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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
4
F. H. Robinson offers new and second-hand safes cash registers computing scales and related items at 0 Princess Street Winnipeg. Reliable bargains for businesses seeking affordable security hardware.
In the House of Commons undersecretary Harold Tennant stated Britain is preparing to build 650 foot long war planes of unprecedented size with five crew and high explosive capacity. He noted a tenfold rise in aircraft and a fivefold rise in trained aviators, asserting British pilots have shown superiority and that a large reserve of high explosives remains available for all needs.
Exhausted readers hear of a remedy for asthma by Dr J D Kellogg claiming to stop the drain on health and strength. The advertisement touts a long record of relief and notes the remedy is sold widely.
Ottawa Citizen accuses politicians of profiteering on bandages and field dressings during wartime. It notes an order totaling $40,000 for salve and bandages amid brutal trench warfare and widespread injuries. The piece denounces the political parasites as having strong stomachs.
Mrs. MacDonald hosted two nurses during summer holidays and invited them to church. The trio entered late and as the minister read a text about white robes, Mrs. MacDonald quipped that the wearers were her two nieces from Edinburgh.
A wounded lawyer asks for care and the doctor declares he cannot cure him, saying he cannot kill him and that he will hang if he tries. The physician then sends for another doctor after a brief inspection.
A Montreal Family Herald summary notes a US Department of Agriculture study finding the average farmer’s annual essentials cost about 595.08 dollars, with 421.17 dollars supplied directly by the farm. It argues that self-sufficiency reduces cash needs, highlights rent as a salary substitute, and suggests boosting home production of vegetables fruit milk and eggs to cut groceries.
The United States and England reach agreement on reduced postage rates for reading material sent to the blind. A 21 rate of 18 cents applies to packages weighing 18 to 96 ounces, replacing the old per-two-ounce scheme. Under 1 ounce, the rate remains one cent per two ounces, and the weight limit rises from four and a half pounds to six pounds.
A scrambled OCR fragment hints at a dialogue on dogma and categoric stance, mentioning phrases like Yes and has goch a categoric way with Lim. The readable bits offer no clear names, dates, places, or events to anchor a full report.
The Journal of Commerce reports that the canning trade is largely stable with prices held by major wholesalers and retailers. Some sellers with excess stock offered cuts, but the large firms intend to keep to the original price structure, pending a new trade agreement with Dominion Canners Company. Overall, industry demand abroad improves and future prices depend on intened trade arrangements.
In Strand Magazine an article discusses how blind students struggle to grasp sizes of animals without visual reference. Models often mislead, since children cannot scale real animals beyond the tiny models they handle. Adults with sight also risk losing size standards without real contact, as illustrated by a boy who regains sight and misjudges sizes after years of tactile reference.
London Chronicle argues that German forces push into Western Belgium and seek Calais to threaten Dover and Britain. It outlines aims to mount hidden coastal guns behind Dixmude and Calais dunes, risking Dover shipping and demanding a strong response from the Grand Fleet while noting moral and political impacts across Europe.
A new steel railroad tie prevents rail spreading, reduces wrecks, and serves as a cattle guard. Tests in Oklahoma show wear five times that of wood, no spikes needed, self gauging, and crew size halved. Large-scale use could save about 320 dollars per track mile.
During hot weather many young children die from diarrhea and stomach illnesses. Prompt treatment is crucial and Baby’s Own Tablets are recommended to prevent or quickly cure stomach and bowel troubles. Sold by medicine dealers or mail order for 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
Major Arthur Haggard publishes a private letter from a Shropshires private praising the Stonewallers nickname. He notes the Princess Pats as part of the brigade famed for gallant conduct and trench success, with the brigade lamenting heavy losses.
The French war office is developing a light needle shell system by Arthur Jacques of Grenoble. The device fires ultra light needles carrying a small shell that detonates only on cloth contact, aiming to pierce airships and rupture their gas envelopes, a finding attributed to Grenoble fire brigade chiefs' experiments.
A reader warns that flies breed in garbage and urges regular trash can emptying and cover. The advice includes flushing emptied tins with a carbolic acid solution of three tablespoonfuls of 95 percent acid per quart of hot water to kill eggs and maggots.
A reader testimonial extols switching from coffee to Postum and Grape-Nuts to cure nerves stomach and chest pains. After a year the narrator reports no side pains, regained weight and pink cheeks, crediting improved appetite and energy to the dainty diet. The letter, attributed to Windsor Ontario, claims ongoing genuine stories.
Claiming nearly all children suffer worms, the advertisement urges using Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as the best remedy available to spare them suffering and improve health.
The Ottawa Journal notes that destroyers of Louvain threat historic homes as Venice, "the eldest child of liberty," returns to battle for freedom of the spirit. It recalls Venice as a longtime fighter against oppression from the Goths to Crusaders, shaping Adriatic history amid wider struggles for liberty.
A flood of letters to W A Cooper, manager of the CP A dining car service, shows strong interest in the new dietetic menus. Conductors and stewards traveling constantly praise the scheme as a godsend, marking the highest approval from this unexpected group.
A terse dialogue features a wife claiming she prompted her husband to cough up the price of a diamond ring by pressuring him with a humorous but sharp line about a choking incident. The exchange frames a tense request for money within a domestic dispute.
A quoted remark from a drug clerk expresses frustration at being assigned to duties behind a mortar despite not being sent to war. The statement underscores local wartime morale and civilian workers facing military readiness pressures.
A dialogue in a Times style piece features a jail uplift advocate and a prisoner explaining the superstition of thirteen. The exchange centers on the idea that twelve jurors plus one judge equals an unlucky thirteen, framing a courtroom anecdote about fate and numbers.
A short ad promotes Putram’s Extractor claiming instant relief from corns and roots, with a 25 cent bottle offered. It promises no pain cure and suggests noticeable improvement by morning.
A Canadian farmer voices doubt about the Made in Canada push, arguing that loyal Canadians will buy quality goods without propaganda. She contends manufacturers profit from tariff protection and should instead offer true value, not pay for promotional causes. The letter targets consumer trust, tariff effects, and the need for genuine product standards.
The advertisement asserts Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil is not a cure for severe illnesses but serves as a versatile pain killer. It claims the product has achieved notable effectiveness and that rivals have failed to surpass it, with its virtues widely known by those who have tested it.
An old man in Illinois drew a crowd at a circus tent entrance. He allowed all the boys in and asked the gatekeeper to count them as they passed. After twenty four entered, the man declared, Good, I guessed right as he left.
Poultry notes advise keeping at least a quarter to a third of fowls that are one to three years old for breeding and avoid sacrificing males at year end for being younger. Exceptional males may be kept for two to three years to maintain flock strength with proven breeding hens.
Archie E. Launtry of Edmonton says a severe sprain from a punching ad left him unable to walk for three weeks until he used MINARD'S LINIMENT. He claims relief in six days and return to work, calling it the best liniment made.
Dialog shows Mrs. Newedd recalling money spent before marriage and her husband noting his surprise at her father’s opposition when he took her away. The exchange hints at family approval and financial concerns within a marital context.
A sketching club party motoring along a country road encounters graceful stalks bearing pale green globes shaded to grey and purple. A gardener explains, Them? Those are onions gone to seed. The remark sparks delight and wonder among the young observers.
Seumas McManus declares the Irish tongue the most forceful for curse, prayer, and love, claiming it is the most expressive with 365 terms of endearment for a girl, a view contrasted with Spanish in the Boston Globe.
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