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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 09, 1912
Page
5
In a windy New York City night, shy milliner Miss Mercer and bashful stonemason Mr. Willets grow close while repairing her blown chimney. Their mutual attraction blooms as moonlight transforms the roof scene into a lovers’ lane.
A historic English court case from 35 years ago pitted John Ruskin against James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Whistler, defended by fame-free courage, sued over a Nocturne in Black and Gold. Ruskin, ill and absent, faced testimony from Burne-Jones and Frith as Whistler defends his art against critics.
The courtroom scene over Whistler’s Nocturne Battersea Bridge ended with Ruskin’s loss and the plaintiff’s token damages. Whistler’s wit shone during the trial as he reframed critics and his work, later compiling critiques and his “Gentle Art of Making Enemies.” The piece, now valued in major collections, reflects evolving views on art quality and Ruskin’s legacy.
The gas mantle raised illuminating power from 16 to 60 candles using 34 feet per hour. Monazite sands in Brazil yielded rare metals. Dr Carl von Welsbach explored their spectra and devised a cambric method to distribute metallic vapor in the Bunsen flame, forming the brilliant mantle.
The island of Aitutaki in the Hervey group is described as ringed by islets with submarine caverns beneath, home to sharks and other marine life. The passage notes the perilous underwater geography and its impact on coastal lore and exploration.
A description of traditional shark hunting near Aitutaki with nooses used to trap large sharks in a lagoon cave. It recalls a diver named Reubena escaping a blocked cave, and notes the dangerous ritual the craft entails. The text then shifts to historical uses of mummy essence, including Persian practices and royal gifts, ending with a 1800s extract about producing synthetic mummy essence from a prepared body.
The article explains how essence of mummy appeared in pharmacopoeia. It discusses true and artificial mummies, their extraction, and the belief that embalmer-derived substances carried therapeutic virtues.
A poetic meditation on snow as a vast quieting force. The excerpt describes a black sky shedding a white veil that lands on roofs and streets, transforming space and distance. It contrasts child play with the snow’s majestic, sometimes dangerous, encroachment and the inevitability of death it hints at. The narrator warns against rushing, noting the long white stillness will overtake all motion.
The quoted exchange notes that Binks showed attachment only during his service as sheriff, marking a rare deviation from his usual self-centered conduct.
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