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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 27, 1911
Page
6
Vera encounters Felix Zary as Fenwick braces for the Fourth Finger vengeance. Zary pledges loyalty, explains occult ties to the mine, and warns that only the final warning remains before tragedy. Vera urges restraint while Fenwick plots.
The piece notes Brendon in Somerset as a striking example of depopulation. Once home to 600, with a church and railway, it thrived during hill mine operations but declined after ore could be imported cheaper from Spain. Mines closed, village abandoned, shops and cottages empty, bricks sold, railway traffic ended about thirteen years ago.
The Hon J and T McGowen new Premier of New South Wailer speaks proudly of his parents influence. His mother was a Manchester mill girl and his father a Liverpool workman earning 32s weekly. Born at sea on the way to Australia, he apprenticed to a boiler maker at fifteen and became a leading trade unionist. He once addressed 70,000 in Sydney suburbs in one night while also serving as a long time Sunday school worker.
The Kohmoor or Kahmoor diamond, a crown ornament in Akbar’s tomb near Agra, lay unguarded for over a century until Nadir Shah’s 1740s invasion of India. He sacked palaces and the moonlit tomb and carried back treasure reportedly worth 300 million.
An official compilation reveals 35,500 000 acres of prairie land set aside to fund education. So far a sale and a half acres have been sold, yielding over 85,000.
A German Kaiser's daughter known for poise, languages, and charity work is linked by rumor to a royal alliance with the Prince of Wales. She is described as domesticated, capable in household duties, and active in Berlin and Potsdam society, with observers noting her skilled driving and public kindness.
Central London Railway stations will install fir clearing plants under the Ozonair system. Each depot will supply its section of tube with 8,000,000 cubic feet of purified air daily. The process uses thunderstorm ozone from electrical discharges to clean and vitalize air and add a minute quantity of ozone, claiming mountain top and sea shore air quality.
In London May piece J Fraser describes Lord Roberts at Englemere Ascot estate with flags of war, Vondel the white horse in silver, and a newspaper contents sheet collection by Lady Aileen Roberts. Roberts stresses universal military training and notes his habits inclining toward hard work, little eating, and warm feet for health.
The Earl of Dunmore VC, aged forty two, is described as Lieut. Viscount Fincastle of the 16th Lancers. At Landakei the guides charged and fired on retreating enemies as Lieut Greaves was struck by a bus and fell. Viscount Fincastle, Col Adams, and Lieut. McLean joined the rescue amid heavy fire as Greaves was killed and McLean mortally wounded.
The article explains how Royal Navy letters from sailors abroad are mailed. A Marine corporal acts as ship postmaster, selling stamps and guiding mail flow. England-bound bags bear The Seal of Her Majesty's Ships and go to the GPO London via ship postmen, sometimes via distant inland post offices.
Major M. Lauterman of the Duke of Connaught Hussars served as sole representative of his regiment in the Cavalry Brigade of the English Settlement in Quebec. A complimentary banquet was held with Col. W. Leuender as toastmaster, honoring his service as a medical officer and his popularity among soldiers.
The article honors Lord Knollys the King's private secretary since 1870, noting his long service and tact. It traces his family's royal links from Queen Elizabeth's era, remarks on his lack of arms despite a long peerage, and recalls Marlborough House jokes about his readiness to answer royal inquiries at a moment's notice.
Sir William White, famed designer of more than 250 warships, unveiled a lifelike bust of Sir George Newnes at Putney’s Newnes Public Library. As Director of Naval Construction he shaped ships costing about 500 million dollars and rose from apprentice to Chief Constructor to the Navy. He narrowly escaped death in a submarine incident that trapped him in mud.
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