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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 30, 1905
Page
14
Two England worn ladies Peggy and Chockey slip from a dark inn to London, disguise themselves to reach Kennaston’s old haunts, and plot to confront a lover while London roars around them. The pair brace for a gritty, crowded city with Peggy vowing to leave love behind.
A wholesale oyster dealer inspects an invoice and notes exceptionally large specimens. He measures an eight inch shell and asserts age does not affect quality, citing Maurice River oystermen who claim oysters can live twenty five years in a cave and continue growing.
At St. Helen Norwich about 160 swans are fattened for the table in the swan pit. They are fed barley and maize in troughs under water. A fat cygnet weighs about sixteen pounds and costs over ten dollars. The flavor is said to be between goose and bear.
A London Express summary of home fire safety instructions advising what to do in case of fire. It covers shutting doors and windows on flame, clearing flammable materials, using water sparingly at the base, and extinguishing tips by earth or sand if wires ignite. It also notes boots, wet silk handkerchiefs, wet blankets, bed soaking, and crawling to avoid smoke.
A girl named Dorothy proves the charm of a large dictionary over a small school dictionary when she dismisses the latter as outdated bridge dictionary wisdom. She says her home’s unabridged reference proves the true meaning, sparking debate in a strange town.
The 23rd annual meeting in Hamilton on March 7, 1905, reviewed the year ended December 31, 1904. Directors report rising assets by 13.5 percent to 2,148,773.37 with policyholder surplus of 1,055,837.81 and total assurances to 16,047,806.23. Premium income 198,911.34 and investment yields highlighted as strong.
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