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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 13, 1900
Page
3
A poem from the Somerville Journal recounts a speaker who fell for Marie but then felt drawn away by a gentler calm and a string of later, more attractive encounters. The writer reflects on the pain of rejected affection and relief at avoiding a worse match.
In a Dakota stagecoach a road agent stops the travelers and spares Colonel Weston and his son Jim after a tense confrontation. The outlaw Pelton intends vengeance for a past feud but ultimately spares the colonel, choosing to send Jim home with aid and returning to the woods as the boy bravely hopes for his father’s return.
The dry battery has largely replaced the wet type for electric bell work due to its convenience and lack of mess. A dry battery remains wet inside, using a zinc cup carbon rod and a porous filler soaked in sal ammoniate gelatin, sealed with pitch. They are mass produced and discarded when exhausted, making replacement inexpensive.
A short poem titled Pine Needles from the Lewiston Journal reflects on pine needles falling softly and fragrance piercing hearts. The speaker addresses a pine tree and imagines its needles creating a velvet road for passersby under starry light.
A Chicago bound passenger shares a cross country trip where a veiled man in the next compartment keeps a gloved left hand. After a night of fear she discovers the glove is off and a New York murder linked to the stranger, who may be the killer pursued by detectives as dawn nears Chicago.
A fragment notes the speaker recalling how another man was quietly secured while away from the car and later read a report detailing the man’s condemnation. The passage reflects on the sequence of events as reported by the Chicago News.
A poet Fin ington Bardsley in his study experiments with a rhyming line. In the parlor a visitor cites a book on unhappy wives of geniuses, revealing a rift in the marriage. Pennington Bardsley collapses, clutching a manuscript with the line, in a Chicago Times-Herald report.
A Hare asks a Wizard to transform into a Fox to escape pursuers. After two days the Fox laments hounds wolves bears and mobs and begs to be changed back. The Wizard grants the return and notes the lesson that hardship shifts but can be worse for others.
A Detroit Free Press piece recalls a census taker at the door asking about the household. The woman replies that only she remains, noting her husband’s drinking has driven him to lose his senses.
A compact note traces how European editors asked how China acquired modern firearms, hinting at trade dynamics where tea exports financed weapon purchases, reflecting a shift in global commodities shaping military modernization.
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