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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 22, 1909
Page
3
Winnipeg woman credits Zam-Buk with curing a severe facial eczema after doctors failed. The account says initial irritation gave way to healing within weeks, with the balm easing sores and discoloration. Zam-Buk marketed as a universal skin remedy at 50c per box.
Brief item notes a hoax or prank involving Burleigh and a challenge to speak with him, as observed in the Philadelphia Record. The fragment hints at skepticism and caution before engaging Burleigh in dialogue.
An advertisement touts Bickle’s Anti-Consumptive Syrup as the sovereign remedy for coughs, catarrh, and lung inflammation. It claims the product cures regardless of cold severity and urges readers to keep a bottle at hand.
An observant guest notes the host and hostess avoid dancing while a dispute unfolds, leaving diners in suspense as rumors circulate about the couple’s quarrel at a Louisville event.
The text repeats a claim about Shiloh's Cure curing coughs and colds. It also presents a proverb on wealth and mistreatment, noting that wealthier men are more abused and less concerned.
A man watched his $2,500 newly built house burn down. He had just insured it for $3,500 two days earlier, expressing disbelief at the timing amid the blaze.
A 17 year old pony boy Henry Marten of Woolley colliery Barnsley received a silver medal from Our Dumb Friends League at Claridge’s London. Marten saved a pony and another boy from a collapsing roof during an incline incident, later aiding his fellow worker.
The maid of all work in a Pottsville family resigns, causing distress to the lady of the house who values her as part of the family. The mistress asks why Mary is leaving and Mary replies she has stood it as long as she can.
The term virago originated as a manly woman a heroine or Amazon in Latin and Roman usage. In Plautus a virago described a strapping servant maid and the word carried no insult for Diana or Minerva. The Vulgate used virago for woman and Latin never turned harsh in meaning.
A standard remedy praised for decades, Mother Graves Worm Exterminator is marketed to protect children from intestinal worms. The product’s long use is cited as evidence of its reliability and reputation.
The remark suggests that a factor pleasing a woman is appearing younger than peers of the same age. It contrasts social perceptions of age and attractiveness and implies envy or competition among women.
In a 1909 budget note Paul Harvey, financial adviser to the Egyptian Government, argues that Egypt’s prosperity rests on Nile water. He notes 1908 was not prosperous, defends spending on Sudan, and cites Sudan revenue growth from £187,500 to £1,900,000 and a subsidy reduction as proof of policy soundness.
The notice promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a prompt cure for infant and child ailments such as indigestion colic diarrhoea constipation worms and teething troubles. It cites a government analyst confirming no opiate or poisonous drug and quotes a Capetown Ontario mother praising the product. Available from medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
A short item notes Shiloh's Cure touted to cure coughs and colds in a Syracuse Herald tease. Jiggs-Norye comment questions the man’s appearance and mentions sowing wild oats.
In factories carbolic acid is kept for treating wounds but Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil offers a safer quicker alternative that does not burn or sever the skin. It claims unique curative qualities no other oil shares.
The Belfast shipbuilder Lord Pirrie heads the Harland and Wolff firm. He joined as an apprentice forty seven years ago and became a partner after twelve more years. He is famed for ship design and securing orders. A Liverpool ship owner once joked that Pirrie persuaded him to order a ship.
A short illustrated Bits item recalls a boy in a bakery and a lighthearted exchange over a three penny loaf. The boy offers two pence halfpenny and jokes about the loaf’s weight while the baker asks for more change.
Alfred Midlane, famed for There a Friend for Little Children, once ironmonger by trade, drafted his famous hymn ideas after a day’s work in Newport on the Isle of Wight. Nearby resides Mrs. Lake, another noted hymn writer of I Think When I Read That Sweet Story of Old, sharing proximity in the same town.
The Duke of Richmond soon travels abroad and holds a triple dukeage in Britain plus the French title Duc d Aubigny. He succeeded his father as Duke of Richmond and Lennoox, and in 1876 the Duke of Gordon title was revived for him. The Duke of Abercorn uniquely holds peerages in three kingdoms and a French dukedom Chatelherault.
Miss Penrose Philp of the State Children’s Association spoke at the Women’s Institute on a new theory linking juvenile smoking to the use of comforters in infant sleep. She argued that comforters in the eyes of infants contribute to later cigarette use among boys.
The British MP Victor Grayson and schoolmate Billy Lee ran away as youths fleeing home. They looted sandwiches and wore a revolver. hunger and mischief turned to caution as they planned adventures. Victor later stowed aboard a ship to Australia, faced discovery, and returned to England after a steamer offer.
The practice evolved from touching the gospels to a late ritual of kissing the book. It started in the sixth century as reverence rather than solemn oath enhancement and became popular by the late sixteenth century, a Protestant innovation in George Fox’s account.
Public health note urges treating colds seriously to prevent pneumonia especially in children and elders. praises Dr Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine for reducing inflammation and aiding cough. claims three bottles equal one of rivals. Customer testimonial from Mrs. F Dwyer of Chesterville Ontario. Available at Edmanson Bates Co dealers for 25 cents per bottle.
In a dialogic snippet from a Scottish American piece, a doctor tells a husband his wife’s mind seems lost. The husband retorts that she has driven him to distraction for fifteen years since marriage.
Alicia and Gladys discuss appearances and manners with light humor. Gladys recalls Alicia being called Fair Miss and notes his past as a streetcar conductor. The exchange reflects social mores and remembered anecdotes.
A Sunday school story line quotes Willie answering a riddle about the quick and the dead. Willie explains the quick are those who step aside for motor cars, while the dead are those who do not.
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