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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
2
In central Africa two Europeans and six Africans greet Durnovo and Meredith on the river. Meredith reveals himself as a calculating conspirator offering a path to wealth. Durnovo discusses simiacine, a potent drug said to revive the near-dead and boost brain power, amid growing danger and secrecy.
A Harper's Weekly piece notes a shift in work and roles with many professions offered night and day. It laments urban rest and predicts turmoil as a night and day economy stretches labor, hinting at a burglar losing work while recalling Father Adam and a child with croup.
Three men vie for the tallest member title in the coming Congress. Sullivan of New Hampshire stands six feet six with a rounded shoulder, Barchfeld of Pennsylvania at six feet three, and Anthony of Kansas at six feet four. If Sullivan improves his posture he could become the tallest figure in the lower house.
A family physician visits a troubled husband to suggest he be strict with his wife and urge her to follow medical guidance. The exchange turns on trust, propriety, and whether the word must can ever be appropriate in marital reality.
The account quotes Hideyoshi advising 3,000,000 koku of rice be prepped and shipped to Busan without protection to lure Korean raiders into transporting the supplies. Nagamasa warns of loss, but Hideyoshi notes the plan ensures Japanese troops always have provisions and that Koreans would recapture rice later.
The Victoria Falls on the Zambezi in southeastern Africa was found to be the world’s largest cataract. Discovered in 1855 by Dr. Livingstone the explorer and missionary, the falls are described as twice as high and three times as wide as Niagara. Carved on a nearby tree are the initials D L, noted by Livingstone in his book as his vanity moment, preserved by the British South Africa Company officials after a native eyewitness pointed them out.
A man recalls his father in law promising a handsome present on their wedding day. He waited a week and then asked for it, only to be told, Why did I not give you my daughter. The exchange reveals the gift as a humorous, unresolved accord.
The government halted any House of Lords appointments amid upheaval. On the king's birthday list Sir Charles Tupper, former Canadian premier, tops the honors as a Privy Councillor, with Robert Miller Coulter and Charles Moss also honored. The Canadian count reaches five, after Sir John A. Macdonald.
In London a decree was granted to M Lizzie Kirton after a tale of bigamy and a dream. Frederick John Kirton left in 1896, remarried abroad, then faced a second marriage deception and a ten month sentence. The judge urged a proper ceremony with the surviving wife.
About 150 smokers gathered at the Agricultural Hall for a longest-smoke contest with an eighth of an ounce of string tobacco per entrant and a thirty guinea grand piano awarded to the last pipe extinguished. After over an hour, two remained, Thomas Wood of Peckham and a 43 year old briar smoker. Wood finally won by eighteen minutes after puffing for two hours and forty minutes.
In 1680 the Duchesse de Fontanges lost her hat at a hunting party and tied her hair with a ribbon garter. Hairdressing with ribbons continued as a fashion for seven years.
Fragments suggest Greenland ice may conceal mile long Gelds formations. Researchers note uncertain terms and unclear measurements while assessing ice sheet features and potential hidden structures within.
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