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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 02, 1913
Page
15
A newspaper notice describes Huber’s daughter as the last of mis children, unmarried and unable to be given up, detailing the family’s concern with her future and social expectations.
In a lakeside Swiss village Katr ina Huber resists a planned marriage to Caspar Beck and fights a harsh elder’s scheme to wed her to Carl Gotthold. After Caspar rescues her in a storm and a prison break, Katrina defies her father and helps Caspar escape. They marry with Huber’s reluctant pardon after revealing the full tale of coercion and love.
The Milwaukee Journal reports a bizarre courtship ending in marriage. Martie O Grady wooed Nancy Wee Overly with a militant show of affection including bombs and destruction. Nancy resisted then surrendered and they wed in a curious twist.
The Chicago Record-Herald quotes the artist s wife saying Reginald has become a cubist. She notes that he earns less now but no longer hires models as he now uses a pile of kindling wood for inspiration.
In a hay market encounter two farmers discuss a bay mare as a possible purchase. One offers the horse at a rock bottom price while the other declines lightly saying he hates to bust a dollar, prompting light humor in this brief exchange from Youngstown Telegram.
A judge and a joking lawyer debate reincarnation into animals. The judge asks which they would prefer to be a horse or an ass and the lawyer favors the donkey, arguing an ass has been a judge while a horse never.
A Boston Transcript snippet presents a classroom exchange where a teacher questions a student about coercion. Bobby responds that the girl will not go if she does not want to, highlighting disagreement over whether force applies in the situation.
A Washington Star item notes a change in tone toward a man once called bonehead now praised as a man of hard, solid sense.
The article urges brushing teeth with downward strokes for upper teeth and upward strokes for lower teeth to let bristles reach between teeth. It emphasizes teeth as priceless for beauty and health and calls for thorough cleaning, alkaline dentifrice to combat acidity, pumice for discoloration, and a minty mouthwash afterward.
A missionary just returned from Io ia brings home a favorite sauce. At a hotel a fellow guest asks for some, claiming it as the missionary's private property. The waiter declines, but the guest drinks it anyway and learns the preacher's identity and fiery doctrine, remarking on his samples.
An Exchange critique portrays Paris theater patrons as meek at the vestiaire and hat check, subjected to ouvreuse demands and intermission riddles. Managers offer enticements, but the piece urges shortening the entr acte as the simplest remedy for audience fatigue.
A married couple walks a city street. The husband mocks his wife for not drawing stares. He hides and sees men openly glance at her, prompting a quick change of heart. The wife had made a face at every man she met.
A child named Marjorie visits grandparents on a farm. She fears a cow in the yard, but her mother explains the cow is a mulley cow that cannot harm her because she has no borns. The child remains wary of a potential butt with the pompadour name playful.
A farmer asks his wife Martha if she has wiped the sink as he prepares for bed. She answers yes and he jokes he can wait until morning for water, illustrating a humorous side of domestic efficiency in New England households from Everybody's Magazine.
A Chicago reader recalls a proposal scene, where a man asks to marry and a woman agrees. They plan to become acquainted to confirm their feelings and suitability for marriage.
A judge and police discuss a suspect in a house robbery. The wife hopes to speak with her husband to learn how the crime occurred without waking her. The exchange reveals long years of seeking clues, with the sergeant confirming the arrest.
Onlookers report hens stopped laying after a passing automobile incident disrupted the flock. Egbert notes the cars caused a disruption while Bacon confirms the farm’s layers slowed down. Yonkers States Mae reports the unusual cause of the drop.
Scribner's Magazine reports San Francisco's Panama Exposition will abandon white in favor of a rich color scheme. Joel Guerin leads the color program, drawing from native flowers hills and sea tones to craft a massive Persian rug like display across pavilions roofs and courts.
Dr William Lloyd, English throat specialist, says Caruso is unique among tenors for a unusually long distance from front teeth to vocal cords. He notes Caruso’s chest capacity enables his vast compass and a note held for forty seconds or more as shown when he inhaled deeply with a piano pressed against his chest.
The tomb of Vergil near Naples, long a literary shrine, faces collapse after hillside quarrying hollowed the base. The hill’s side recently gave way, leaving the tomb on a precarious rock pinnacle. Boston Globe.
The West London Ethical society sets masterworks like Ewingburne’s The Holy Spirit of Man Whitman’s Whoever You Are and Wordsworth’s The Soul That Rises Within Us to chant music. Readings from English literature may enter church services, says the society’s president.
A demure tailored suit in taupe jacquard worsted and mohair with matching skirt features a machine embroidered collar and cuffs in the same gray and cream palette. A cerise silk vest provides a vivid contrast, completing the set color scheme.
Colorful bathing ensembles captivate visitors with emerald green taf fetas scarlet satin and bishop's purple satin. Rubberized silk bonnets satin caps and vivid stocking shades complement knee length suits with matching bloomers and frilled liners. A purple satin scarf with white linen flowers prompts exclamations of pantalets among fashionable crowds.
A playful list matches wedding anniversary years to gifts and materials. One year cotton marks the start, two years paper, three years leather, five wood, ten tin, eleven steel, twelve linen, thirteen lace, fourteen ivory, and seventy five diamond as milestones.
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