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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
3
A discussion of printers and editors shaping famous lines. Tales include Carlyle forcing margins, Campbell demanding comma tweaks, Gray’s Elegy altered by a compositor, and William Watson noted for lifelong revisions.
An 1716 Moorfields gun foundry accident inspired a warning by a young foreigner named Schlach who foresaw a mould explosion. Though ignored, the blast killed and injured several, leading to Moorfields being abandoned as a gun site. He advised safer methods and the arsenal moved to Woolwich at the Warren.
Sir Herbert Maxwell recalls two tales of books sold cheaply after Alexander Oswald’s death. George Oswald sold thousands of volumes for a shilling each, including a 1787 Kilmarnock Burns edition fetched 2,500. Maxwell notes his Britannica cost 150, but his sports magazine run sold in London last year for 4,500.
At a direct party a well known author was asked his view of Hewlett’s The Queen's Quait. The writer defended the author’s bold line as fitting for the times. A deaf elderly guest whispered to a neighbor asking what Hewlett would have done in Queen's Square.
The piece notes Cherrapunji in Assam as the rainiest place on earth with annual rainfall around 450 inches, about fifteen times that of London. It sits on a plateau 445 feet above the Sylhet plain, and a ten week period recorded about 20 inches of rain.
Hampstead has drawn people since London’s origin on the Thames bank and remains a cherished retreat. Thomas J. Barratt’s The Annals of Hampstead in five volumes highlights the locality’s history with about 500 illustrations from the Bell Floor Hampstead Collection, including The Gibbet Elms and Jack Straw's Castle as it stood in 1835.
The article notes penalties for marriage in elite circles such as All Souls College Oxford where a Fellow loses his fellowship and must donate a silver cup, and Ben the Bachelors Club in London where a man who marries is ostracized, fined 125 dollars to keep honorary status but lose privileges.
Connected to a Mohammedan mosque in Lucknow India the Great Mall spans 162 feet by 54 feet by 53 feet and was built in 1874 to employ starving citizens during a famine. It is a solid concrete mass with a thick timber brick mold removed after a year and shows no decay.
An old storyteller recalls a Chester Station scene where a widow hoped to glimpse her deceased husband return from a northbound train. The tale juxtaposes tragedy with a quiet, almost hopeful belief in reunion on the platform.
A Merthyr purchase of a threepenny Life of Nelson revealed a sheet containing a possible admiral authorship line. The note claims Horatio Nelson, son of the Rector of Burnham, born September 29 1758 in the Lowestoft House, followed by a sign-off from a friend Neleou wishing success.
The article notes a Japanese inmate Takahashi, executed for killing K Omori at a Kamloops lumber camp. While awaiting execution he crafted a paper steamer model from scraps and porridge glue. Warden Vicar sent the model to British Columbia Attorney General W J Bowser with a letter praising the craft. Takahashi claimed the killing arose from repeated bullying and an impulse to scare, not murder.
Alberta completes a new Edmonton north trail allowing four and a half hour auto trips to Athabasca. Under Deputy Minister John Stocks and MP J. R. Boyle large provincial funds convert old trails to wagon roads. The season’s work expands main freight routes, improving transportation near Athabasca from the landing to Willey and Hayes.
Scotchman A G French reports the discovery of a new element in the Nelson district of British Columbia named Canadium. It belongs to the platinum group and occurs as grains in minerals, with samples ranging from 1/36 to 3 1/2 ounces per ton. The metal resists moisture and oxidation, is highly ductile and malleable, and has a lower melting point than lead. Scales have been sent to the University of Glasgow for study.
The article honors Lt.-Col. H. R. Smith the longtime Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons noting his illness removal from duty. It recalls his forty one years in service starting as Deputy Sergeant in 1872 and his last twenty one years bearing the Mace. He is a Fenian Raid veteran and served in the Northwest Rebellion where he was mentioned in despatches.
Inland revenue for December totaled 2,022,292 versus 1,809,860 last year. The report notes December performance and references a newly issued issue by the department.
The Canadian Courier profiles Polly Blewell, a young pioneer woman at Moose Portage two days travel from Lesser Slave. She speaks of enduring loneliness, the cost of settlement, and her plans for a school and community events while expressing pride in her family and future role in local governance.
Warden Godkin reports a timber wolf pack harrying a deer in Claredon Township near Frontenac. A woodman chased the exhausted deer then saw wolves close in, later discovering the deer carcass half eaten on ice. The men laid strychnine on the warming flesh. next morning three large wolves and two foxes lay dead on the ice.
The bishop reported a missionary bishop’s tale of a church built by Eskimos with whale ribs and walrus hide that was promptly destroyed by a pack of hungry dogs between services. The incident affected a remote diocese and was noted after a Winnipeg synod visit.
Prof. Mackenzie, chairman of a commission for the Toronto Board of Trade, states in The Canadian Magazine that since 1900 Canadian food prices have risen nearly four times faster than in England, highlighting the burden on Canadian households.
The Dominion Government outlines a big plan to beautify Parliament Hill with a grouped complex of government offices on the Ottawa Riverbank. Edward White and Todd lead the design with a British Canadian competition offering cash prizes, aiming to create a Washington of the North over years.
Obituary recalls Archibald Campbell a longtime Canadian legislator renowned for chairing the Commons Railway Committee with strict discipline. In the Senate he was less at ease yet still well prepared, once joking he would return after a dentist appointment to hear Sir Richard Cartwright’s closing remarks.
B Hardwick of Annapolis Nova Att claims the record as a commercial traveler. He says he has toured about two million miles in forty one years for one house. He plans a New Year start from Annapolis Royal to the head office in the United States then to the West Indies and across to British Columbia and Newfoundland. He farms in Nova Scotia between trips and once vowed not to cut his hair until Laurier’s return to power, a pledge he broke after Laurier’s success.
A syndicate of wealthy South Africans led by Mr. Lynman plans to establish a Dutch farmer settlement in north Alberta next spring. Lynman surveys land around Edmonton and the Peace River district seeking sites for settlers, all men of substantial means with agricultural background in South Africa.
A preliminary report of a special committee on Canada’s old age pension system estimates 145,600 Canadians aged 65 plus would qualify for pensions under last census figures. It projects about 121,000 Australians, or 1.68 percent of the population, would be eligible if Australian conditions applied.
A new moving picture studio near Montreal showcases a three story facility with a third floor studio doubling as a two-scene setup. It houses dressing rooms, a dark room, printing and projecting rooms, a vault, and a museum with Indian relics. The producers plan Canadian history and winter scenes for a global market while featuring the British flag in silent drama.
The smallest carnivorous animal in the world is a weasellike species common in Northwest regions and Alaska and seen near the Great Lakes. It turns white in northern winters, lacks the ermine tail tip, and is rarely bought by fur traders. It feeds mainly on mice, hunts through holes, and stalks insects and small birds.
A circulated tale claims J H Burnham rewrote a bill to abolish titles of nobility in Canada. The law clerk noted a Peterboro man asked what heading to use. Burnham admitted bills must have titles and debated proper phrasing in law.
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