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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 10, 1936
Page
7
Starr Ellison battles impending doom from a curse and poverty after a life of security dissolves. A New York doctor warns she has six months to live as she confronts fear, loss, and a looming fate while seeking survival and dignity.
Starr Ellison overcomes fear tied to ancient relics as she indulges a growing obsession with Egypt. After a museum visit she chases life and music, slipping into La Luna cafe where a tarbush clad doorman greets patrons and a sporadic orchestra plays, blending fantasy and reality.
A vintage ad urges readers to avoid substitutes and choose Keen's Mustard. It stresses purity and strong flavour, portraying the mustard as the best option for any recipe. The slogan promotes stake in using Keen's DS Mustard for guaranteed zest.
Starr Ellison and Michael Fairbourne reconnect in a smoky Parisian style club named La Luna as fate seems to mock their chances. Starr, weary of a synthetic life, contemplates escape while Fairbourne recalls past jabs about Egypt and gods as rain pours outside.
A fragment titled Te Be Continued hints at a continuing narrative involving a character named Tiemars Eye Wend. The snippet provides no clear events, dates, or settings.
The Empire State Building above the 40th floor remains untenanted except for the Raskob du Pont office on the 80th and NBC laboratories on the 85th. Lighted floors from 40 up show a grand exterior effect with twenty four 60 watt bulbs burning nightly to deter the building from seeming airborne. No buyers seek four-floor rentals. elevators for mixed floors sit idle. Night guards traverse from 86 to 40 with time clocks, while occasional hawks and pigeons strike the lit panes.
In Chengtu China workers uncovered carved Chinese characters inside the heart of a large tree branch. The discovery, dating about thirty years, drew crowds and sparked speculation of prophecy about a scholar, restoration, or destruction. The find was linked to the Woman's Missionary Society compound.
London bound Miss HE Engel, a Durban born London typist, travels with mechanic F Budd in a motorcycle and sidecar to witness King Edward VIII's coronation. Their Africa to Cairo route faces delays from piston failure in the Orange Free State and a damaged sidecar chassis before proceeding via Asia Minor to Constantinople and on through Europe to the English Channel.
A Strathroy Age-Dispatch item lampoons a preacher by listing contradictory judgments on age hair tone experience and conduct. The piece notes critics judge if he studies at home or visits the poor or rich and ends by calling the preacher life awful next to editor or teacher.
A prospector found charred plane wreckage high on a 5000 foot mountain east of Fairbanks. The 12 month mystery ends with the identification of Pilot Arthur F. Hines and three passengers, Mr and Mrs John Lenz and Alan Nordale, who vanished from Dawson for a 500 mile flight to Fairbanks. The plane apparently crashed and burned on the mountainside.
In Grutkowe Poland peasant Wladyslaw Skieresza asserts his chemicals can make rain at will. At a public demonstration he used bottles and jars then poured contents on the ground, leading to clouds and heavy rain over a wide area. He will repeat experiments before meteorological experts.
A Springfield scene echoes a joke about three rats and two boys per man. The Christian Science Monitor recalls Lincoln saying the world’s trouble arises from competing desires. The note contrasts with a report noting 6,000,000 leprosy cases globally and about 100 in England today.
Henry Ford contrasts salvage with waste urging that time waste is the hardest to correct. A purchaser finds £100 in old violin literature hidden in the instrument. The note laments monthly car payments consuming a sixth of average income for buyers on time.
Excerpted moral guidance cites Ephesians 4 25 urging honesty in speech and conduct. It argues deception thrives as a habit not by isolated lies, noting that silence and tone can lie. The piece warns habitual insincerity undermines integrity in serious matters and cannot be cured by a single effort.
A Times of Ceylon reflection argues the Hindu reverence for cows is grounded in practical health value. It notes that communities neglecting cattle culture faced malaria tolls due to lacking milk-derived stamina and nutrients. The piece asserts the cow as life giver through milk and ghee.
The London Sunday Express notes that Russian papers now devote two of six pages to ads. Advertisements cover food, clothing, and beauty, reflecting rising expectations. Advertising is seen as a sign of progress and growing demand in Russian society.
P L Comiskey of Withersfield Station Queensland recounts how his two dogs protected him after a 22 hour fall with a broken hip. The horse stood by, keeping him warm as he lay helpless, and he urged kindness to dogs and horses in return. Canada hosts 690 farmers co operatives with 2 533 branches and 345 000 shareholders. Brandon Sun notes a fruitful vegetable garden effort for dinner one Sunday. Farmers learn to save for a rainy day after preparing for it.
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