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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 25, 1918
Page
6
The livestock branch of the department of agriculture opposes arbitrary bans on slaughter of calves or females and export restrictions on Canadian cattle. It argues such prohibitions would force a return to prewar practices, causing substantial food waste due to calves presently fed to veal.
The piece argues France and the Allies should weaponize economic measures against Germany, detailing a conditional boycott lasting years. It cites Edmond Taskine praising control of key markets and raw materials as leverage, and suggests timing a peace acceptance with linked trade exclusion durations.
An old billboard note touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. It claims to treat catarrh by constitutional means and offers a reward if it fails to cure, with circulars and testimonials advertised.
In a brief Edmonton Bulletin exchange, Mrs Bilton asks if the gift from her husband surprised her, to which Mrs Tilton replies she was suspicious rather than surprised.
An advertisement touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as a faster method to treat corns. It claims to shrink the corn, separate its roots from the toe, and lift the corn in a day or two, with relief from sting and a cure for tough corns at a quarter.
The article describes the production of the Allied steel helmet, detailing sixty four operations from stamping discs with 150 ton presses to shaping, polishing, drilling crown holes, and adding lining and chin straps. It notes the helmet’s dull bluish grey finish and credits head wound reductions in French troops.
In a Boston transcript a narrator describes an exchange about rain delays during shopping. Mr Styles mentions being in two meat stores while it rained, claiming the rain lasted two hours. Mrs Styles recalls waiting for her change as the downpour continued.
Doctors promote a vapor inhaler named Catarrhozone that delivers healing substances directly to the bronchial tubes and lungs. The device is pocket portable, simple to use, and marketed as a cure for chronic weak throat bronchitis and catarrh with varying sizes and a money back guarantee.
A Southern Churchman meditation urges forgetting neighbors faults slanders and past quarrels to improve happiness and longevity. It advises recalling only the good points of friends and erasing yesterday’s disagreeables to start each day with a clean sheet and a memory of loveliness.
A teacher asks Marjorie to name the most important knife part. Marjorie answers with a playful mispronunciation pointing to the corkscrew. The exchange ends with lighthearted humor in a classroom setting.
A farm woman raising six hundred chickens yearly reports Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her organic troubles. She credits renewed health to the remedy and recommends it to others in similar distress.
Sun Life of Canada reports 1917 results with over 47.8 million in new cash assurances, 311.8 million in policies in force, assets above 90 million, cash income 19.29 million, and policyholder payments over 69 million since organization. New head office on Dominion Square, Montreal, completed with modern equipment for efficient administration.
A first vaudeville performance unfolds as a spectator, a colored woman in a thin calico dress, reacts with amusement and nerves during a magician’s act of reading print through a heavy cloth. She ultimately declares she is going home, finding the scene unsuitable.
Advert reads that poor blood caused many diseases and that Dr Williams Pink Pills enrich and purify blood. It cites Mrs. M Stills of Napanee praising dramatic health restoration and urges trying pills for poor blood with mail order price of 50 cents per box, six for $2.50 from The Dr Morse Medicine Co Brockville.
Secretary of the British Ministry of Food Sir William Goode warns that Britain still depends on the United States and Canada for sixty-five percent of essential feedstuffs. Without this food, or most of it, the country risks petering out.
An elderly farmer attempted to hitch his horse to a telegraph post. A policeman stopped him and asked if he was fined for hitching, prompting a terse exchange.
A Carseland Alberta farmer received 2429.30 dollars for a single car of oats shipped to Winnipeg. The 2600 bushels graded No 2 were sold for seed, believed to be the largest sum ever realized on one car of oats.
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