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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 19, 1906
Page
14
Mr. E. Z. returns with the diamonds denied trust by Mrs. Mark who fears misfortune. A tense scene follows as an insult is claimed and confrontation is set for that evening.
An American narrator recalls a moonlit night on the India highway with a British major from a native regiment. The major, drinking and quarrelsome, threatens violence, is humiliated, and a pistol is drawn. After a tense walk, a tiger shadow appears and a strange assault ends with the major fleeing into the jungle.
The Berlin Observatory houses an 1865 electric clock famed for minute daily deviations of 0.0015 seconds. In the Pacific, candle tree kernels on palm leaf ribs mark time by burning in fixed intervals, with bark cloth tied at regular points to show divisions.
Eleanor B Clapp outlines etiquette for both afternoon and evening wedding receptions. The bride and groom host with the bride’s mother as primary hostess, ushers escort guests, and attire shifts by time of day. Refreshments follow buffet service with bouillon, seafood or cold dishes, and desserts, then guests depart with wedding cake boxes.
A text counsels fixing or discarding clocks that run fast or slow to avoid missed trains or engagements. It argues keeping one clock accurate helps align all schedules and reduce household annoyance while stressing the value of punctual timekeeping.
Pretty bureau scarfs in dimities and lawns with crossbars and plaids, floral colors like violet blue rose green and yellow, quick to make in an evening. Rose rooms gain delicate, rose strewn covers with briar stitching in rose colors. White versions suit constant wear and come in plaid muslins or plaid handkerchief linens.
A humorous Brooklyn Life item recalls Maloney being struck in New York by an automobile, helped up by a friendly spectator who quips about taking the driver’s number. Maloney replies that the foe may return soon for another try.
A New York Tribune note quotes pupils offering humorous wrong answers in an exam. One pupil says Noah's wife was Joan of Arc, another defines water as oxygen and cambrigen, a third calls lava what a barber uses on the face, and one child says a blizzard is the inside of a fowl.
In Denver a Band of Mercy class hears children recount acts of kindness. A girl explains lifting a horse’s nosebag for oats, another says she tied a tin can to a dog’s tail to later remove it and report the good deed.
Grandma says we are stylish in our automobile as Grandpa claims the car is fit to kill. Family members boast about the machine's speed and grace, while Sister Sue extols the automobile in a grand and noble tone.
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