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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 07, 1916
Page
6
A mysterious man intrudes into a London room, boasting of a climate and people he calls grimy. He explains eight years abroad, returning to reveal that friends presumed his death and sent an ambassador to greet him, while Martin grows intrigued by his frank, uneasy charm.
In a tense scene, Mabin in a neighboring room overhears a private interview between a bearded man and a brisk clerk. Voices clash, a dispute erupts, and a heavy fall followed by a door crash signals a possible attack as she frets over safety and whether to intervene.
A stray puppy named Jack was adopted by a Scots Guards sentry in the Crimean War. He fought beside his master, saved a life during battle, and his later master was killed at Inkerman. Queen Victoria gifted Jack a miniature Victoria Cross with the Crimean medals upon homecoming.
New York Times argues that future history may expose little known WWI topics from 1914 to 1915, including battles on India's northwest frontier and unnoticed Turkish and Persian events. It notes censorship and gaps in present knowledge, predicting schools will study these overlooked episodes.
Frederick Palmer reports from France on British soldiers marrying French women as war lures cross language barriers. Soldiers live among communities, learn French, and help with farm work while awaiting orders. Marriages stem from romance and admiration for French thrift and industry amid wartime displacement.
In Paris a movement to add steel plates to helmets aims to protect throat cheeks shoulders and chest. The new steel helmet has reduced fatal wounds and sparks interest in armored protection for soldiers.
Two married women chat about rising costs. One notes her clothes bills have doubled from last year while the other laments the strain on husbands who cannot afford the same. They conclude the past year’s shortfall means no real change in spending.
Marie Corelli rails at London society for excess and frivolity while war rages nearby. She condemns crowded restaurants, lavish outfits, and charity fêtes that gloss over death and destruction, urging austerity during a time of fighting and suffering.
The boy in khaki rides in a top buggy with a girl beside him on a summer Sunday night. He is home on leave before his battalion ships overseas and recalls the old road to the church and home. A tribute asserts his heroism and prayers for his safe return.
The Census and Statistics Office Ottawa reports June 30 livestock totals: horses 2,990,635. cows 2,603,345. other cattle 3,826,519. sheep 1,965,101. swine 2,814,672. Compared with 1915, horses down 3,404. milch cows down 63,501. sheep down 73,561. swine down 297,228. other cattle up 427,364. Decreases mainly in Eastern Canada. Western provinces show rises except swine in all three provinces and other cattle up in Manitoba.
The article argues the Boy Scout movement builds health, morals, and education as preparation for future economic and military conflicts. It highlights Baden-Powell’s view on training character and efficiency and cites a Southampton Scout's act of duty saving a mission-change for an embarker.
During a royal tour, King George again displayed his memory by recognizing a patient he spoke with two years earlier in the hospital accident ward. The patient joked that last time the King found him in a different bed and, this visit, it was the other leg.
An old Highland sergeant patrols the barracks and orders a room to put out a light. A soldier replies that the light is the sergeant’s name. He mishears and shouts a garbled line about a brass bottom, prompting muddled exchange.
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