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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 26, 1924
Page
6
The Mountie sergeant quietly observes Bonnemort and guards as they divide pay dirt at a remote placer camp. He slips into a tent, finds a locked chest, and is confronted by a native woman who recognizes him as himself. She greets him in English despite the disguise.
A Ontario woman writes that after giving birth on September 4, 1922 she suffered nerves and weakness but improved after using E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says she can now do washing and work, sleeps better, and can even be alone without fear, plans to continue the remedy.
Seymour confronts the young woman in a rugged disguise she calls makeup. Her coppered skin and tattooed look hide her true identity as she asserts she will follow him, insisting she is more reasonable now and determined to stay.
Moira helps her father dispatch to the mission by rope and plan while Seymour weighs a deeper clue. The pair discuss Indian wards, wealth from the sluices, and a mysterious gold fragment linked to the Glacier Creek riddle as danger closes in.
The Los Angeles Museum added a fossilized lower jaw of a Columbian elephant to its collection. The specimen, unearthed at 60 feet in a gravel pit, dates to the Pleistocene era. The eight inch molar face shows thick enamel and the jaw measures 18 inches. both are petrified. Dr. W A Bryan, the museum director, notes rare prior fragmentary remains found in Southern California.
A life insurance bulletin reports the first half of this year shows the death rate in the United States and Canada at a record low. Contagious disease deaths are down and infant mortality is also lower.
A new motor driven lifeboat, the largest in the world, has been launched in England. It can carry 150 persons and features two cabins for medical attention and hot refreshments.
A magistrate at 11 50 one morning ordered a prisoner to be detained in a cell until noon and then released, creating a record for a brief prison sentence in Tottenham, England.
The Canadian National Committee for Mental Hygiene reports success since its founding six years ago. At the Montreal annual meeting Dr. C. M. Hincks outlined ongoing goals and funding plans to extend mental hygiene activities, especially in western provinces. Dr. Charles F. Martin was elected president. Dr. J. G. McKay named associated medical director, with Drs. Halpenny and Mathers and W. C. Murray joining the executive committee.
The Orillia Packet notes Hayling Island in the Southampton area as nearly unemployment free with a population around 3000. Residents work in fields, fishing, and shops and have no national dole. The just ended mackerel season and plentiful harvest boost finances while visitors flock to the island. A coastal town saw population drop last year due to rising farm prices.
The Chicago Post notes a shift in social distinction from owning a car to the idea of not owning one. It observes that ownership once signified wealth, credit, and prestige, but now merely owning a vehicle is commonplace, with some men boasting they own no motor vehicle at all.
A devotional fragment urging resilience against temptation with quotes from Christina Rossetti and Phillips Brooks. It emphasizes reliance on God, inner strength, and three core beliefs: God is over you, His power is in you, and every tempted soul is a child of God.
An editorial urges every person to contribute to a booming era, emphasizing personal effort to secure a share of prosperity for all. The piece underscores collective action and individual responsibility in times of economic optimism.
Ernest Belzil of St. Paul de Metis Alberta reports a profitable year with cows and pigs fueling cash flow while grain crops also prospered. He harvested 11 000 bush. Wheat yield 35 bushels per acre totaling 3 000 No 1 Northern and oats 65 bushels per acre with 6 000 first class seed marketed. Other farmers in the St Paul district also harvested large crops despite variable weather.
The article notes spider silk, five ten-thousandths of an inch thick, as the strongest thin material for surveyor telescope cross hairs and field glasses. The web is collected by letting spiders drop and winding the silk onto spools. Michigan grey and brown spotted spiders are raised for this purpose.
Constipation is a common childhood ailment that hinders growth. Baby's Own Tablets are advertised as a mild safe laxative suitable for newborns, with thousands using them exclusively. Sold by medicine dealers or mail order for 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
Armed guards man the Kimberly diamond fields with fenced enclosures and wire roofs to stop theft. Workers are minutely searched and only clothing may be removed, not boots, shoes, or other hard materials.
Advertisement invites parents to have children hear stories of Reddy the Fox and Danny Meadow Mouse on a radio program. It promotes a booklet from Great West Electric Co. Ltd. and distributors in Regina Calgary Winnipeg with details by Bruce Robinson Distributors.
Alberta Department of Animal Husbandry at the University of Alberta publishes a bulletin on steer feeding prepared by Professors J. P. Sackville J. E. Bowstead and R. I. Sinclair.
During demolition in Yarmouth England a room was uncovered entirely covered with letters between a Dutch merchant and a local fish curer. The find sheds light on historic trade and personal exchanges in the port town.
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