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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 08, 1910
Page
2
A listing of titles including The Crimeen Blind The Cardinal Moth The Weight of the Crown The Corner House The Slaves of Silence Craven Fortune The Fatal Dose Netta.
Gordon uncovers two men moving boxes and gold dust in a city hotel. Venner tests the yellow sand, identifying it as virgin gold possibly from the Four Finger Mine. Fenwick’s secrecy sparks amateur sleuthing as Vera’s movements raise tension in the suite.
A group of hoboes near a tomato can coffee recounts grim luck stories. One man boasts of sleeping from Wilkes-Barre to Perth Amboy atop a freight car loaded with hard coal, while another car carries soft coal from the same direction. The anecdotes appear in Everybody's Magazine.
The readable lines reference a man claiming a nonmedical father and a companion remarking on a mustache. The text fragments suggest dialogue about roles and recognition without clear events, names, places, or dates.
Montreal Gazette reports Judge Lanctot issued a bench warrant for E. Smith a former Canadian Pacific sleeping car conductor who ran between Montreal and Vancouver and later Montreal to Toronto. Smith failed to appear at his trial for stealing sleeping car fares and rail tickets, bail was forfeited, and the Crown seeks his arrest. The case prompts talk of others involved in railway transport fraud.
The Skedunk Weekly News editor reports a break in at the composing room with all the letters stolen. He vows retaliation and promises three times as many letters as were taken, warning the vandal to keep away or face shooting consequences.
A company owner flatters his youngest son with five shillings to ready ground for a sister's garden. The youth hints at taking 25 percent upfront as working capital and plans to bury a sixpence to lure diggers, aiming to profit through a staged treasure tale. The father weeps at the prospect of future financiers facing his son’s clever ruse.
An editor pressures reporters to condense all news and rush editions. A ship boiler explosion near Porta mouth prompts terse dispatches: “Terrific explosion, Melnomers. Sailor empty Foreineer full. Funeral tomorrow. No flowers.”
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