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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
3
In a rustic chatter, Hiram Hardapple jokes that Zeke Crosby hurries to the barn. The rumor claims one of his seven daughters plans to elope with Summer’s auto, prompting discussion that Zeke will grease and tune the machine to prevent a breakdown during the escape.
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are small yet effective and in constant demand for stomach troubles. They are presented as a safe and simple remedy known to thousands and widely used by those who know their quality. The pills need no introduction to existing users and are claimed to be the best option on the market for digestive disorders.
The farmer promises a meal if Frederick chops a cherry log for firewood. Frederick declines, saying it is beyond him to follow in the footsteps and leave California.
Odd clipping notes danger from catarrh remedies with mercury and internal use risks. Mentions unsafe products from Cheney Co in Tondo and a smear of unrelated ad like Halls Pile remedy for constipation. A tongue in cheek quote from Washington Star appears among the garbled text.
A Washington Star quip notes a daughter who has attended cooking school has improved the family’s view of their regular cook, leading to wage raises whenever she contemplates leaving. Wilson's Fly Pads are advertised as sold by all druggists, grocers and general stores.
A grateful father tells a doctor that his child is everything to him and agrees to pay a $500 bill from Minard's Liniment for distemper treatment. He explains he can only afford about $20 a week, and the doctor accepts the reduced amount.
An illustration featured eye remedy from Marine Eye Co of Chicago. The copy claims relief for red weak weary and watery eyes, with physicians endorsing the product and druggists carrying the illustrated eye book and remedy.
A publisher reproaches a new author for omitting the heroine’s attire. The author plans a paragraph about her clothes, aiming for originality beyond conventional dress descriptions and noting feminine lace details in the scene.
The Canadian Geological Survey under the late Dr G M Dawson restarts its Esquimaux ethnological program. Led by V Stefansson and R M Anderson, the two year expedition aims to study northern communities from Cape Brown Bathurst Inlet to the Colville river in Alaska, including untouched Esquimaux near the Coppermine river before white influence spreads.
Andrew Dunn was killed and two miners injured when a fuse ignited during dynamiting at Hanging Stone Lake near Gowganda. Dunn's collie seized a dynamite stick at the cabin, the blast injuring Dunn and Sims while Hackett escaped. The dog fled unharmed.
Ontario towns know Whitby’s Mr. Holland a grand organizer of the Sons of Temperance. He recalls being weighed beyond two hundred fifty pounds at a place, then at Port Robinson the lodge head quipped that Holland is coming and it is all of Holland and part of Belgium.
Miss Annie Nash of Carstairs Alberta will travel over a thousand miles by rail stage scow and river steamer to Hay River Hudson Bay post where she will wed Rev Alfred J Vale an English Church missionary formerly of Berlin Ont and a Wycliffe College Toronto graduate. Archdeacon Lucas and wife accompany them for a year long Canadian holiday and to perform the ceremony.
An article warns that pale languid girls risk anemia and consumption during puberty and long indoor work. Dr Williams Pink Pills are claimed to build blood, tone nerves, and restore health, with customer testimonial from Minnie Smith of Halifax. Pills sold by dealers or mail order from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
An eccentric country squire hires a muntic to rid his mansion of flies offering lodging and beer for three days. After no progress the squire asks why. The reply: I promised to kill them not catch them, so I’m waiting for you to catch them first.
Dr Thomas Electric Oil is presented as a carefully researched remedy rather than a mere advertising blend. The text asserts its oils are studied for curative qualities and claims the product has earned lasting public favor since its introduction and will convince skeptics of its healing power.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt features a boy asking about a person who reads heads and a punchline about phrenologists. The exchange mentions a mother who felt a boy’s head and asserts, You’ve been swimming, delivering a light domestic moment.
I bought a horse believed incurable for $30 and cured him with $1.00 worth of MINARD'S LINIMENT. I then sold the horse for $85, claiming a $54 profit from the liniment. Moise Derosce, Hotel Keeper, St. Phillippe, Que.
A Kentucky girl sent to a New York fashion boarding house for finishing term tries to explain her father’s occupation. Asked what his business was she fearfully replies that he is a Southern planter, risking social judgment from peers and staff.
A government experts, through microscope work, show house flies carry thousands of germs on their hairy bodies. Wilson's Fly Pads are claimed to prevent all infection from that source, killing the germs.
A captain consoles a young sailor about his place at sea as the boy defends a changed family story. The dialogue hints at tradition versus modernity aboard a ship and the evolving roles of crew members.
British troops conducted a rapid mobilization of nearly twenty thousand men across all arms. Gen Smith-Dorrien ordered alarm and readiness, with barracks, telephones, and transport networks swiftly coordinating. The test mirrored a war call, leaving troops confident of invasion preparedness.
In early 19th century Killin Perth shire a bell reputed to St Fillan’s was stolen. The bell was linked to a cure for madness as the saint’s pool dipped victims for healing. Locals believed the bell could escape captors and ring on its own homeward. An antiquary later claimed he seized it to abate the superstition.
The Rev Monsignor Connolly of St John the Baptist Church in St John New Brunswick jokes with parishioner Jerry Callahan noting it is eleven twenty and he will finish at twelve. The moment follows a calm Sunday sermon.
An advertisement extols Chase's Nerve Food as a remedy for nervous exhaustion and sleeplessness, claiming it builds rich red blood to restore the nervous system. It warns of widespread stress, notes common symptoms, and lists the price as 60 cents a box with distributors in Toronto.
A New York Sun reflection notes the King counting money and the Queen in the kitchen eating bread and honey. The line implies neighbors may think they are elsewhere, illustrating timeless domestic life.
A vintage notice promotes Parmetee's Vegetable Pills as a standard medicine made from all vegetable ingredients. The text highlights their simple composition, high tolerability for weak stomachs, and claimed reviving effect on sluggish digestion. Includes a character dialogue line from Life.
Mrs Brown fears her husband may not recover before Friday, a deadline for entertaining the afternoon board club, while warning he is sick after returning home. The Detroit Free Press cites the anecdote about Minard's Liniment curing colds.
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