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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
2
An ad argues spring purgatives weaken the body and promote illness. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a superior tonic that builds red blood, cures headaches and skin issues, and improves strength. It cites Mrs. Lepage of St Jerome and offers 50 cent boxes or six for $2.50 from Brockville Ontario.
Twenty three leading champagne houses weigh a shared plan to cut prices by 30 percent as demand wanes. London orders for top French brands plunged from 115000 gallons to 53000 gallons in the last month signaling a sharp drop in consumption.
Attested by scores for coughs and colds the syrup allegedly gives instant throat relief and eases pulmonary distress. A bottle reportedly saves doctors fees and suffering, priced 26 cents at dealers. Mrs. Chugwater Josiah and Mr. Chugwater debate the "telephone ear" with a joke about using the left ear.
An advertisement promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE as a cure for colds with a money back guarantee and E W Groves signature on each box. A Melbourne Weekly Times cartoon caption mocks praise for singing, while Minard's Liniment is advertised as for sale everywhere.
A telegraph operator misread a minister's telegram to a conference, turning Acts twenty two into Acts twenty three two. The misreading caused confusion as the conference consulted the Bible to resolve the error.
The Princess May reached Vancouver after a stormy northward voyage four days late with two men dead on board. One was Grieve Macrone the G T R engineer and the other a brawler named L Smith. A Bangor Maine man went to recover his son’s body from Alaska. A manacled Captain William son was taken to New Westminster asylum after strain and madness aboard.
George Pigeon at St Vincent de Paul Penitentiary admits he performed the Crown and Peace office burglary on a Monday between 4 and 9 o clock. He says he used false keys to enter, stole money and papers, burned useless documents, and faces potential fourteen years in penal servitude.
A Kansas City Times remark contrasts a poet who enjoys being printed with a wife who hopes he finds traditional work. The exchange highlights humor about fame versus steady employment within a domestic setting. The quotation centers on satisfaction with publication and desire for practical income.
A Baltimore American item notes a flirtatious exchange about marrying into editor’s life with playful quips. The couple’s banter highlights romantic ambitions and light humor.
A Merton Ontario man testifies after four hospitals and many doctors failed to heal a chronic ankle ulcer. He reports instant relief and complete healing after using Zambuk, noting it even aided recovery after a severe foot injury. The ad lists numerous skin and related ailments treated by Zambuk, priced at 50 cents.
A south westerly gale of great violence swept Britain causing immense property and shipping damage though fatalities were few. The strong wind, reaching tornado force in places, resulted from a cyclonic disturbance of great magnitude spanning northwestern Europe.
A newspaper note promotes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a remedy for bilious headaches, describing women as more prone and claiming the pills neutralize excess bile to relieve nerve pressure and headache.
In a Comic Cuts strip Johnny is asked to eat but declines while a teacher guides the scene. The dialogue plays on etiquette and obedience with playful humor.
Advertises N. W. Hide & Fur Co of Minneapolis paying top dollar for furs and hides to tan into robes rugs or coats. Includes a humorous quote from the Washington Star about a European ruler crediting poor marksmanship for success.
An advertisement touts English Spavin Liniment as removing hard and soft blemishes in horses such as blood spavin curb splint ringbone sweeney and sprains. It promises dramatic results and claims a $50 savings with one bottle as the most wonderful blemish cure known.
Lord Wolseley used a dramatic trick with his glass eye to persuade an Arab captive to talk. He claimed he could destroy the enemy at a word and demonstrated by removing, tossing, and re inserting his eye. The tactic prompted capitulation and helped lead to Arabi Pasha's defeat.
Walter Ellis, retired London police officer with a record of daring undercover work, joined volunteers after a dynamite scare. He guarded officials, tailed dynamizors in Holland and France, entered a Lisle Street gambling den, hid in a packing case for a sting in Tottenham Court Road, and captured crime rings in Gerrard Street and Soho, earning the nickname Froggie.
Tremendous gamage occurred in Dover England as forts near the harbor fired heavy guns. The town crier urged residents to leave windows open but the nine inch gun blasts caused ceiling sections to fall break ornaments, and crack windows in many homes.
An article notes Dr Erzls use of small pine trees in a patient’s bedroom to create a pine forest believed to aid healing. It promotes Virgin Oil of Pine as a pure therapeutic preparation from Leach Chemical Co. Windsor Ontario, claiming cold relief in 24 hours and home access for lung ailments.
The text contrasts public esteem with private contempt after elections. It then notes sleeplessness from nerve strain and digestive upset and promotes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a sleep aid that promises relief and renewed happiness.
A playful exchange uses a pun to explain a hereditary term. The father defines a linear descendant as hereditary while a child asks about a linear footpot, reflecting humorous wordplay in a Philadelphia Press item.
From October to May colds are the most frequent headache causes. Laxative Bromo Quinine removes cause. E. W. Grove on box 25c. Two flags of the 5th British son who went to Spain to support Maria Christina against Don Carlos will be sold at auction in London.
Florence Nightingale championed open window ventilation at night to treat tuberculosis. Despite initial opposition over night air safety, her argument that we must breathe night air prevailed and influenced later sanitary practices and healing methods.
A humorous exchange in the Syracuse Herald where a landlady chides a new boarder for being a "light eater" and the boarder quips that he eats burning torches in a dime museum, highlighting comic wordplay.
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