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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 17, 1905
Page
3
A discussion on why some women prefer general housework over specialized tasks. The general worker has more personal time and space, with fewer doors to answer, and can secure weekends off. The piece includes an anecdote about Thomas W. Lawson and a woman delivering dictation with humorous spelling mistakes.
A cook’s guide explains making light lady fingers by beating egg yolks with sugar then folding in flour and stiff egg whites. The batter is piped into sticks four inches long, baked gently, dusted with sugar, and used for charlotte russe or eaten as cakes.
Fred Spencer of Parry Sound, foreman of the camps, was scouting timber in Conger township when a pack of 23 wolves approached. He climbed a tree ten feet off the ground and endured an hour amid the wolves as they lunged and howled before daylight drove them off. The wolves have been troublesome this winter.
The text likens neglected digestive organs to machinery that runs awry when unsupervised. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are advertised as restoring vitality and bringing the body’s systems back into proper order.
A fluffy haired maid derides throwing rice at weddings as idiotic. A savage old bachelor agrees, suggesting a more fitting response with humor about Mushc.
Sir Henry Irving recounts a visit to Shakespeare's birthplace where a local rustic offers uncertain replies. When asked if Shakespeare is dead and what he wrote, the man finally guesses the Bible, in a humorous, quizzical moment reported by the Buffalo Commercial.
purchaser reports buying a horse alleged incurable at thirty dollars and curing him with one dollar of MINARD'S LINIMENT. After four months he sold the horse for eighty five dollars, claiming a profit of fifty four dollars on the Liniment. St. Phillippe Quebec November 1 1901.
An excited young man asks a hospital attendant about a Mrs Brown, only to learn she is not admitted. He asserts she is at the hospital because a note on a kitchen table reads Dear Jack Have gone to have my kimono gut out Annie Reflects a troubled domestic scene rather than a hospital patient.
Regulators Mandrake and Dandelion exert a powerful influence on the liver and kidneys restoring healthful action. They induce a regular flow of secretions and impart to the organs power to perform their functions. These ingredients enter the composition of ParmeeLee's Vegetable Pills making them agreeable and salutary. They are among the few medicines so effective in their action.
Bird S Coler cites a political address as gracious, likening it to a Scottish tale where a second wife pressures her husband to declare love for Jean. He ends with a blunt retort that Jean would not be alive to witness the loyalty question.
A quirky item notes Minard's Liniment as a cure for diphtheria. A jokey dialogue then follows about quitting a job due to a troublesome coworker who turns out to be the boss, ending with a quip about inquisitiveness.
A bookseller offers a batch of fairy tales to a weary customer who quips that she has endured seven wars through marriage. The exchange hints at tiredness with genre contrasts.
In a humorous exchange, a Glasgow man questions how his wife remembers every birth date. She cites three children with exact dates January 17 June 2 and October 27, noting the presents given on those anniversaries a necklace diamond and rubies a needle case and a milliner bill dispute.
An advertisement urges prevention against illness with Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil. It claims the product soothes external pains and prevents long trouble from colds and coughs, urging readers to try it to be convinced.
A schoolmaster ends a lesson on Food when a pupil cites Jones claiming a baby grew ten pounds daily on elephant milk. The master rebukes the claim and asks Jones who the baby was. Jones admits the baby belonged to the elephant, causing quiet embarrassment.
An English party in Madrid relies on a single Spanish speaker who cannot recall the word for milk. After failed attempts to communicate at breakfast, a tourist draws a cow on paper, prompting the waiter to return with bullfight tickets.
A humorous newspaper snippet features Minards Liniment claimed to cure colds and a playful exchange about love expressions. Mr Slopoak and Miss Ada joke about lists of ways to say being in love, highlighting light community humor.
A vintage ad claims Kelloge's Dysentery Cordial cures all looseness of the bowels quickly and restores natural action. It is pitched as suitable for all ages and social ranks and touted as a leading remedy for cholera and dysentery.
Mrs Butte notes Mr Hanson called to see her, while Miss Chellus warns to beware of him. The others eye a ring on Chellus’s finger, remarking he seemed to have the right ring about him last night.
He claims he saved twenty dollars last month by quitting smoking. She responds with humor that the twenty dollars is hers, suggesting she should decide what he gives up next.
A charitable woman offers a cooked meal to a tramp who replies he would work if he had the tools. When asked what tools he needs he says a knife and fork.
Advertises Wolford's Sanitary Lotion as a universal cure for itch such as mange prairie scratches and cu ban itch on humans or animals, claiming a 30 minute efficacy and availability at all druggists.
A Harvard professor dining at the Parker House requested a bottle of hock but, after the waiter delivered it, declined to drink. The waiter remarked that the professor had ordered it but refused it after.
A trade note advertises Lever's Dry Soap as good for washing woolens and flannels. The piece shifts to a humorous tale where an angler asks a barelegged boy about fish in a river, learning trout, eel and thermometers are present, but come up in season.
Advertisement promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a guaranteed remedy against worm infections in children, urging parents to use the product to counteract illness and promote strong health.
The admirer asks if the fair girl is engaged and she answers she is not yet engaged but hopes to be soon. She adds she expects the engagement in a few minutes. Her shining eyes hint at the momentous news.
In a humorous exchange Mrs De Style asks why trained fleas were purchased. Mrs Van Noble replies she cannot stop Fido from getting them, so she chose an educated flea variety to at least provide an education for the canine companion.
Clerk asks for a salary raise. employer declines and offers a reworked incentive by extending daily hours to six o'clock to save time and boost value. The exchange suggests a practical shift in duties rather than wage increase.
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