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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
6
Vera, under pressure to uncover last night's events, learns Fenwick's suspicious nocturnal activities link to a hidden workshop. New York detectives Egan and Grady reveal they hunt Mark Fenwick while Vera plots to learn more as danger closes in.
A sailor's mate aboard a warship enters a saloon and orders a schooner of beer. The bartender refuses, citing the Bible's warning against serving two masters. The exchange turns humorous as the seaman insists he has read a Bible, while the bartender implies otherwise.
The Labor member for Northwest Staffordshire Mr Albert Stanley began as a boy in the pit like most miners' representatives. His parents were Primitive Methodists and at fourteen he became a Primitive Methodist local preacher. Training funds prevented a fuller ministry.
A fragment describes two paintings by Tinterette showing Israelites gathered with firearms and a later work by Neape ilen depicting crossing the Nile in a painted scene. The text is garbled with unclear dates and locations.
Sir Luke Fiides, commissioned by Surrey County to copy Edward VII for a county memorial, is famed for portraits of royalty. His career spans English and Venetian subjects, with notable works The Doctor and Fair Quiet and Sweet Rest. He shared amusing anecdotes of gallery visitors and rustic models.
In 1885 Britain adopted a gun metal yard bar as imperial standard. It proved unreliable, so a new iridio platinum bar of 90 percent platinum and 10 percent iridium replaced it. The X shaped cross section balanced rigidity and lightness and with one year of tests now marks both the yard and the metre.
Sir Charles Scotter rose from clerk in a goods depot to passenger superintendent in seven years. Knighted in 1895 for service to the crown through the English southern military and naval railway system. As general manager of the Southwestern he oversaw Boatrace Day 1887, moving fifteen specials with nearly 12,000 passengers in fifty six minutes.
The unwritten laws of society warn against losing temper, especially in games. Public outbursts offend the hostess, unsettle guests, and disrupt the outward calm that defines good society.
Negina Sask proclaims rapid growth as telegraph messages flood in. Real estate deals drive a claimed seventy plus percent rise year over year, with half of all messages tied to real estate.
A doctor was summoned to a Guelph Ontario house to examine a maid. He placed a thermometer in the girl’s mouth and was surprised when she pulled it out and asked if she should chew it or swallow it.
Dr J Goodall of Middlesex Hospital Medical School claims restaurant color choices reveal taste levels. He notes animals prefer red meat in tests and humans favor chocolate colors while yellow suggests vulgarity. pink pleases children and green is avoided.
Labor member Allan Studholme of East Hamilton is described as a faithful representative who stays in the Legislature to watch for sudden bills. He refused a dinner invitation noting he cannot be away during sessions. A colleague quips that he keeps bills back to benefit posterity, even if it blocks passage for a short time.
Count Seefried, husband of Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria, faced a grisly scene when a severed head rolled from his desk and a young woman’s headless body was found nearby. Police intervened as rumors swirled about an anarchist plot. authorities suspected the dog may have moved the head to the railway near the castle.
Unionist L B Amery, soon to represent South Birmingham in the Commons, wed Ontario-born Florence Hamar Greenwood of Whitby. The Times staffer, famed for tariff reform stance, faced a South African war libel suit over claims an officer left battle prematurely. the case collapsed with Lord Roberts defending the officer.
Dr Edward Broome organist and Jarvis Street Baptist Church leader in Toronto led his choir in a wordless performance of the Hallelujah Chorus as the benediction ended at McMaster University graduation. Dr R B McArthur praised the spontaneous finale noting the nerve and skill required to sing the piece without music. The choir had not performed the chorus in weeks.
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