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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
6
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt recalls a social evening where Mrs Gladstone and guests debated a theological query. Mr Gladstone, observing from a gallery above, jestingly claims William will explain all when he descends, provoking quiet amusement among the ladies.
The article warns that eating green fruit in summer can cause cholera morbus in children and produce pains and purgings. It promotes Dr. J. Daemon’s Dysentery Cordial as the safest remedy to check inflammation and save the child’s life.
He Grace appears younger than before drawing praise from fans as she notes rising costs each year, a factor she accepts as part of her enduring appeal and career.
A jumbled fragment mentions a medicine claim for diphtheria by Minards Liniment and shows odd dialogue about coffins and a failed sale by an undertaker. The text is garbled and unnamed persons appear, with no verifiable event details.
A warning against liquid medicines for stomach and bowel troubles containing opiates. The advert promotes Baby's Own Tablets as opiate free with government analyst assurance, claiming they speed recovery and prevent illness. Mrs. Wilbert Bone of Carrville endorses the product, which is sold by mail or medicine dealers for 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co.
Newlywed couple retrips and gets lodging at a sky er hotel. The bride slips to shop and returns to a door that looks alike. A voice from the other side clarifies the mistake, saying the room is a bathroom, not a beehive. Mountain Pine.
A. C. Robinson in Outing Magazine explains a method to produce dry milk by quickly heating milk to 240 degrees F on rollers, removing moisture to 6 percent, and packing it for indefinite shelf life. He argues the powder is bacterially safe, eight times more nutritious by weight, and rehydration restores original milk.
Sir Harry Johnston recalls a mischievous monkey named Jacko he kept in Zanzibar. During a resident’s wedding breakfast, Jacko raided the tablecloth, toppled champagne and pepper, and died when the bridegroom fired the gun in anger.
The well known Canadian poet Bliss Carman and American poet James Whitcomb Riley met in Washington. Carman, towering at about six feet four inches, greeted Riley with a playful remark about his parents and upbringing as they walked on Pennsylvania Avenue. The moment captured a humorous collision of two literary figures.
The article explains that every horse in the English army is numbered and has a personal veterinary history. Numbers are branded on hind feet with thousands on one foot and hundreds tens and units on the other, so a horse like 8354 bears 8 on one foot and 354 on the other. Everything about the horse is written in the veterinary history over time.
A character named Brownblege asks a waitress for comic reading while threatening a beating. The waitress gestures to a mirror in front of him, implying he should look at himself for humor. The line is from Tit-Bits humor.
The note indicates a studio space intended for sculpture with caretaker consent. Some studios are rented for that purpose and a sculptor is actively molding or shaping materials there, suggesting a dedicated workshop environment.
The article praises sensitive tools and instruments that surpass human perception. It notes photographic plates with telescopes revealing unseen stars, microphones revealing inaudible sounds, thermometers and barometers detecting tiny temperature differences, galvanometers measuring minute currents, and wireless cohearers catching Hertz waves, all expanding our understanding beyond human senses.
The diary entry records Dr Edward Vaughan Kenaley describing Bulwer Lytton as a clown and silent, dressed shabbily, with a scraggly beard and Don Quixote jaw. The narrator notes expectations of a fine gentleman failed, cites a crass image, and claims Lytton avoided discussion with Mrs Round and the diarist.
After church on Sunday night Tom and Mary sit on a sofa as she asks him to perform a heroic act. He pledges to do anything for her and she asks him to marry him, declaring they have fooled around long enough.
A traveler in Arabia reports no dolls or houseplay among girls and no ballgames or marbles among boys. A grave sheik remarks Western youths are odd for letting children dirty their hands with sport as young Arabs seek to appear adult when not studying or on duty.
The article notes that Switzerland had a forest system over 1,000 years ago and developed scientific forestry by the 15th century. It cites Louis XIV as early aware of forest depletion and highlights modern costs to reforest watersheds, citing France at 34 dollars per acre and Italy at 20 dollars per acre.
The Buchanan Nursery Co of St Charles Manitoba offers a five dollar prize for the best sample of wild plums from this season's growth. Send a labeled sample by mail to enter. Use proper packaging not tin or cardboard to avoid flavor loss.
The Path Finder notes that Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are formulated to act on the bowels alone to ensure healthy digestive action. It claims no other specific medicine is as serviceable for keeping digestive organs in healthful action.
A Yonkers Statesman fragment promotes Wilson's Fly Pads for dining room and kitchen use to keep flies away. It urges buyers to compare with other Wilson's fly killers and hints at a social prompt about locales such as church, park, or a bridle watch.
Mrs. ID. Mackay of Winnipeg recovers from a serious condition after surgical treatment by Dr. F. W. E. Burnham. Her condition has improved significantly following the procedure.
A persuasive exhortation to support the local newspaper through advertising. It argues that papers boost town prosperity, reward savvy advertisers with effective copy, and that editors deserve appreciation and fair compensation for their essential community role.
An ad style discussion explains Peruna contains two kinds of ingredients: standard catarrh remedies and well known tonics. It argues chronic catarrh is common and asserts Peruna’s principal components have reputations for aiding catarrh and serving as tonics, inviting scrutiny by critics.
In the Drayton household a father’s measured ultimatum persuades Bobby to take his medicine. Mrs. Drayton complains Bobby delays, while the father delivers a stern conditional: take medicine and jump into bed or be put to bed without medicine. Bobby complies and retires.
A concise ad touts Halloway's Corn Cure as the simplest and best remedy for corn growth, claiming it yields effective relief for the public seeking relief from corn discomfort.
A humorous illustrated exchange shows a man and woman debating lemonade or champagne based on who pays. The punchline hinges on who covers the bill, reflecting playful social dynamics.
An ad claims diphtheria spreads by house flies and promotes Wilson's Fly Pads as the best control. It warns against unsatisfactory substitutes.
A short humor excerpt features a couple sparring over differences in personality and control. The man concedes but jokes the struggle would continue after marriage, preserving the paper’s light wry tone.
A Havana judge fined Albion theater manager $30 for violating a ban on the Cadiz March. The ordinance targets the Spanish march once linked to Cuban executions under Spain rule. Manager Valdes said the Spanish element demanded the piece and he complied to avoid trouble.
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