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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
6
The narrator details Ruth guiding poorer families to thrift without sacrificing taste while gaining trust among wealthier circles. The second year expands his network, improves prices, and sharpens political involvement, culminating in Rafferty’s bid for alderman with liquor-backed support and a mayoral-like machine. Ruth remains a stabilizing force amid intensifying ambitions.
The narrator describes advancing wages to three and a half dollars as family life settles into a steady, frugal routine. The trio trims clothing to essentials, maintains wholesome meals, and prioritizes work and simple amusements. The narrator gains skills as a mason and draftsman, observes Dan Rafferty’s rising fortunes, and notes growing savings totaling eleven hundred ninety dollars as the third year ends.
A senior partner and junior partner argue over venting insult by phone to Bailey. The junior refrains after mild terms. the senior escalates then backtracks. The exchange ends with a tempered retort as verbal fury cools to a quiet breeze.
A confectionery manufacturer questions a statement that glucose is more digestible than cane sugar in candies. He argues buyers pay high prices believing they get sugar, and warns that if glucose is used it is a fraud unless labeled as grape sugar. glucose occurs naturally in fruits and honey and is the same as grape sugar after digestion.
A crocodile lies on a muddy riverbank in Borneo while nearby natives pass by without eliciting a reaction. The scene illustrates the animal’s calm indifference to human presence.
In Borneo the Dyaks tolerate crocodiles until one attacks and takes a life. They explain misfortune by refusing food or divine punishment for crimes. If a crocodile kills, the Dyaks seek revenge, hunting the culprit and killing more all to avenge the offense. Brass ornaments guide them by opening a dead crocodile to identify the target.
A Billings prominent citizen notes alfalfa is eaten three times daily in his area. He recalls a Broadview banquet where alfalfa appeared in every dish and drink, as alfalfa tea and alfalfa flavored ice cream, bread, cake, and meat were served.
The article explains how afternoon milk has higher fat content than morning milk due to milking intervals. Tests show fat increases ranging from 0.18 to 1.09 percent depending on milking times, with a 12 minute earlier morning and 12 minute later evening milking yielding about a 6.1 percent fat increase in the morning and decrease in the evening.
The piece walks through a Chinese home hidden behind walls and narrow lanes, showing a courtyard sequence, reception rooms, and a garden. It describes family spaces around shared kitchens and a central ancestral hall, with strict reverence and seasonal incense customs.
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