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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 22, 1907
Page
15
A private supper at a summer home ends in a dramatic intrusion. A stranger, introducing himself as a criminal-justice saboteur, accuses each guest of past wrongs including the host, a prominent lawyer, a doctor, a banker, and a stockbroker, then departs with threats and a challenge to continue the poker game.
Mr Bowser rebels at home then rents a week at a stark boarding house. The stern landlady reels him in with curt rules while a rowdy table of guests greets him with mockery. After a night of rain and bed mishaps he returns home wiser, if temporarily cowed, and mutters a softer farewell to his wife.
Major Crofoot, famed promoter, tries to dodge a dollar and a half debt by proposing a lavender colored celery business near the Panama Canal. He browbeats creditor Mr Schmidt into financing a bogus scheme with a promise of moonlit profits and future riches. The ruse collapses as the creditor finally demands repayment.
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