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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
7
A Century piece portrays Beatrice Hanscom praising a reasonable woman while critiquing folly and cruelty in love. The poem sketches the tension between intellect and emotion, urging temperance and self awareness in social conduct for women.
A veteran recalls Company G life and the ostracism of Private Haskins who hid a secret life. Though brave in battle he refused comradery, chose isolation, and met death at a wall while his comrades watched peaceful fields afterward.
The seized letter dated years before, found on a dead trooper, is promised to be kept secret by the captain who orders it burned. Soldiers examine the note, then destroy it with a match as they depart, declaring it his and God’s secret.
Senator Sorgum contends trusts raise wages noting a president of a combination who increased his own salary four times in the last two years. The Washington Star quotes the exchange and frames the economic claim amid a partisan debate.
An Italian passenger demanded his five cents back on a Brooklyn trolley. The conductor showed seven fares were paid, and that one fare was overcounted in the front of the car. The man kept shouting for his nickel and finally alighted farther down the line.
A West Third Street woman, forgetting she once gave a stone, gives 25 cents to a hungry man on the street. He vows to spend it on a rink not liquor and is later approached by a seedy beggar who pleads for money but receives a caution to avoid drink. The grateful recipient hurries on, while the beggar eyes a nearby saloon.
In "Among the Man Eaters" John Caggin recounts a tense encounter where a white observer protects a girl by threatening force, convincing villagers to sell the child to him to avert bloodshed as a mission ax changes hands and the man becomes a slave owner.
A voice teacher laughs at a stenographer who never pursued singing despite a deep, rich voice. He recalls urging practice before breakfast despite her belief that singing then would bring bad luck. He laments she chose safe employment over a potential prima donna career, impeded by superstition.
A Brooklyn young man, needing a tonic, attended a church wedding on Park Slope with a charming young woman. They arrived as the bride and groom were due, and walked down the aisle with the organist starting the wedding march, but halted instead in a front pew.
Ushers urged the couple toward a summons while a clergyman waited nearby. The woman agreed to respond, but the man, to his disgrace, refused. If he lives, those who know the girl say Hugh will not have another chance at happiness.
A writer recalls Mr. Blackmore’s irritation at praise for Lorna Doone and confirms a real Jan Ridd, whom Blackmore described as a coarse brute, not the glorious hero created in the tale.
An odorless disinfectant recipe from the Ladies' Home Journal advises dissolving half a pound of potassium permanganate in four gallons of water and pouring it down pipes. It will stain bowls purple, removable with a weak oxalic acid solution. Rinse the acid off immediately after use.
A Pittsburg woman visiting New York tried to call her son Harry Highland at Sing Sing over the hotel switchboard. The warden’s office answered that the son had 344 years to serve and she must visit in person with a pass. She rang off in shock.
Ernest Seton Thompson recalls starting a wolf serenade at the National Zoo in Washington. He describes sitting by the wolf cages under a full moon as coyotes and wolves answer his call, joining in a westward hunting song before all fade back to their dens.
A military official devised a ticket system for entry to General Banks. A burly colonel demanded entry without a ticket and, after being told he could not enter, retorted that he would pay to see the general when Banks becomes a puppet show. He was admitted.
Miss Summit asserts a family handed down item while Miss Palisade confirms the expected claim that her ancestors never kept servants. The exchange suggests contrasting family histories amid a light social chat.
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