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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 16, 1913
Page
8
Public notice listing a half section of rood land for sale seven miles from Russell near Millwood at 12 dollars per acre with easy terms. Interested parties should apply to W. W. Wilson in Russell.
Breezy consular agent recounts meeting the Khedive at Ras el Tin with an American firm selling agricultural and well drilling machinery. The humorous audition built on sales patter leads to the Khedive placing orders for several thousand dollars of machinery for Russian farms.
A Sunday school teacher offers a prize for a motto teaching personal purity. A boy prints Shine Inside on a placard, confessing he swiped the phrase from Tony's bootblack stand outside a corner bar room.
The passage discusses choosing between phrases like Come here, quick and Come here quickly under stress. It notes the first, while theoretically incorrect, conveys urgency. the second, though correct, may lack force. It laments adverbs as weak compared to adjectives and imagines an anti adverb society seeking membership.
A historic note describes how exam blanks include personal marks to identify the insured after death. It cites a report from an examining physician mentioning the phrase He has a strong Cornish accent Lipgiacott's as an example found in the identification blank.
The article notes Mozart stage works totaling nearly a score, with Don Giovanni Figaro and The Magic Flute as standard repertory. It mentions occasional presentations of a Mozart cycle in major German cities and hints at how such cycles are selected or decided.
A historical note says Pontenelie turned to everything, offended no one by digesting any thing. After a file fire, he was asked the secret of his success and replied with two guiding motions: everyone may be right and everything may be so.
A quip suggests a woman adds a postscript to ensure she has the final word after a letter provokes thought. The remark frames a gendered stereotype about communication and ending points in correspondence.
Edith questions engagement ring reveal in a domestic scene from the Boston Transcript. Marie responds with uncertainty as a quiet exchange unfolds between the pair.
A fragment quotes a proverb about wisdom residing in the heart rather than the mind, attributed to Abbort.
A city missionary notes thieves often mention a chiropodist they patronize. One ex burglar says thieves need sound feet and comfortable shoes to move in the dark, else a misstep could ruin a profitable job.
A quip contrasts ball players and politicians noting that politicians rarely become holdouts. The Chicago Record-Herald quote implies the absence of political holdouts as a distinguishing trait.
Sateblowers opened fire on police and escaped with 200 dollars from the CNR station in St. Boniface on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Young of Brandon were swindled of 5000 dollars by confidence men in St Louis Missouri. D S Curry, a Winnipeg millionaire, was victimized by New Yorkers to the tune of 64000 dollars.
Dialogue from the Baltimore American and London Mail mocks a steward role. Student John misquotes a dictionary joke about a steward as someone who attends to others’ affairs, reflecting humorous classroom exchanges.
A Washington Star quotation notes that personal dislike defies appeasement and favors cannot win over skepticism. It suggests that kindness is seen as bluff and injuries justify a biased initial impression.
A Mississippi town bans wheelbarrows on business district sidewalks. On a crowded Saturday a Black man with groceries is arrested for pushing a wheelbarrow. He lifts his daughter onto the groceries and says this is a baby carriage, challenging the officer.
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