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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
11
A man discusses rail fare and gas shortages over a cabbage and sardines dinner when Captain Wantlin is found pilfering coal from a neighbor. A constable investigates, defends Wantlin, and a chain of comical misunderstandings ends with a friendly handover of coal and supper.
The Dunmow Felicity Flitch, long lapse for five or six years, will be revived with a pageant in progress. Originating in medieval custom, couples proving a year of happiness earned two flitches of bacon after swearing they did not repent of their marriage. The oath bars reproach and underscores enduring love in the village ceremony.
Sir George Birdwood warns that the right handed swastika signifies sun and health and should be gold with red or yellow enamel. The left handed form represents moonlight and misfortune and should be silver or colored blue green white or black for bad luck.
The planned Rhine to Emden canal would run from Wesel toward the Dutch border, divert at Leer, and connect to the Ems. Cost is about 58.5 million dollars. Benefits include drainage of large tracts, including the Bourtanger moor, and future cultivation and settlement.
Advertising serves the public but could benefit from stronger legal controls. It has become an institution by enabling business at low cost, yet clever ads can create demand for valueless goods and dodge liability. Large scale campaigns tend to lower prices by boosting demand and enabling cheaper supply.
The article traces explosive progress from nitroglycerin safety and absorption to gun cotton gelatins and gelatin dynamite. It notes Alfred Nobel’s jellylike mass, waterproofing and density benefits, and the shift to safer blends like nitrate of ammonia nitroglycerin mixtures and nitrotoluene lowering nitroglycerin’s freezing point.
A new Linderman wood working device demonstrated in Newark uses waste wood strips to produce boards of adjustable width with dovetailed glued joints. Two endless beds feed stock from both ends toward the center where pieces are dovetailed, glued, and discharged as a single unit.
The passage explains that a compound mixed with nitroglycerin forms an explosive that does not freeze above 32 degrees Fahrenheit. It notes that explosives made from nitroglycerin mixed with nitro toluene and possibly guncotton or nitrate of ammonia remain unfrozen until water freezes and thaw with ice melt.
In a Leipzig village a rich widow rejects many suitors then weds a handsome man who after gaining her trust roves at the beer hall. She feigns illness to trap him and assaults him in mock anger, revealing a tale of deceit and cunning within a traditional folk narrative.
A husband brutalizes his wife with threats and blows then forces her to join a drinking scene. She pleads the beating stops as she tells him her head no longer hurts. He brashly orders further violence if her head aches again and urges continued merriment.
The Prince of Wales will enter Magdalen College, Oxford as an undergraduate next Michaelmas. Earlier remarks about a cavalry appointment and a university course have been confirmed, though details on course length and post course plans remain unannounced. Magdalen’s historic ties include Wolsey and the tower crown.
Madame Oct Dufault of Victoria Street St Boniface Manitoba credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with her three year battle from diabetes sciatica neuralgia backache headaches and nervous fatigue. After thirteen boxes she reports full recovery and praise for the remedy in this health column noting her ailments stemmed from diseased kidneys.
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