Livestock Handled At The Winnipeg Stockyards 1924 Totals
Winnipeg stockyards report shows 916 995 head of livestock for 1924 up 188 633 from 1923. Cattle 413 433 hogs 443 329 sheep 42 436 horses 7 787.
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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 11, 1925
Page
6
Winnipeg stockyards report shows 916 995 head of livestock for 1924 up 188 633 from 1923. Cattle 413 433 hogs 443 329 sheep 42 436 horses 7 787.
A Vitagraph film adapts Rafael Sabatini’s romance Captain Blood. Peter Blood, unjustly condemned in Monmouth’s rebellion, becomes a ship captain after leading a mutinous crew to seize Don Diego’s galleon. Colonel Bishop faces justice as Blood’s crew controls the mutinous voyage.
Captain Blood asserts control aboard the Cinco Lingas after a prize capture from Don Diego de Espinosa y Valdez. He keeps Colonel Bishop as a hostage to secure food and fort behavior while steering toward sea, wrestling with his men’s instinct for vengeance and mercy inspired by Arabella Bishop.
Mrs Helen Balanoff of Fusilier Saskatchewan reports chronic back and side pains with headaches over three years. After marriage the symptoms intensified, but three months of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her condition and she endorses the remedy for others.
Don Diego de Espinosa y Valdez wakes aboard a sunlit ship to find Blood Captain Peter Blood claiming the vessel and his clothes. Blood offers exchange for life and liberty for Don Diego, his son, and others, while proving the Spaniard’s son is safe in irons and seeking a test of honor.
Don Diego accepts parole from an exhausted crew member who offers navigation for a swift voyage to Curacao Straight. The speaker asserts ship handling is manageable but calls on better seamanship to chart a course across the ocean. The exchange centers on trust and survival as the crew plans escape.
Don Diego de Espinosa commands the voyage while Captain Blood and Blood’s officers doubt his fairness. A sighting of land triggers tension as a Spanish ship bears down and Don Diego accuses Blood of misdirection leading toward Hispaniola. Blood confronts the Spaniard as danger escalates.
Tight embrace ends with a fall as Captain Blood outmaneuvers the Spaniard. Don Diego's plan to choke Blood collapses and Blood taunts him about the Encarnacion, flagship of Don Miguel de Espinosa, brother to Blood and a high church rival. The mood turns grim as Blood vows fate over Catholic Spain. Continued in next issue.
A Kansas editor, who recently borrowed a Winchester to deliver it to its owner, finds delinquents paying him back. A man clears a decade old debt while the editor returns to his office to find hay, corn, apples, potatoes, wood, and turnips left as gifts. Editors nationwide now seek to borrow Winchesters.
An Alberta Herald article argues the monarchy remains strong through its personal link to the people. It praises King and Windsor ties and notes historic esteem unmatched since Queen Victoria’s era.
The heredity principle shapes collateral descendants of peers with surprising outcomes. The Earl of Bandon inherits through a cousin line, as the late Earl died near eighty with both his cousin and that cousin’s elder son dead. The current Earl is the cousin’s grandson and comes of age next August. his heir is his twin brother.
Louis Pretola a 54 year old from Lodi New Jersey says his eyesight returned after looking at the sun during the January 24 eclipse. He had been blind without glasses for seven years despite four cataract operations. He gazed at the sun without protection, suffered pains, then his sight began to return and he discarded his heavy glasses.
The British capital endures its worst fog in years as observers in America await the sun eclipse. The atmosphere thickens city streets and obscures landmarks while the event draws global attention. Londoners navigate limited visibility and damp conditions during the astronomical moment.
A Santa Paula area site is identified as housing the largest lemon grove in the world, highlighting its scale and significance within California's agricultural landscape.
Sir Hugh, a Winnipeg magistrate, notes a young American asked to be tried “before Your Majesty” after being offered summary trial or a higher court. The quip reflects etiquette and the promise of a potentially longer delay if sent upward.
The inquiring one asks a great speaker for his secret of success. The speaker says true oratory is judged by results not applause and urges a clear objective and purpose for every speech. If you know why you speak and what you want, go after it. otherwise keep silent.
A radio sermon on the Continental Limited departing Saskatoon prompted a collection in the observation car. Reverend George A. Dixon of Knox Church Calgary preached via Westminster Presbyterian Church, and the money collected was given to Westminster Church after the train arrived in Saskatoon.
The first horses in Canada were left on Sable Island in 1599 by Baron de Lery and Portuguese associates. The island then was a larger sand bank with a central freshwater pond. Their descendants became the Sable Island ponies cared for by the lighthouse station crew under the Federal department of marine and fisheries.
Mineral production in British Columbia for 1924 reached 48 693 392 dollars, up from 41 304 320 dollars the year before. All metalliferous minerals rose in value while coal fell by about 3 000 000 dollars due to labor troubles, according to a statement by the provincial minister of mines.
A compact reflection on the fruit of the Spirit. Love joy and peace foster calm, with long-suffering and meekness countering pride and anger. The text quotes Galatians, Lowell and Alexander to show peace as enduring force beyond war and vengeance.
February brings cold dry air and overheating rooms that can harm infants. A gentle laxative is advised to regulate the stomach and bowels, prevent or ease grippe, and support colds. Baby's Own Tablets from The Dr Williams Medicine Co offer safe relief for newborns and growing children at 25 cents for four tablets by mail or from dealers.
Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen reports finding Franklin expedition skeletons at Starveston Cove King Williams Island near Canada. He identified remains from clothing remnants and buried the bones after concluding scurvy as the cause, noting Esquimaux contact might have changed fate. The remark ends with a wry line about pessimists.
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