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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
14
A pair of five year olds, Jennie and Viola, argue over who has the most possessions including clothes and dolls, ending with Viola boasting of having the most feet in a playful boast. The scene shifts to a moralizing insert about a dysentery remedy and a jokey quip about a six year old who stands on his head.
The Washington Star quotes Senator La Follette describing a notorious financier. He notes a last session talk where the financier boasted there are thousands of ways to make money. A chorus of honesty from their interlocutor asks what the one honest way is, implying a moral contrast.
In Weymouth, F M Doucet reports a valuable mare injured by a wire fence. After trying various medicines, Dr Bell recommended Minard's Liniment diluted then stronger. Within three weeks the wounds healed and the horse’s hair grew normally without whitening.
A group of boys at school define an editor in various ways. One says an editor handles words and another suggests the editor lives by the English law. Another compares an editor to someone who cannot do anything himself and tells others about it. A final definition praises industry like a beaver and instincts like a bee.
A dairy farmer explains using electric lights to coax cows to milk earlier, claiming it shifts their routine and yields. The anecdote notes cows rise at dawn when lights simulate daylight and they produce milk more freely. A second item humorously highlights Eleanor, six, raising her hand at home to request eggs from hens.
In a country cottage packing guide Zam-Buk is praised as an antiseptic preventing injuries from blisters sunburn and insect stings. The herbal remedy is claimed superior to animal oil ointments and available at druggists with warnings to avoid substitutes. A Reader’s note adds a Kansas joke about matrimonial plans.
A quirky collection of quotes and snippets from letters and columns. The text parodies farm talk about liniment cures and a baseball star's marriage while weaving humorous exchanges about baths and domestic life. It cites sources like the Boston Transcript and Auckland Herald, hinting at cross‑country observations and light satire.
A compilation of humorous quotes from Chicago News Town Topics and other papers. The collection lampoons manners, marriage, advice givers, and legal rhetoric with sharp one liners and social observations. It notes a blind girl ending an engagement over rumor and jokes on intelligence and trust without graphic detail.
A County Life in America writer extols Bournville near Birmingham as a model garden city with no saloons or slums, low rents at 12.30 a month, abundant parks, schools, and sports, and housing financed by rent yielding growing municipal income without Cadbury’s gift repayment.
The article highlights how the number thirteen appears in Richard Wagner's life. Born 1813, his name sums to thirteen, he finished Tannhauser on April 13 1860 and first performed March 13 1861. He died February 13 1883, twenty two years later.
An amiable old lady chats with a visitor about the lay ing of the foundation stone for the new church in the country town. She identifies the duke and duchess, the mayor and mayoress, and the vicar.
A night clerk awoke about 1 a.m. to two foreign visitors. Ferguson claimed a key to room 44 and left with the guest heading upstairs. Moments later another figure entered in shirt sleeves with a tilted hat and one shoe, asking for a replacement key after Ferguson reportedly left the window.
When Holloway's Corn Cure is applied to a corn or wart it kills the roots and the callosity comes out without injury to the flesh.
A crewman from Ireland, aboard a revenue cruiser, ends a brief, humorous episode at the pilot house by declaring in a blustery boast that he has steered less in ten minutes than the watch. The exchange reflects light sea humor aboard the vessel.
In a sharp exchange the artist mocks the busy workman who carries artworks, while the worker retorts that the junk he discards and keeps in the studio is artful for a man with a keen eye for color. The dialogue captures class tension and humor in a workshop scene.
A humorous note from The Sketch describes palpitations blamed on the heart, spasms, or a lodger upstairs as the victim navigates illness. The line captures tongue in cheek medical quackery and local humor about remedies and ailments.
A humorous exchange shows Mrs. Jones boasting about her husband the long distance runner who once outran a horse in a twenty mile race. Mrs. Percy retorts with a quip about a horse like that. Jones and Smith wonder why their wives don t speak.
A girl reports a charity theatrical showing raised £5 8s. The audience contributed 8s at the ticket office, and her father then declared they must not repeat the event. The Worm Exterminator is cited as ever reliable by prudent mothers.
Cuticura Soap with Cuticura Ointment is praised for cleansing purifying and beautifying skin and hair. It forms a creamy fragrant lather for shaving and bathing and is recommended for tender irritated skin to prevent hair gland inflammation. A stray anecdote about an artist and a cow follows the product mention.
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