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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
6
Rex Beach drama follows Necia a native girl dressing in a party gown as Burrell, a Kentucky soldier, confronts desire and duty amid trading posts. Tensions rise with Poleon and a rough trader Lee while Gale, Necia’s guardian, and Burrell weigh loyalties and pasts in a frontier town.
A Cape Colony Argus description contrasts Abyssinian marriage customs with Western brides. It notes Abyssinian brides are secluded for three months, wrapped in wool while smoke from green branches alters skin tone, yielding a lighter complexion. Elders provide nourishing meatballs to the bride during this period.
A famed actor cites perils in the profession. He recalls Wisham Brown who toured South Africa. Wisham’s cousin says he was killed by being pelted with eggs at Cape Town, then adds the twist that ostrich eggs caused the death.
A father answers a boy’s question about bank size by noting he has seen in the papers that cashiers are short. The exchange underscores concerns about bank stability and liquidity in financial news.
A fashionable young man proposes to Mildred with a joke gift of himself. Mildred coldly replies she will accept useful presents only, leaving the moment awkward and unresolved.
A London Outlook writer describes eels or eelivers leaving rivers to sea, forming vast battalions in a perilous migration. Eels are omnivorous, preying on fish eggs and young, with pike and other fish suffering as eel numbers grow. The piece notes eel strength and slippery vitality, citing an eel nearly two and a half pounds choking a rat and tales of eels twisting around prey.
In Valletta Malta near the Cathedral of St John stands the Chapel of the Monks built as a Maltese cross. The adjoining Chapel of the Bones houses 1,600 remains and marks Malta’s sieges with 80,000 remains burned outside.
An authority states that all glass types dissolve in water given high temperature and pressure. Water under 660 feet remains liquid at 419 F. deep crust silicates contact with water become nearly fluid, with aqueous fusion levels much higher than igneous fusion.
A reflective column observes recurring arguments for peace at any price and notes that such views are often promoted by meek, modest married men. The piece critiques readiness to concede when tensions rise.
Iceland plans a national art museum after sculptor Omnar Jonsen offered forty nine works as a nucleus for the collection. The government must provide suitable housing accessible to the public, and the Althing agreed unanimously to accept the gift and implement the terms.
A Victorian-era survey describes Arctic Eskimos living without formal government, their Norse-inspired religion, and nomadic customs. It details their huts built from ice blocks, shared sustenance, and the simple tools needed for starting a home, including sewing materials and a skin garment knife.
Prof. W. L. Grant of Oxford spoke at the Imperial Colonial Club about English emigrants in Canada. He said about 95 percent succeed while failures are mainly Londoners who drift to towns and are seen as unemployables. He urged emigrants to avoid boasting of the old country and to understand the new one.
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