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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
3
An advertisement touts Fruit-a-tives as a blood purifying medicine to relieve neuralgia and headaches caused by constipation and kidney weakness. It cites prices and a Ottawa address, and includes a brief quote attributed to Dr. Harvey W. Wiley about preserved foods.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney Co of Toledo commits to pay 100 dollars for every uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason records the affidavit. Also note small ad lines and a post office naming anecdote from Wot Virginia about villagers petitioning for postal service.
The province of Quebec supplies more than four fifths of the asbestos used, mined along a serpentine belt through Thetford Coleraine Robertson and Broughton about 190 miles from Montreal. Since 1877 the industry has grown, with provincial production exceeding 25 million dollars and current yearly value around 2.1 million dollars.
A waiter named Sam asks Miss Clark for a chance to change his life. He requests a good word to prove his honesty. Clark agrees to speak on Sam's behalf and plans to visit him the next day for a brief chat.
Indigestion is common and painful. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are presented as the best remedy. They regulate stomach action and restore health, having served as a standard treatment for dyspepsia for many years.
A London Opinion excerpt emphasizes flies in kitchens carrying thousands of germs and urges housekeepers to use products like Wilson’s Fly Peds to suppress them. It presents a dialog about a baby and a nurse asking a doctor to change the baby’s gender, noting the doctor's likely reluctance after four days.
An old ad promotes Marine Eye Remedy for eye troubles with a Toronto company contact and price of 50 cents. A stock journal entry advises clean quarters for young lambs, while noting any passable quarters suit most farmers.
A Boston Post item notes a boy named Johnny claims he slept after dinner and a teacher warned she would whip any boy who woke him in class. The fragment frames a family scene around a medicine claim and school discipline.
A collection of home treatment tips and compound recipes for stomach disorders catarrh sore eyes bedwetting and digestive issues. Includes salines tonics hypophosphites cascara balmwort and other tonics with dosing guidance and aims to improve appetite flesh and overall health.
Agricultural note debunks myths about hog raising and argues proper handling yields prosperity. It cites a case by N K Sowenson of Marketville Alta showing 244 pigs sold for market under high feed costs, illustrating potential profits and two litter viability.
An advertisement extols Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil as alcohol free and composed of six essential oils. It claims lasting effects and superior preventive and healing power compared with other medicinal oils.
A college graduate is asked what comes next and replies that they will study medicine. The interlocutor objects that the path is crowded yet the graduate insists on pursuing the medical profession, signaling that others in the field must compete or adapt.
A Detroit Free Press item quotes a boy planning to slip a bribe to his teacher to pass the term. The dialogue mocks bribes and the extent of parental instruction in seeking favors from authority. The anecdote highlights schoolroom corruption satire from historic press.
A witty remark about patent lawsuits contrasts with a humorous courtroom moment. A tall lawyer named Short reads a 600 word document he calls a brief, delivering unintended amusement during the trial.
The Chicago Tribune notes a wedding moment where the groom mistakenly recited vows as I thee endow with all ro goodly worlds, adding a light-hearted misquote to the ceremony. The bride and guests reacted with laughter as the officiant guided the event back to the formal vows.
The ad extols Dr Chase's Ointment for eczema and skin diseases with patient letters of dramatic cure. A Ontario reader recounts a long battle with leg eczema finally eased by the ointment, praised as a world standard remedy and urging purchases from dealers and Toronto offices.
An Irishman meets a priest at a milestone and jokes that the road itself acts as a priest since its points make the journey go on. The exchange hinges on playful mispronunciations and rustic humor about language.
A late nineteenth century notice urges mothers to guard infant health in summer. It promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a quick, effective remedy to stomach and bowel troubles and claims regular use keeps babies well. The piece includes ad lines for The Dr Williams Medicine Co and a short comic aside about a poet and his brother.
A humorous verse contrasts wireless roads and fireless stoves with tireless electric gadgets and hireless statesmen. A punchline exchange over opera and music underlines wit about pretension and hypocrisy.
Office boy reports Jones gone home to see his sleeping baby after hearing of it. Mrs A remarks matrimony heightens a man's concern for money while Mrs B notes a sovereign given to a wife seems larger. The Town Grumbler laments a string of misfortunes and a lost ass.
A terse courtroom exchange unfolds as a Recorder notes a feisty prisoner who challenges the proceedings. A streetwise youth ribbing a stranger asks about a sister's piano, clarifying it is a baby grand with a mapiewany, sparking comic confusion in a Chicago Tribune item.
The Gentlewoman notes a device called a plethsmograph to measure affection. A person inserts an arm into a rubber sleeve filled with water as names are introduced. If a name stirs the heart the pulse rises. if not, the indicator stays flat.
The text touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a cure for flatulence and stomach pains caused by undigested food. It promises relief by restoring proper stomach action and notes simple directions with each packet for a systematic course.
A shopper compliments a shop girl as a man notes she is not an employee but a small man contemplating a hat in the display window. The milliner responds with weariness.
A terse exchange between Robbie and a visitor appears in the Boston Transcript as a reflection on independence and pride. The visitor asks if Robbie regrets not accepting help, while Robbie defends his self made status.
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