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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 24, 1914
Page
7
A feature on naval officers who lose command after disasters. It explains the harsh odds for captains, the risk to certificates, and pathways after misfortune. It notes how inquiries can end careers, the shift to harbor master roles, and rare salvaging moves into navy or private firms.
The outspoken Rev Dr Aked warns against religious zeal driven by mercenary motives. He recalls a factory Easter example where workers were paid to attend church, a plan that failed to satisfy the foreman who later asked if overtime would apply for a second service. The anecdote illustrates his stance on sincerity in religious matters.
Local wig wearers mock Justice Cross and fellow judges for slow proceedings. A K.C. cites a case in deliberation for twenty one years with all parties dead. The plaintiff lawyer now presiding over a Montreal court, while the defendant’s lawyer serves on Ottawa’s parliamentary staff.
Health authorities warn of mislabeling meat as beef in Montreal. Medical experts dispute risks and seek preventive steps to curb the issue. Local officials urge caution while investigations continue into supply and labeling practices.
In a chaotic African hunt, Private Matola steadies a crew after a young bull charges. The narrator recalls moments of danger as rifles misfire and a fallen tree blocks escape, yet Matola maintains order, reloads and assists, allowing a brain shot to end the elephant and highlighting discipline and presence of mind.
The article traces linoleum production from cork in North Africa to Spain for processing, flaxseed oil from Russia and Argentina, jute burlap from India, and pigment supplies from Australia. It explains cork harvesting, boiling, and grade separation, flaxseed oil extraction, and burlap treatment in Dundee before final linoleum manufacturing.
In Foula, a Shetland island, locals rear skull gulls to curb eagle depredations. Eagles plague the northwest red sandstone cliffs where farmers and fishermen suffer. Skull gulls prove fierce against eagles, yet tame with humans, inspiring a novel local practice.
The combined army and navy strength of Latin American republics totals 2,560,000 in land forces and 84 vessels at sea with 27,000 personnel. Nine modern battleships exist among them, three each for Argentina Brazil and Chile. Mexico has almost no navy. The United States war strength is about 15,000,000.
Canada continues to cut liquor and tobacco use as June revenue falls to 1,715,007 dollars, tracking a lower fiscal intake than the prior year. The note highlights a sustained decline in inlaid revenue for the Dominion during the period.
The Cambridge study spotlights S. Ramanujan a twenty six year old clerk turned prodigy praised by Hardy. His self taught methods astonish leading mathematicians while recalling earlier feats of Tamil boy Arumagan and late lightning calculator Geo Bidder famed for rapid solutions to complex arithmetical problems.
Venom is drawn from snakes at Parel laboratory Bombay and sent to Kasauli for controlled injections into horses. Blood serum is produced as an antidote or antivenine and has saved several lives in Bombay. A watchman at Cumballa Hill recovered in twenty minutes after treatment and a Mali bitten by a snake also recovered. The laboratory has ample venom for export to Germany and America for experiments using cobra venom in blood research.
The piece traces historic dance from pagan worship to Old Testament rites and Druids rituals. It notes the popularity of dancing in various eras and regions, from Mars worship to medieval and early modern celebrations, ending with Oliver Goldsmith earning coins by playing the flute for dancers.
Natives in Mesopotamia build sun dried mud brick homes shaped like beehives with high domes. Large compounds surround several hives, housing families, animals, and granaries. Smaller conical piles provide dried manure for fuel as irrigation becomes necessary due to limited rainfall.
The Rufus F Dawes Hotel acts as a shelter for men seeking work who cannot afford food and lodging. Opened at $100000, it offers soup and cheap meals, beds at five cents, dormitories and ninety five cubicle rooms at ten cents, with no endowment and deficits covered by founder Dawes.
Gilbert Parker, born in Canada, recalls his youth in wartime Canada and Australia, tutoring in his twenties, and turning to writing plays after an early journalist career. He describes landing in Australia with £60, later becoming associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, touring the South Seas, and achieving financial success with plays. His first novel Pierre and His People, published in 1892, drew on Canadian and Quebec experiences and saw immediate though not sensational sales.
Ottawa department announces intent to reject migrants under restrictive clauses of immigration law. The circular says enforcement will be strict to curb unemployment and to keep jobs for unemployed Canadians. Even promising work will not guarantee entry if the position could go to a recent unemployed Canadian.
Prof. James Mavor of Toronto University has been granted a leave of absence by the university board to conduct a course of lectures in Lahore, India. He is presently touring the western provinces and will proceed to the Orient this fall. The professor is renowned for his monumental work on Russian economics, a study that has drawn sustained attention for years.
Captain Sinker RN recounts Melanesian island customs. Women on one island propose to men and may kill themselves if refused. A Christian convert married a rejected proposer, sparing the girl. Natives crave European clothes, often wearing mismatched garments. some wear thirteen petticoats or a top hat with waistcoat. Hair fashions vary. women aim to be bald while men keep long hair. Cannibals seek power by consuming chiefs after battles. The white man’s risk among cannibals remains high.
The piece notes dogs’ enduring value for scent and hearing in police work and battlefield recovery. It contrasts limited modern military use with historical and ancient deployments and observes Britain lags behind Belgium, Germany, and France in adopting war dogs.
A city business man explains profitable farming hinges on head work and accounting. Farming is a multi part business, and only precise figures show which operations pay best. By simple bookkeeping farmers can identify profit drivers, fix weaknesses, and boost overall returns as urged by the Farmer's Advocate.
A fragment recounts Sir Robert and a long Nova Scotia legal circle. A judge assigns a young, eager lawyer to a prisoner in the dock. Before sentencing the prisoner asks for mercy for his lawyer, eliciting a stark response from the inmate.
The piece surveys Newfoundland history and growth to argue for potential union with Canada. It highlights population gains from 1869 to 1921, expansion of the codfishery and whale hunting, new steamship and railway infrastructure, telegraph lines, and lighthouse construction. The article notes economic resilience after 1892 fire and a bank crash, with fisheries remaining dominant.
The Franesiuria Zeitung marks the centenary of the third woman doctor Fraulien von Siebold born in Jura 1814 who studied at Goettinger and Jdhterm stadt, earned degrees in medicine and surgery, aided Duchess Louise of Cobourg Gotha at Duke Ernest I birth, later married Staff Surgeon Heidrenreich, and died in 1859. It also disputes the claim that Elizabeth Blackwell, who graduated in 1849 at Geneva New York, was the first female doctor, noting she died recently in Hastings England aged 90.
The text defines trespass as entering land without permission or against the will and notes possible peaceful ejection. Damages may be claimed nominally without actual harm, and punishment can include fines or imprisonment. It mentions illegal use of man traps or spring guns and liability for damages when a trespasser arrives with a dog.
An English racing car at Brooklands burst a tire at 119 miles per hour. It skidded eighty yards off line, looped three times backwards, and came to rest on the ground near the track with the driver clutching his hands.
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