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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1900
Page
7
A fragment reflecting on how Chaucer and Shakespeare elevated English poetry and music beyond Italy and a fleeting era. It invokes Swinburne’s view of Shakespeare’s light and song as incomparable, placing England and Italy in a chorus of literary ascent.
Henry Apps, posing as Captain Norman in a fancy dress ball at Hasleigh Court, plans a burglary using an open safe and a fake East End persona. A real burglar and a police officer arrive, creating a dramatic, comic confrontation amid the dancing guests and wagered diamonds.
A burly miner dubbed Big Joe refuses tavern temptations. He reveals a moth erless daughter's curl kept in a silk handkerchief as a pledge to abstain from alcohol. The gesture earns respect and ends the pressure to drink, the curl becoming his shield and buckler.
The article notes The Lost Chord sold over 250000 copies in Britain. It recounts Arthur Sullivan composing the piece during his brother’s illness after reading Adelaide Procter’s verses, aided by a stray music sheet, and finishing soon after for the publisher.
A series of child misstatements, from Nellie spotting a spider to Gracie claiming she slept all the sleep she had, Bessie remarking on a man’s ears, Tessie’s caution about a gentleman overhearing, and Jonhn requesting more pudding in a playful domestic scene.
A family scene at dinner features a brother urging restraint while Johnny insists he has not eaten enough. Johnny complains of a small stomach ache, highlighting a moment of sibling interaction over appetite.
Report notes from the New Hebrides claim safety improvements due to pigs on the island. Cannibals reportedly favor roast pork over human flesh, signaling a shift in local practices and attitudes.
A terse phrase about Fretting describing it as a constant confession of weakness attributed to a Coantensian of We known.
Iowa county officials claim the United States employs the lowest paid worker, Frank Lynch, at 1 cent per year to carry mail between Dodgeville and Mineral Point. He has not received any quarterly checks since last July and expects a full cent in July. The contract's low bid drew interest and competition, with bids of 1 cent, 39 cents, and $1.50 for four years.
James McMullen lost his arm at a laundry wringer in a bizarre accident. He reached over to dry his hands and a suction current tore the arm from the elbow. The machine contained a perforated inner bowl and rotates rapidly, producing powerful air currents. He remained calm and was taken to hospital for amputation near the shoulder. Hutchinson News reports.
A large floating island with three foot diameter trees and cultivated land on the Mekong, possibly in Siam or Cambodia, slipped its moorings and has disappeared. The owner searches frantically for the property, fearing it went downriver with the freshet and may be stranded or lost.
A historic Perry willow that marked the graves of about 20 British and American officers from the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812 blew down in a recent gale. The loss ends a tangible link to the lakefront battle and its commemorations.
A famous tree on the north side of Put-In-Bay Island in the park fell and drew hundreds of spectators who rushed to collect pieces of bark or wood as keepsakes from the historic event.
In Hiawatha Kansas the burial of a wealthy woman and the inscription of a $500 bequest for cemetery improvements has split citizens into two hostile camps. The graveyard not containing the body seeks to move it, while supporters defend the will and location.
Patrolman Stephen Rowan, a 26 year veteran at 61, is famed for never having arrested anyone. Mayor Harrison recently appointed him to his personal bodyguard, consisting of the city’s tallest officers.
An officer sent by Napoleon after the Battle of Jena 1806 skated across the Elbe on thin ice to reach Mortion at the mouth of the river. He avoided a 20 mile detour and heavy snow routes, saving six hours and earning strong praise for his bold feat.
A con man uses a counterfeit half dollar to cheat transit conductors in a Zoo and Eden Park car. One conductor accepts the note and hands change back, but the other realizes the counterfeit dollar after the passenger exits. The plan collapses as both conductors spot the fake, ending the scam.
In a Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph excerpt a high school girl challenges her brother after he hints at Mr. Oakland being elevated spherical. He denies claiming such, while she insists his remark implies he was all balled up.
H Thoms proposes a new oil in tobacco smoke causing headaches tremors and giddiness. He says two percent potash turns the oil into a phenol like compound with a creosote odor as part of the toxic effect.
A tale from Youths Companion recounts Czar Nicholas I of Russia rebuking a household officer who roughing a beggar woman. He forces the man to pace the corridor, declaring with each turn: I am a puppy.
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