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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
3
A reader from Virgil Ontario reports use of Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills to relieve biliousness indigestion and low mood by restoring liver action. The ad claims several boxes cure digestive disturbances and urges readers to obtain the remedy from home dealers in Toronto.
A collage of vintage brief items includes Dr. A W Chase kidney liver pills and Jumbo Diet pitches. Mothers praise Mother Graves Worm Exterminator for relief. A child’s name quiz links George to business. A joke notes three Wilsons Fly Pads vs costly sticky paper. An editor and office boy exchange a mock thrashing query.
Public health warning warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury as dangerous to smell and overall health. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure made by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as a safe internal remedy. Includes guidance to buy only genuine Toledo products and mentions a 75 cent price for a bottle.
The captain urges the 4 soldiers facing odds of five to one to brace for battle. Far down the line O'Flarity nervously asks for a weapon while another replies he has none. The scene, reported by Chicago News, underscores a tense, preparatory moment before combat.
The Humboldt sequoia stands as the tallest tree in the United States. A vast northwest California forest contains trunks up to 26 feet in diameter and 400 feet tall. Redwood belts extend from Del Norte to Mendocino and beyond, with dense stretches along the Chetco river in Oregon and into southern Humboldt.
Allen Williams says wild cats are less intelligent than believed and react to one thing at a time. Trainers rely on two whips to subdue lions and keep order in performances. Cats must perform in a fixed sequence or risk losing control. many trainers view the cat family as treacherous and stupid.
The article notes estimates from Sir John Murray and others that continental rainfall averages about 30 inches annually while ocean rainfall is around 36 inches. It converts these figures into a total Earth rainfall of 464 million million metric tons per year and equivalent rates per day hour minute and second.
Simple guidance for preparing cabbage including trimming washing tying the core, using salted boiling water, cooking with lid off, and timing 20 to 40 minutes depending on age with notes from Delineator.
A crab habitually loses a limb in scale exchanges. The piece ponders whether pride fear of blood poisoning or speed preservation drives the crab to amputate its own claw. The damaged limb is then masked and observed for its effects on movement and survival.
An old horse, repeatedly troubled by colic, suddenly dies after a spell of desperate kicks. The carter and owner note the horse’s unusual behavior and inquire if it is truly final as a veterinary observer attends to the suffering animal.
The sailor the IT the fisherman the lumber man and the outdoor laborer are exposed to injury and the moments will find Thomas electric Oil a true and faithful aid to ease pain relieve colds dress wounds subdue lumbago and overcome rheumatism it has no equal. Therefore it should have a place in all home medicines and those taken on a journey.
A dialogue excerpt features Ed the mystical figure and Mr Dustin Stax debating telepathy. The exchange centers on thought transfer and the reveal that Mr Skinboodle is thinking about money at that moment, as quoted from the Washington Star.
House flies spread contagious diseases like typhoid scarlet fever smallpox and consumption. Wilson's Fly Pads claim to kill flies and the disease germs too.
A Chicago News item quotes a playful exchange about borrowing money for a week and turning to the race track for a fortune, highlighting lighthearted banter and weekend aspiration.
A popular idea holds all teas are alike, but Salada Tea proves a pleasant surprise to many tea drinkers sold by grocers everywhere. A separate quip notes a pupil's humorous vacuum definition from a Philadelphia Ledger satire.
A humorous line about Minard's Liniment claims it cures colds. The cartoon asks if the bottle helped the uncle, who jokes that the wrapper shows three new diseases. The snippet reflects a vintage advertising moment with witty product copy.
A Woodlands Middleton notice from 8 Pineo testifies to long time use of Minard's Liniment for people and horses. The letter endorses its quality and calls it the best liniment on the market.
The 1904 Interstate Commerce Commission report shows 297,073 miles of railroad in the U S at year end with 94,201 total casualties including 10,046 killed and 84,155 injured. Passengers killed were 441 and injuries 9,111. Passenger traffic rose to 715,419,638 with a passenger mileage of 21,923,213,526. Freight tonnage reached 1,309,899,165 and ton mileage 174,522,039,577. Gross earnings were 1,975,174,091 while operating expenses hit 1,338,906,253. Payrolls totaled 1,296,121 with wages and salaries at 817,595,810.
A comely maid rebuffs a polite book canvasser by instructing him to remove mud and tobacco, keep hands from pockets, and hats off. He persists, only to be told she is the hired girl and that the lady of the house may need the book.
William Dean Howells argues that classifying the hundred best authors is impossible. He criticizes Chaucer Spenser Milton Byron Shakespeare Dante and others as overrated or misjudged, suggesting most classics would be excluded if such a list were attempted.
A simple method uses a thin paper sheet over a tin trumpet and a pinch of sand. Sing a note into the tube instead of blowing, then lower the trumpet to reveal a sand vibration pattern. Each note creates a distinct visual image resembling flowers, animals, or shapes with limitless variation.
The Gila monster is a large clumsy lizard one to two feet long. It is usually lazy but can strike with a grip comparable to a bull dog and a venom that mixes with saliva. It climbs well with five toed limbs and hunts young rabbits and bird eggs in the wild. When kept in captivity it eats eggs or chopped meat mixed with eggs.
An Armenian girl begins schooling at four or five, having learned letters from a wooden slab on a handle. Armenians claim their alphabet of thirty nine letters encodes every sound, comparing the slab to a hairbrush in shape and use.
Gibbs describes nearby residents including a blacksmith forging, a carpenter counter fitting, and men selling iron and steel for a ring, noting they are a bad lot in a visiting inspector’s report.
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are prepared to be agreeable even to the fastidious and delicate. They avoid revulsion common with ordinary pills and are praised for toning the stomach as a medicine.
In a playful exchange, Mr Boreby notes chaperons are nuisances while Miss Peachblow defends them, saying some would linger without their oversight. The banter highlights social expectations around propriety and companionship.
A local paper reporter called a minister to verify the topic of the next Sunday sermon. The paper printed the line Why is a serpent as harmless as a dove, electrifying the clergyman who was astonished by the publishing of the title.
Special to grain shippers touts thirty years of Canadian grain handling experience with a Fort William branch and strong ties to grain centers. Promises prompt returns and good service, citing references including Union Bank of Canada Manitoba Commission Co Grain Exchange Winnipeg.
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