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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 15, 1910
Page
6
A military town scene blends with a love note as Dick Swinton faces public humiliation after a heated exchange with a rival. A soldier reads a letter from a beloved nurse urging duty over romance, while a foreboding quiet settles over the crowd.
Dick Swinton endures a wounding night as a white feather threat hints at cowardice and Dora learns of the engagement. He vows to serve despite poverty and family disapproval, while Ormsby schemes to ruin him though a bank forgery suspicion fuels tension. Dora cares for her wounded grandfather while Dick heads toward danger.
Vivian Ormsby nurses a grudge after a dinner clash with Dick Swinton. He seeks the dubious check he suspects to be a forgery. Swinton, branded a felon, risks public ruin and a ruthless rival in love.
A look at traditional Japanese homes and hospitality notes how rooms are formed, floors are used for seating, and walls shift for privacy. Guests learn bowing speech, dining customs with chopsticks, and a sequence of meals featuring soup fish puree lily roots seaweed and sake in modest inns or households.
The account details a formal Japanese dinner with dry sherry served by servants, mor sel courses on a wire gridiron, and pipes after meals. Geishas provide entertainment while guests share jokes and compliments. It notes women's roles, obedience, and historical practices in marriage and attire.
The Royal Society heard of a new microscope by Prof Gordon that achieves extreme magnification without optical grain. Images are projected onto a moving translucent screen that eliminates grain, allowing objects to be viewed or photographed clearly. Magnifications claimed reach ten thousand diameters as proof.
The Engineering and Mining Journal notes the green gold myth remains persistent. It mentions a fakir's tale that immature gold can be ripened with chemicals and made as valuable as refined gold, tracing beliefs from Agricola to alchemists and praising Toronto correspondents for claiming irrefutable proof of gold extraction from low grade ore.
The text notes an 1843 invention by Mr Henson resembling modern aircraft. It highlights wide sustaining planes and a front edge raised to lift the underside to the air it moves through. It also mentions a lightweight steam engine intended to drive it, though he never used the machine. Some features may deserve extraction from the patent office.
An aging factory head plans retirement after building his business from nothing. He asks his son to take over, but the son proposes a twist: work a few more years together and retire jointly.
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