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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 25, 1907
Page
2
Harold Speed explains royal portraits limited by time and sitter, noting the King’s favorite likeness hangs in Belfast Town Hall after a Paris trip. He contrasts royal commissions with working artists, while mentioning Rodin, Richepin, and Mendes as examples of artist personas and methods.
A Parisian tale of nobles in disguise is recounted, but a US government education report offers a contrasting anecdote. A commercial traveler travels north from Edinburgh aboard a train where two unassuming men later reveal themselves as Dukes. The guard explains the second man is Duke of Atholl and the first, Duke of Sutherland, prompting the traveler to ask who the guard is.
A boat carrying ladies and officers to a picnic was swamped while crossing the East Indian river. A woman and an officer clung to an oar as the man declared it was not enough for him to survive and bade farewell to the regiment. The speaker notes a romance might arise from the incident but presents the plain facts.
Dr Latson in Health Culture calls indigestion the most prevalent and far reaching disease with wide complications. The piece highlights its broad impact on health and references a notable medical expert quoted on the subject.
A Berlin paper via its Paris correspondent attacks the opera managers' trust against tyrannical stars. It argues public benefits from reform and notes managers have long sought the best talent, with the best always outweighing trust concerns.
The pills are prepared for use in any climate and latitude. They act on the secretions to neutralize poison in the blood. They correct impurities from water or food and prevent fevers when used as a preventive.
Prince Frederick Henry of Prussia, cousin to the Kaiser, was degraded by the emperor, expelled from court, and banished from Germany for life.
The article notes Minard’s Liniment cures a garget condition in cows. It also reports that the French government began talks with the North of France Railway to assume control of the Calais Dover cross channel service.
Leakat Hussain and Abdul Gaffar, noted boycott preachers, are detained in Barisal on charges of distributing seditious leaflets.
The article explains au gratin as a baking method with white sauce, breadcrumbs, and browning in the oven. It covers vegetables like cauliflower and potatoes, cheeses, crumbs ratios, serving in individual ramekins, and the distinction from escaloped dishes.
Early summer illness prompts guardians to keep Baby's Own Tablets on hand for children. The Drage Medicine Co. of Brockville offers 25 cent boxes by mail, with Mrs. Charles Warren from Nevis, Saskatchewan noting rapid relief after use. The message urges preventive dosing for well kids to avoid summer stomach and bowel troubles.
A Siamese ritual called krachat or basket worship features the king requiring the princess to prepare large baskets filled with rice sweets sugar cakes onions and durable goods. Baskets are displayed around palace booths, carved in odd shapes including cart forms pulled by buffaloes and tree baskets with hanging tools. The weeklong show ends with priests drawing lots for the spoils.
An early sales pitch touts English Spavin Liniment as removing hard or soft blemishes on horses and addressing spavin curbs splints ringbone sweeney and other ailments. It claims savings of 50 dollars per bottle and warrants it as the most wonderful blemish cure ever known.
A farmer testifies he found a man hanging in a barn but had not cut him down, stating the victim was not quite dead. The coroner probes the actions and timing as the case unfolds in court.
A Mumbai police court hears a case where a woman accused of assault and battery confronts a sharp exchange with her opponent. The lawyer delivers metaphoric jabs about wind from a teapot leg bones of contention and leather nose, prompting jurists to seek clarity while the witness explains the missing nose leather.
In Dr. Perry’s anecdote from Letters From a Surgeon a patient snake delays a retreat. Dr. Hayward orders three, and Perry leaps up just as a moccasin slips under the coat Pillow used by the surgeon concealed the snake until movement exposed the danger.
An advertisement touts Dr Chase's Ointment as the supreme treatment for eczema and itching skin. It cites reported cures including a girl who was nearly blind, claims wide world recognition, and lists 60 cents per box with Toronto contact Edmanson Bates & Co.
A witness testified that Mary attended a conversation and asked what she said. The court ruled the question out, an exception was taken, and on appeal the higher court ordered a new trial. At the second trial the question yielded that Mary said nothing.
Reports claim Johann Orth, cousin of the Austrian emperor who vanished in 1891, has arrived in France from Rio de la Plata, after prior travels and alleged sightings.
A brief Cleveland Plaindealer item notes a provocative line about an automobile meet and a sharp jab implying danger to anyone hindering it. The phrasing reflects a vivid street talk tone from the era with emphasis on cars and risk.
A seller explains why he kept his dog from being bought by a wary buyer. He trained the dog to bark at intruders but the dog helped burglars by carrying a lantern, binding the story to a comic misdirection. The buyer leaves puzzled by the canine ruse.
A large Dublin procession organized by the Gaelic League celebrated the revival of the Irish language. The march featured tableaux depicting Irish history from ancient times to the siege of Limerick and the era of Patrick Sarafield.
A dredge at work in the Harlem river New York brought up a snake 18 feet long and coiled in its bucket.
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