapors inhaled to loosen phlegm ease breathing and stimulate skin absorption. Available at drug stores for 50c a jar with free sample requests to Vick Chemical Montreal.
A thermometer at Azizila near Tripoli in North Africa registered 136.4 degrees, surpassing Death Valley's 134.1 degree record set at Green Land Ranch on July 10, 1923. The Royal Meteorological Society notes the new high in its quarterly journal.
Mrs. Georges Lefebvre of St. Zenon Que says Baby's Own Tablets are unmatched for little ones and would use nothing else. The mild laxative formula is claimed to regulate bowels ease indigestion and banish colds colic and related ailments sold by dealers or mail at 26 cents a box from The Dr Williams' Medicine Co Brockville Ont
A devotional extract discusses spiritual longing and growth toward holiness. It cites Frances Power Cobbe and William Law, contrasting earthly nurture with divine grace. The text emphasizes God as the source of all good and the certainty of divine communication to the seeking soul.
The exchange shows a motorist asking how far to the next town while Hick admits limited knowledge of automobiles and directions. The peers debate which route the heroic point might indicate.
Efforts in England aim to develop monoplanes equipped with twelve engines and airships capable of carrying 120 passengers per flight, signaling bold advances in aviation design.
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