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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 22, 1918
Page
3
The Berlin Lustige Blatter prints a satire showing a London procession celebrating conquering dislike of food tickets. The Guardian laments the artist’s error depicting undamaged London streets and buildings while claiming Gothas have left the city in ruins, calling the carelessness criminal.
Advice to dyspeptics stresses variable appetite and promotes Dr Hamilton's Pills as the single effective cure. It claims rapid benefit within a day and ongoing improvement as the stomach and digestive organs are strengthened, with a 25 cent per box price.
Four years of war have hardened French nerves as the siege nears Paris while art lovers attend the Degas sale. The public endures bombardment and occupation with typical Gaul calm, saying It is war yet carrying on with duty and daily life.
Local column recounts an editor misprint and a writer’s romantic letters. Marie Gills sent love notes, and Jane Willis faced a sharp rejection slip citing the editor’s overstocked submissions and polite apologies.
American and Canadian newspapers spread false statements about the Canadian registration act causing reduced tourism. Officials including Mr. W. D. Scott and Senator Gideon Robertson deny post office registration and passport requirements, saying only residency rules apply and American visitors need only proof of citizenship to cross.
Advert shows Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a remedy for persistent sores. It claims to stop sloughing carry away proud flesh draw out pus and prepare a clean way for new skin. The oil is hailed as a recognized healer among oils with many attestations.
The Springfield Republican lauds American mobilization in World War II era terms noting that since April 1 the United States has sent 637,929 men overseas, allied casualties since March 21 near half a million, and no American transport ships sunk with 291 lives lost on transports.
An ad touts Holloway's Corn Cure as able to remove corn at the roots. It urges readers to try the product and prove its effectiveness.
A London Daily Express column urges drastic reprisals against Germans, insisting only brutal force will force a surrender. The piece characterizes German aggression as ongoing and warns of widespread bombing until Rhine towns beg for mercy.
Lethbridge Herald notes cattle across Southern Alberta look exceptionally well with ample well cured grass from last year. Growth on ranges slowed this spring but beef cattle remain fat and slated for earlier marketing, though lower prices temper early sales.
A Galt Reporter note says farmers tolerate daylight saving summer rules as dew and early warmth affect dew drying. It suggests no protests from farmers yet, while towns gain from the shift and daylight saving may become a regular feature each summer.
The summer months threaten infants with cholera infantum colic diarrhoea and dysentery. Mothers should prevent or quickly treat these illnesses. Baby's Own Tablets are promoted as a safe aid for stomach and bowels, sold by dealers or 25 cents a box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
The Halifax Chronicle argues for an annual Liberty Day to honor the struggle and sacrifices in the great war for world freedom, marking the time liberty was saved to the world starting August 1, 1914, without replacing any national holiday.
A wartime health appeal urges women to prepare for service at home or abroad and endorses Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic. The ad claims the remedy builds strength, eases pains, and supports recovery, citing testimonials from unnamed users and listing availability details in New York and Ontario offices.
In a study by George N. Wolcott the insect population on city land is counted by bucketful content. He finds between two and a half million grasshoppers locusts crickets cockroaches earwigs lanternflies plant lice and aphids per acre with seasonal variation. The spring population rises about one third over autumn due to rapid earthworm multiplication.
Cincinnati authority endorses a cheap freezone treatment for corns and calluses. A tiny bottle relieves soreness and loosens the corn so it can be lifted away root and all without pain. If stock runs out, ask your druggist to order a bottle from the wholesale house.
A passage from The American Boy asserts that Britain and the United States share an English language public life and common law inheritance. It emphasizes shared ways of thinking and acting, arguing both nations are essentially the same kind of folks.
When asthma strikes turn at once to the effective Dr Kellogg's Asthma Remedy. The wonderful remedy stops choking and brings natural breathing. Thousands have suffered and found relief by using this famous treatment. Get a package today.
Farmers' cooperatives operate 606 country elevators across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba plus two large public terminals and two private terminals and market about one third of provincial crops. They run a printing plant with 153 workers, export 3,000 carloads of live stock annually, and employ 1,300 people overall. Paid-up capital nears 3 million dollars with 2 million in reserves. assets exceed 12 million.
The dialogue shows a recruiting officer refusing a civilian applicant with flat feet, explaining a soldier needs good feet for marching. The applicant laments quitting a mail carrier job, while the officer cites fitness as the issue.
D. R. Poole, director of boys work for the provinces, reports nearly 3,300 teenage boys are steadily engaged on farms under CSE T observation. More than 1,600 work in Saskatchewan with only one dissatisfaction adjustment. Manitoba records five such cases. Overall, the boys are doing splendidly and receiving good treatment.
An 1886 notarized statement from Frank J. Cheney of Cheney & Co. claims catarrh cure and compensation if not cured. The document notes the product Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, with the firm based in Toledo, Ohio, and includes a notary seal and testimonial language.
A rejected recruit argues with examiners claiming his height equals Lord Roberts, while a doctor notes Roberts was a Field Marshal. The candidate snaps that those are the men he wants to join, in a London Daily News account.
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