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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 08, 1909
Page
3
Mrs J C Jamison of Watsonville California reports six years of stomach cramps and nervous dyspepsia. After three doctors and two years of medicine she found hope in Peruna. She bought nineteen bottles and is now entirely cured, claiming Peruna lives up to its claims.
A Washington Star exchange pits a fervent speaker against Senator Sorghum on trust governance. The speaker calls for a man unafraid of a trust while Sorghum warns against a candidate so fearless as to be controlled by the trust.
An advertisement extols Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a purely plant based remedy that gently purges and soothes the stomach and intestines. It claims mild yet effective relief and cites thousands who credit their health to timely use of this medicine.
A brief humorous note from the Sidney Bulletin shows a poke at classroom discipline. The instructor quips that knocking a pupil down isn’t needed, offering to demonstrate ten other ways to get up again, reflecting light local wit.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications says the ad advocating internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as a blood and mucous surface medicine prescribed by a leading physician and sold in Toledo, Ohio by druggists for 75 cents with testimonials available.
A report notes that 25 percent of the world’s ships are constructed in British shipyards. It highlights the UK’s dominance in shipbuilding and its impact on global maritime trade and industry.
A fragment from Puck quips on Shilohs Cure and chronic coughs. A mock criticism of a sonnet titled The Charge of the Light Brigade appears as a joke about a misread meter and a monthly gas bill.
The excerpt portrays a quip about married life with a warning and a playful reply. The male character notes a potential dictatorial tendency after marriage, while the female partner responds she will ignore his words. The dialogue reflects lighthearted domestic humor.
A pithy exchange frames the wary hiring of a maid with Mrs Younewife asking for prior living experience and Mrs Oldone replying by probing cohabitation history, reflecting the era’s domestic hiring norms and expectations.
John Andrew Hamilton KC is introduced as a newly appointed English judge. Born in 1855 to a Manchester iron merchant, he gained high Oxford honors and led the Oxford Union Debating Society where his speeches, including a notable Curzon debate, earned wide recognition among students and London mercantile circles.
Sir Henry Seton Karr, aged fifty six, famed for big game hunting and exploration, once rowed in sixty four Oxford races. He believed he found the Garden of Eden after chasing a lion and discovering palaeolithic implements that suggested Adam's Paradise may lie there.
The syrup is attested as a sure remedy for coughs and colds with instant throat relief and pulmonary comfort. A bottle saves doctor's bills and suffering, priced at 25 cents at all dealers.
A Philadelphia Ledger fragment shows a woman scolding a boy not to throw stones at sparrows while the boy retorts with a misheard quip about a chloroform headpiece. The scene captures street dialogue with sharp wit and urban color.
A boy on the bank dived into the river to save Andy. Her husband thanked the boy profusely and gave him a dollar. Onlookers gasped at the generosity, but the boy quipped that the husband might have given a five dollar bill if he hadn’t saved her.
Doctor C A King testifies he has used Minard's Liniment in his practice and personally with success. He states it never failed to produce the desired effect when a liniment was needed.
A sharp faced woman at the door denies food, saying she has none to give. Harvard Has been offers repayment with a square meal in exchange for grammar lessons, reflecting a moment of wit and social exchange in the era.
A Windsor Ontario advertisement promises a home remedy for bed wetting claiming a constitutional cause and offering free instructions from Mrs M Summers Box W 1 Windsor. It asserts the treatment also aids adults with daytime or nighttime urine difficulties and urges mothers to write today without sending money.
A Berkeley grower after twenty years of work has produced two new strawberries, one fully white. The fruit is studded with fine seeds on the outside like ordinary berries, yet it differs in form and character. It bears through winter in mild climates and in frames can fruit until Christmas. The berries are large and flavorful, matching Paxton and Bazuya Sovereign in taste.
An Essex, England, farrier supplies a hound that lost an eye in a scrimmage with a glass eye to replace the missing sight. The story notes the animal’s resilience and the craft of the farrier in altering the dog's appearance.
A Chicago Post quotation notes a man with an irregular bald spot and a visible collar button arguing that teeth do not influence moral character. A man with an excitable necktie suggests profanity in the world might be caused by the cuspids.
A fired down east man slipped on an icy puddle, muttered about being wet and dry, and staggered to find shelter behind swinging doors. He then entered a doorway as he recovered from the stumble.
The unbounded popularity of Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil is not due to advertising but to its merits as a medicine. It is sought in every city town and hamlet for its good qualities.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a parent and child clash over an 8 pm bedtime rule. The exchange centers on whether the child adheres to the time with a family dispute over nightly routines.
A spring health notice urges using Dr Williams Pink Pills to restore blood, strengthen nerves, and improve mood and skin. Personal testimonial from Miss Mary C Ayer of Ward Brook NS praises quick, lasting improvement after taking the pills. Sold by medicine dealers and by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
The article notes that residents, including many families, prize the umbrella yet lose about 25,000 annually. It highlights cultural attachment to a common item and hints at frequent misplacement in public spaces.
Sleeplessness is blamed on indigestion or nerves and Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are recommended to regulate the stomach and calm nerves to restore restful sleep. The ad claims a soothing effect on unrest and a return to healthful sleep.
A Chicago Post excerpt mocks Horace by contrasting a poet's genius with the claim that he wrote poetry to promote Italian wines. The dialogue features a man with a mustache and another with oversized ears debating literary purpose and advertising.
During a coastal storm along Nova Scotia native skippers clip hair from beards to toss into the sea as a charm called elf on the water. The belief holds storms are caused by the devil lashing the ocean and the hair sacrifice appeases the evil one.
A Mrs Fercy Westaway letter describes a Chinaman in West London misreading a Dodd's Kidney Pills advertisement as a cake decoration. The cook iced a layer cake with white and red trim, mistaking the pill advertisement for confectionery, illustrating clever imitators and cross cultural humor.
Readers discuss remedies and society roles in a clipped exchange. A Mrs Doreas questions joining an anti bird-killing group, while Mrs Fadde jokes about feathers and a forthcoming object.
A bride and groom debate the quality of food with a young husband lamenting tiny biscuits and leatherlike steak. The husband quotes his mother’s cooking sorites while the bride questions the claim.
A dialogue fragment contrasts urging resignation from clubs and smoking with a reassurance to pursue new clothes. New York Life is mentioned as framing the exchange about personal choices and financial concerns.
A Puck witty remark about a tramp who asks for a pair of worn trousers from a woman's husband. The tramp receives a pair, and after inspecting them, laments that the husband discards from weakness.
Alfred Station Ontario special report: Abraham Garand, a railway section man, had four months off work due to kidney disease and rheumatism after five years of suffering. He attributes recovery to nine boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and urges others with rheumatism to try them. He notes sciatica and uric acid buildup as linked to kidney problems and claims full restoration.
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