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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 20, 1900
Page
7
A poem excerpt attributed to Charlotte Elizabeth Wells in Outlook laments the unemployed seeking labor. It portrays despair, prayer for work, and the urge to toil despite hardship. The voice pleads for opportunity and dignity through labor.
Dr Harrowden seeks Mile Rohan’s help for a critically ill child whose wish is to hear her sing. Evangeline, famed for beauty and song, is moved by the request and torn between public performance and a private obligation, amid tension and the looming charity event at the castle theater.
In a Milan opera tale Eva, an angel‑voiced singer, comforts a dying child and rescues a village. The jealous Count Devas storms the castle stage as Eva and Dr Harrowden confront danger and reveal a dangerous love, a stabbing, and a dramatic rescue.
A romantic excerpt depicts Eva thanking a rescuer who saved her life, amid quiet hope and a shared unspoken promise. The magazine hints that a renowned singer might marry for love, not duty, heightening the day’s romantic mood.
Comic quip follows a joke about a hen laying five eggs in a single day. The line pivots on a punchline about the hen’s ambitious worth and plans for a vacation.
A comic dialogue shows the First Office Boy asking for a day off and the Second Office Boy replying that days off come only when he fixes the calendar in the office. The strip reflects workplace wit from a Baltimore newspaper.
A London era anecdote recalls quirky christenings at Ramsbury Manor and Peckham. A farmer’s child named William was christened Plain Bill after a nurse’s miscue. Another tale tells of Mr. One Tichiner, with a cleric baptizing him John by default. A clergyman’s anecdote ends with twins, one dying, yielding two good names Benjamin Joseph.
A courtroom exchange shows a juror asked to define preponderance of evidence. The juror insists he knows the term and offers a joking definition that it is evidence previously pondered, prompting the judge to press for a clearer, proper understanding.
A hurried suitor declares he is a businessman and wants to marry the merchant's daughter. He explains he has two refusals and a 24 hour option, choosing the nearest eligible girl to save time and return to work.
A New Orleans observer remarks on the wonderful ancient ruins in Yucatan, framing them as a notable topic of discussion and travel interest.
A college professor notes that local Indians believe ancient ruins are haunted and devils will seize anyone who probes them. He adds that explorers have promoted this superstition, acting as a stronger safeguard than soldiers.
A snippet from Lon dop Punch quotes a humorous exchange in which Miss Brown thanks Mr. Green for visiting and jokes that her father is an ideal listener because he is, as she says, an absolute idiot with no conversation.
Mr Sutherland Edwards notes that when Gustave Dore began to illustrate the Idlls of the King Tennyson did not recognize him by name The speaker recalls asking what would be done with the poems next and mentions a man named Dore now illustrating them.
The article notes a basis for an epicurean claim that one can tell American made pasta from French or Italian. It states Italian and French producers use a special hard wheat grown only in Taganrog, Russia, in their manufacture of macaroni and vermicelli.
An experienced sea captain recalls a 1836 voyage where eight sailors survived five days without food after abandoning a sinking ship. He argues fear drives starvation as the crew grew emaciated yet some survived by moral fortitude, noting modern fasters endure longer without distress in open boats with rescue likely.
A London Mail excerpt compares modern warfare with Maori practices, noting generosity to enemies. It recounts chiefs sharing arms and provisions, aiding rivals to fight on equal terms, and a clergyman’s account of besieged aiding besiegers with food, ending with a note on a Channel incident between British and Dutch admirals.
A city gentleman buys a fine cow at auction to stock his new country farm. A late arriver reveals the cow has no upper front teeth. The auctioneer restarts bidding and the shrewd farmer who warned him bids again, securing the same price.
A mythic dialogue where the Angel of Opportunity commands both man and woman to pray for their inherited traits. The man seeks joy without pain while the woman asks for sorrow’s memory and motherhood’s instinct, shaping enduring gendered instincts in a moral legend from George Denton Canfield.
A barber and a painter argued over the word agency on a shop window on South Thirteenth street. They sought a higher authority, which was the school board president, who agreed with the sign as written and settled the dispute.
The piece contrasts American fondness for ice water with English aversion to cold drinks when hot. It notes how Americans drink quarts to cool down while English teaching warns of dire outcomes from cold intake during heat. The discussion frames national temperaments and child guidance on hydrating in hot weather.
A distressed patient vents he would die to stop the pain while the doctor reassures he is doing his best to ease the suffering, capturing a tense medical scene from a historical page.
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