Diamonds and distrust in a tense domestic scene
Mr E Z Mark confronts his wife over diamonds she fears to trust him with. A stranger warns Mr Mark, then Mrs Mark notes his anger as the couple resolves to confront the insult that evening.
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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 19, 1906
Page
6
Mr E Z Mark confronts his wife over diamonds she fears to trust him with. A stranger warns Mr Mark, then Mrs Mark notes his anger as the couple resolves to confront the insult that evening.
A British major in an Indian stage coach bungalow clash with fellow travelers ends in a pistol threat and a rough confrontation. The narrator survives a tense, moonlit hour under a tree as the major, intoxicated and resentful, rants about his career and divorce before a mysterious shadow and a blow from a tiger-tailed prop disrupts the scene.
Instructions for a 1905 wedding reception with the bride and groom at the focus. It covers roles of the bride’s mother and groom’s father, usher duties, guest arrival, attire for men and women, and the serving sequence with bouillon and hot dish, noting no tea or chocolate at the table.
The piece describes rose room decor with dimities and lawns in floral colors and briar-stitch hems in rosy tones. It outlines wedding reception spreads with oysters salads cakes and coffee, the bride and party dynamics, greetings, and lavish guest attentions before the couple departs.
A writer laments many homes have clocks that run fast slow or stop, undermining punctuality. He urges repairing or removing faulty clocks and keeping all timepieces accurate to avoid missed trains and engagements. Stay punctual and start meetings on time.
A half hour after landing in New York Maloney was struck by an automobile. A spectator helped him up and quipped that he had taken the driver’s number. Maloney warned the spectator to run for his life as the driver might return soon.
A New York Tribune item quotes students giving humorous definitions. One pupil calls Noah's wife Joan of Arc, another defines water as two gases, oxygen and cambrigen, a third says lava is what a barber puts on your face, and another claims a blizzard is the inside of a fowl.
In a Denver Band of Mercy meeting a group of children share acts of kindness. One girl recalls lifting a horse’s nosebag to feed oats while another explains tying a tin can to a dog’s tail to report a good deed later.
Grandma says we are stylish in our automobile while Grandpa boasts dominance of the road. Mother notes grateful pride in the auto and Father claims no man can run a car like him. Auntie and Uncle praise the machine as Brother Jim boasts speed, as Sister Sue remarks the automobile with pride.
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