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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 22, 1907
Page
3
The account notes British victory over American forces at Bladensburg under Irish officer Ross. It mentions royal thanks rewarding him with the title Ross of Carreenees, and a family crest showing the stars and stripes inverted with a broken shaft.
A humorous exchange cited by the Louisville Journal quotes Bishop William C. Doane of Albany signing his name as William of Albany and recounts a remark by Bishop Henry C. Potter of New York about living in Buffalo to be closer to "Buffalo Bill."
A collage of weathered lines touts patent remedies Wolford's Sanitary Lotion and Minard's Liniment while debating poetry work and staff counts. Interspersed chatter mentions Cannon and small arms from 1390 and a church clock in an atmospheric expansion device.
The excerpt recalls a South visit where a daughter answers a bell calling the visitor to the stairs saying it is only a commercial. The shopkeeper narrator reflects on being mistaken for a gentleman and notes that they became excellent friends.
Fragmentary protestant style line hints at a safe pleasant worm remover named Mother Graves. The text mentions a bottle to take home and a perplexed parent figure contrasted with a governess and ears being pulled. The source is obscure and fragmented with no clear event.
English Spavin Liniment claims to remove hard and soft callouses from horse legs and ease blood spavin curbs and related conditions. The formulation targets lamps and brem fishes in equine joints and tends to reduce swelling and stiffness.
A Washington Star exchange compares a statesman to a parrot that repeats what it knows until a circumstance makes the remark seem apt. The dialogue underscores how repeated phrases can seem fitting in certain moments.
An odd mix of items notes Minard's Liniment for distemper and mentions the oldest New York clock tower at St Paul’s Church built in London in 1815. It also cites testimonials for Parmelee's Vegetable Pills helping digestive and nervous disorders. Missouri Governor Folk remarks on a proposed law with cruelty concerns. A luminous paint anecdote follows about a father lighting a baby for night feeding.
Captain F R Desjardin of the Storke at St Andre Kamouraska reports using Minard's Liniment on his vessel and at home for years. He would not voyage without it even if it cost a dollar a bottle, praising its daily usefulness for illnesses and accidents.
Alexander Graham Bell recalls a dinner anecdote about a deaf audience member adjusting an ear trumpet in church. The tale frames a broader point on secrecy and interference in aero plane work, contrasting ignorance with public action.
The article traces how debt jailings varied by country and state from the 1800s to 1839. It notes large numbers jailed for debts often under modest sums, the high cost of confinement, and congressional abolition of imprisonment for debt in 1833 with full enforcement by 1839.
A joke puzzle hinges on a wager with an Irishman about lying. George initially claims he would save his own child over others in a capsized boat, but when asked to choose between wife and child he says he would save his wife, exposing the contradiction that the wife is someone else’s child.
An ancient well in Yeoung field Trewsbury Mead near Kemble feeds the Thames, hidden by vines in summer and flooded in winter, shaping England's historic river from obscure origins to its vast urban influence from Follybridge to the Tower of London.
A portrait of a modest woman praised for balance and tact. She keeps joy gentle rather than bold and brings pleasantness to every invitation through thoughtful conduct and courtesy.
A paraphrase of ideas from early Success magazine style prose praising love as a universal healer. It frames love as the disciplinarian, harmonizer, peacemaker and balm against malice and cruelty, promoting kindness to curb brutal propensities.
The article warns mothers that summer months are dangerous for babies and young children due to stomach and bowel troubles. It advocates Baby's Own Tablets to prevent or cure summer complaints and notes the product contains no opiate, sold by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. The piece closes with a quoted line from a Detroit Free Press comment about a dog and bonbons.
A report from West Brooksville notes a July storm peeled onions in a bag. The Ellsworth American muses on lightning being tamed to serve homes, imagining devices that light heat peel food clean and perform all chores.
The Peterborough cathedral clock, dating from 1320, is the oldest working clock. Built by a monk, it is the only known clock wound by an old wooden wheel.
An advertisement claims rheumatic pains arise from uric acid in the blood vessels due to liver derangement. It promotes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as restoring liver health and improving kidney action to remove impurities.
At a Urbana dinner ambassador Bryce advised a young woman to tip cabmen generously in Europe. He warned against underpaying fares, recalling a London scene where an old lady offers more to avoid abuse, illustrating the value of courteous tipping in travel.
A fragmented quotation from the Baltimore American hints at a knife or two in the basket with the piv and a fork in the head up yonder. The brief line captures a cryptic streetwise image without context or follow up details.
English capitalists in South Africa paid up to 2500 dollars per Angora goat to persuade Turkish flocks owners to permit exportation. The move aimed to establish Angora goat ratings and promote Turkish cooperation amid restrictive laws.
The Buchanan Nursery Co. of St. Charles Manitoba offers $5 for the best sample of native wild plums. Send about a pint of the fruit by mail with name and address to compete this season.
The report notes the first known instance of a mariner's coin dating to 1180. It suggests that Chinese use of a similar concept existed even earlier, possibly in B C times, indicating ancient maritime trade practices and coinage awareness across regions.
Advertiser touts Holloway's Corn Cure as superior for removing foot ailments with many testimonials supporting its efficacy.
A gentleman asks a lady for her dog's name and she replies she calls the dear creature Per chance, saying she named it after Byron's dog and recalling his line about Perchance. The exchange appears in Pearson's Weekly with playful literary reference.
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