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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 08, 1912
Page
7
A French statistician notes exceptional mental powers correlate with longer life. French Academy members average 78 years 10 months over two centuries. Institute members over 71. Fine Arts and Sciences members similar. He argues high mental activity supports health and that fear harms.
A collection of brief humorous anecdotes spans naval renaming jokes from the Spanish American War to a London museum mastodon inscription, a Berlin editor prank, German cavalry foraging tales, and a farmer’s field tale about ownership and fairness.
A lighthearted poem urges readers to forget worries and enjoy the outdoors as trout bite today. It evokes youth, relief from vexations, and a sunny, musical river setting among pines. The tone is nostalgic and carefree.
A testimonial letter touts Dr Hamiltons Pills as curing female weakness and headaches. Mrs J Y Todd describes restored health, color, appetite, and skin clarity after using the remedy, urging continued use and noting price and availability in Kingston Ontario.
Brininstool urges haste and focus on fishing gear and technique. The excerpt emphasizes dropping a small brown hackle fly into mountain creeks and speed in pursuing the sport, urging readers to clear their minds and follow the guide.
The narrator details a mountain trip starting with breakfast at a quiet country hotel and a drive along a blue lake and pine forest. They pass an abandoned mining camp, meet a lingering family, and dine on trout and wild jam. A switchback ascent leads to sheer canyons, primeval firs, and snow along the Continental Divide. The day ends at a modern ranch house amid cultivated fields with music and a bath.
A hansom cab, labeled and catalogued, joins relics of the past at the London Museum in Kensington Palace. Posterity may view how nineteenth century ancestors traveled London streets, even as many hansom cabs still appear, though now as shabby ghosts of the smart vehicle.
This ad promises painless wart removal for hands or arms using Putnam's Painless Corn and Wart Extractor. It claims failure is impossible and results are guaranteed, priced at 25 cents.
An advertisement extols Zam-Buk as the widely owned Canadian ointment that heals sores cures skin diseases and acts as an antiseptic. It claims no animal fats or mineral matter uses herbal formula and suits recent injuries chronic ulcers and sunburn. Available in 5c boxes and 25c tablets with Zam-Buk Soap recommended for babies bath.
The report details early vehicles including the Blue Bell from the 1860s, pieces of the Renz car built about 1899, a London motor cab claimed as the first in streets, and an 1891 Panhard touted as the oldest complete car. Abbe Gabois of Somme owns the Panhard, which has run 36000 miles and remains operable for further use.
Marconi enables messages from any UK telegraph office to destinations in the United States and Canada. A wireless word can be sent across more than 3000 miles for ten cents.
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