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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1906
Page
2
Excerpt from Eben Holden recounts a rural night with gypsy wagons arriving near a shore and a tense close encounter with a guest of the camp. The narrator and Uncle Ed seek shelter in a ruined cabin as rain and thunder approach, fearing the strangers. The scene ends with the pair making a rough bed on grass and awaiting more. TO BE CONTINUED.
A short poem reflects on a naïve immigrant landing this foreign shore with empty pockets and sealed lips. The speaker imagines homesickness and wonders about promises of easy work and gold. It wishes good luck during the immigrant’s stay and notes no money can be taken home.
Rev. Dr. Herridge of Ottawa extols Canada's assets timber minerals wheat lands and new western railways while stressing education public conscience and national character as pillars of growth. He warns that wealth alone cannot define greatness and calls for skilled teachers self discipline and a civic code to elevate national reputation.
A speech envisions Canada’s bright half century ahead as immigration rises, resources grow, and a fusion of creeds under a shared faith. It urges thrift, honest work, and unity with Britain while preserving Canadian individuality, promising a prosperous, devout Dominion.
The article notes Manitoba is roughly as expansive as the combined areas of England and Scotland, highlighting its vast geographical scale and regional comparisons to well known parts of the United Kingdom.
A brief note describes pure arrowroot as a dead whiteness in appearance. It states that when adulterated with potato starch the mixture glistens or shines.
The report notes that the British mint earns nearly threepence profit for each shilling minted and a profit of £382 for every ton of penny pieces removed from circulation.
Historians note cherries were first brought to Europe from Kerasunt on the Black Sea by Laucullus around 70 B C. This ancient import marks the fruit’s early spread across Mediterranean regions and into classical cultivation.
The article describes Prof Alexander Graham Bell and a photophone or radiophone that uses selenium to vary electrical resistance with light. The transmitter converts voice into light variations via a diaphragm mirror and lenses, while a parabolic receiver with a selenium cell detects changes. Early tests reached hundreds of feet, with Ruhmer later extending to miles.
The King approves the appointment of the Duke of Richmond and Gordon to a Knight of the Garter. He is in his sixties, served with distinction in the Grenadier Guards during 1901-02, and sat as Conservative MP for West Sussex then Chichester until 1888. The duke has been A. D. C. to the Home Office since 1996 and hosted the Majesties at Goodwood.
Sir Ernest Cecil Cochrane accompanies the Pilgrims a prominent English team formed from Clyde Sheffield Queen's Park Edinburgh London Birmingham Manchester and Corinthians players. The party includes Sir Charles Kirkpatrick Lady Kirkpatrick and star Vivian J. Woodward Tottenham Hotspur as the top forward with plans to tour Canada and the United States.
The week ending December 28 reports holiday dullness in wheat markets with bearish pressures from record world shipments and rising visible supply. Armour & Co. is viewed as a market influencer, potential bull leader, while European demand remains tentative and Argentine crops loom as a key price factor for the next two months.
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