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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1917
Page
6
A captured German officer’s cap document concedes British and French air supremacy. It states German balloons stayed grounded, artillery blinded at key moments, and infantry harassed by Allied planes dropping bombs and guiding French and British artillery. It declares air parity is essential for any army’s effectiveness.
A quip on cure and character writes about Minard's Liniment curing distemper while joking that faults are harder to remove than to choke with virtue. The author urges readers to seek good in others, honor it, imitate it, and let faults fall away naturally.
This brief advises patience and steady effort, suggesting a long walk yields more growth than a short sprint, emphasizing persistence and gradual progress as the path to bigger rewards.
An officer of a liner from a Norwegian port brought news of the arrest and imprisonment of two Norwegian skippers of passenger steam ships plying between Norway and Great Britain for supplying information to German submarine commanders about the sailings of British and neutral vessels from Norway.
In the Guelph Mercury a minimal insult riffs on a neighbor who borrows a lawn mower and complains it is dull portraying a small measure of meanness in everyday life.
The piece warns that summer months bring cholera infantum colic diarrhoea and dysentery and stresses a mother's vigilance. It endorses Baby's Own Tablets as effective for stomach and bowel regulation and notes they are sold by mail or medicine dealers at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A police court scene shows a dispute over an eight day clock. The magistrate awards the clock to the plaintiff. The defendant asks what he gains and the magistrate quips he will give him the eight days.
The advertisement touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as the best remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims the pills rectify stomach action and restore health, noting they have been a standard remedy for years and are highly esteemed.
A provisional government commission weighs sequestering land, palaces, and other property of Nicholas II and the former royal family valued at about 1.0 billion dollars. Also considered are assets of grand dukes and duchesses totaling around 210 million dollars. The total value of the former royal house holdings is about 928 million. Nicholas II reportedly has 35 million in the Bank of England, and Grand Duke Alexis left 10 million in the Bank of France. Nicholas II’s annual income prior to deposition was about 65 million, while imperial expenses ran 20 million a year.
In Gleichen Alberta a land auction offered 325 parcels from the Blackfoot Reserve with about 1000 buyers, mostly farmers from 200 miles away. Average prices around 30 dollars per acre, top bids near 45 dollars, amid some American buyers and strong farmer participation.
At a Social Democratic Congress of Finland meeting resolutions urged separating from Russia and forming an independent republic. The plan forbids Russian troops in peacetime and forbids fortifications on Finish soil, with trade governed as with foreign nations. Sinnish Social Democrats appeal to global Social Democrats, especially Russia, to back independence via an international agreement due to the Russian bourgeois government’s failure to guarantee Finland’s inviolability.
A sports note praises Dr Thomas Electric Cut as superior for muscle pliability and soreness relief. It claims the product strengthens muscles for strains and cites long time athletic users testifying to its value as a lubricant.
The French ministry of commerce weighs an experimental hydroplane postal service linking France to Corsica with stations at Marseilles Toulon and Ajaccio.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo declares the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 6 AD 3884 by A. W. Gleason. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally and claims to affect the blood and mucous surfaces. Samples and testimonials offered. price 75c. also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
German records describe rapid grain harvest in Roumania with territorial detachments and labor parties from locals. Romanian prisoners of war are assigned to work and paid higher wages to spur speed, while landlords receive premiums for quick grain deliveries.
Guidance from the P Burns Co and Swine Breeders Association advocates humane hog handling during shipment. Do not beat hogs or stuff them, bed wagons properly, avoid overfeeding, and partition weak animals. Target weights 175 to 225 pounds. thin pigs reduce value for packers and farmers alike.
Dr T R Adams of the Ottawa conservation commission warned at the Canadian Medical association convention in Montreal that placing returned soldiers on the land under current conditions would be a fatal policy. He noted soldiers prefer urban work or nonfarm jobs and argued settlement land is often remote and uneconomical.
A terse note warns Jimmy against washing his face too clean saying you remember you have a black eye. The line echoes caution from a prior incident and hints at ongoing tension.
Merchant note on pricing and supply for counter check and sales books The letter cites high costs for paper carbon papers and waxes but promises low prices due to a modern plant It mentions O K Special Triplicate carbon leaf books and large commercial customers Canada paper mill supply waxed papers wrappers and parchment including butter and meat wrappers with samples available for orders
Appleford Counter Check Book Company Ltd based in Hamilton with offices in Toronto Montreal Winnipeg and Vancouver.
The Wall Street Journal notes that medical corps suffer the heaviest losses in modern war as four doctors accompany each regiment and three go to the firing line. They lack arms or protection and are mowed down. 60 000 killed overall with 257 in one hour and 400 in another engagement. An ambulance driver found only 12 of 165 on duty after briefly leaving his post.
Claiming both hard and soft corns respond to Holloway's Corn Cure, the notice asserts it is entirely safe to use and certain and satisfactory in its action.
Canada’s mineral production for 1916 reached an estimated total value of 177,357,000 dollars, up about 30 percent from 1915 and topping all previous records by over 32 million. The four western provinces Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba and British Columbia produced 56,000,000 dollars, with coal leading at nearly 39,000,000 dollars. Alberta ranked as the second largest coal producer and British Columbia third.
A small boy asks for a quarter’s worth of potatoes from the family grocer. The grocer politely refuses, telling him to run home and tell his mother that they do not cut them. The scene captures a humble home economy moment.
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