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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 20, 1910
Page
2
In a confrontation at the Advance, Wheeler Brand and Michael Nolan argue over publishing Bartelmy’s exposé. Judith pleads to shield her father as Judge Bartelmy confronts Brand about guilt and responsibility while reporters race to press.
A prospective bride and groom, both described as colored, faced a careful screening by a local minister who asked many questions before agreeing to perform the ceremony. The groom had recently moved from the South and worked at a town hotel. his bride was a hotel worker. The minister asked if he had been married before and if his wife was living, learning she was in the South and had left him, and that he did not know why. They then sought another minister.
F Howkinson Smith, painter and engineer, recounts Boston street youths in a narrative about teaching a girl to swim. He overhears two newspaper boys debating the best way to instruct a girl, with a sharp line about a sister and pushing her off a dock. The piece reflects urban child life as seen by a professional observer.
In a humorous vignette from a small town, a son inherits the old family physician’s practice while the father is away. He claims to have cured Miss Ferguson, an elderly wealthy spinster, of chronic indigestion, prompting the father to quip about stealing and indigestion as the real test.
The text notes that the grey field uniform offers high invisibility at distance or in twilight, making grey cavalry appear riderless in low light. It follows with a London News anecdote about misidentification in dusk and a humorous social exchange between Miss Dobleigh and Tompy.
Inside joke from the Columbia Jester questions if an awful pain signals appendicitis asking which side it appears. The quip hints at medical concern through a playful remark.
A hatless young woman on a beach is blown by a puff of wind, nearly lifting her hair. Dawdle and Mawdle discuss the event and the saying like seeks like in a brisk morning scene.
An usher recalls a stranger at the Boston Tran script service who whispered that he must be awakened at 11 30 sharp to catch a train. The remark adds a brief, human moment to the morning worship.
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