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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
6
Vera contends with Fenwick after a drugged guest’s arrival and a vulgar new acquaintance Blessett. Fenwick's suspicions rise as Vera ponders the drugged man’s fate and her own risk, while Blessett drinks and boasts, unsettled by the tense dinner and looming actions.
A hesitant learner asks what’s hardest about learning to skate. The instructor replies with a smile that the floor presents the main challenge for beginners at the rink.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a couple debating how to confess love while a third party plans how to tell a parent. The exchange hints at domestic tension and comic misunderstanding typical of serialized pages.
Magistrate Deniseux and Crown Attorney Corley are described as turning Toronto’s police court into a place of testing with remarks that provoke laughter. The piece recounts a funny non payment case where the accused deflects allegations about sixteen years of marriage and eight children by correcting the magistrate with “seventeen years.”
Arthur Collins, Drury Lane manager, outlines a pantomime recipe. He calls for fairy tale, music hall acts, two knockabout performers, a serious comic, scenery, ballet, supers and children, pretty girls, popular songs, and limelight. Time runs four to five hours.
A black cat at Hampton Court in England has become a strict vegetarian, preferring scarlet runner beans cucumbers and boiled carrots. She drinks milk but refuses bread and frit. Some discuss taking the animal to London for philosophers to weigh in.
John Wanamaker the Philadelphia millionaire, renowned Sun day school leader, toured the Raikes statue in Embankment Gardens during London centenary events. Fifty years ago he started a small store in one room with receipts of 24 67 dollars.
The note recommends kerosene as a quick treatment for burns to prevent blistering and describes it as a Chinese remedy. It reflects historical home health guidance and traditional practices.
Major General Charles Walker Robinson, CB KC L, now at Beverley House Toronto, born 1836, is from the notable Upper Canada Robinson family. He served in the Indian Mutiny, Ashantee War, and Zulu campaign, held roles at Aldershot and Chelsea Hospital, and authored books on Wellington and Canadian defense. His English home in Ealing is named Beverley House after his childhood home.
The article contrasts the formal luncheon with a casual lunch. At a luncheon tea and wafers are served and conversation stays on weather and personalities. A lunch is informal, includes finger foods like eggs and chicken, and diners eat with their fingers, joking and talking freely.
The Bank of England keeps a nightly guard dating to 1780 amid Gordon riots. The officer in command gets a dinner for himself and two friends, with wine provided. Vaults hold about fifty million pounds, requiring several keys held by different people. Gold is stored in trucks or sacks along the walls.
The London Chronicle notes that eighteenth century literary forgeries tied to Sterne were common. Hack writers copied his name to publish fake Tristram Shandy volumes and other spurious works appeared during his life and after death, including forged posthumous letters.
The city of Perth awoke to a strange craft hovering at 2500 feet. Joseph Hammond piloted the Australasian registering the first flight over an Australian city. As he passed Government House the barracks and the shipping, crowds cheered the feat.
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