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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
3
The item cites Puck like quips on loss and found notices, then promotes Parmelee's Vegetable A? as a liver tonic to clear skin, and Lifebuoy Soap for bath, with assorted literary snippets and brief brand mentions. It reads as a collage of ads and wry quotes from a historical page.
A Chicago Daily News item recalls a five year old boy who, when his dentist father reached for the rod, pleaded for gas first to ease the punishment. The anecdote illustrates a humorous moment in a disciplinary scene.
Dr William B Lamb of Chicago recounts a misfired joke at a Manitoba inn near Hargrave The elderly landlord offers brandy claiming it is near to Branden The other aged patron reacts with reluctance to the confusing exchange in this humorous travel vignette
Testimonials from Nova Scotia to Manitoba praise Zam-Buk for curing pimples running sores eczema and many skin injuries. Advertised as a universal healer it is sold by druggists and mail order from the Zam-Buk Co. Toronto with a new fall milliner mention in a light closing jab.
An old sketch item notes Minard's liniment touted to cure garget in cows while a touring company scene mentions a missing reticule and jewels amid a race to catch a train. The piece also touts Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as a longstanding effective preparation.
An Englishman about five eight with a slight bend and small moustache is described in a Boer warrant for Winston Churchill after a Pretoria escape. He was a war correspondent captured briefly, later fighting and writing against War Office rules and pursuing notable early career moves with Hussars and in colonial campaigns.
W. 8. Gilbert dines with three clergymen and is quizzed on feeling in a grave and reverend company. He replies he feels like being in a den of Daniels, a witty punchline turning the tension.
A brief cartoonish dispute over mule ownership features two men, with one quoting time as “Time shaa does fly” in a scene attributed to Success Magazine. The excerpt mirrors period humor and racial caricature of late 19th century press.
An 19th century advertisement touts Halls Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney Toledo Ohio as a constitutional remedy. It claims catarrh is incurable by other means and urges readers to buy the product from the Toledo address and from local druggists.
A senior and junior law firm member discuss a case where one affinity sues another. The remark frames a legal dispute as a clash within kinship networks. The exchange highlights the nuanced implications of overlapping interests in a civil matter.
Fragmented text references a Toronto based Marine Eye Co promising a remedy for eye trouble and urges readers to write for eye books. The piece shifts to a suffragette's critical remark about campaign materials and an absence of loose bricks, with mentions of Philadelphia Ledger and University of Asin Sphinx.
Classified notice offers a healing charm and bead spec from Scott and Bowne at 126 Wellington Street West Toronto. Mentions peaceful servings bank and child’s barter book with a luck bean included. Only fragmented text remains.
A clever youth at a railway station claims a carriage won’t go. Passengers move, the car is uncoupled, and the youth is teased by the station master who says the porter thought him a director. The prank ends with laughter.
A Washington Star reader endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills for gravel or stone in the bladder. Calvin Snyder recalls spring 1907 back pain and excessive urination improved by the pills, claiming they are the best kidney pills he ever heard of. The ad assures cure or prevention of gravel with regular use.
A historic ad claims Baby's Own Tablets are safe for newborns and older children with no opiate or poisonous substances. It promises government guarantees for truth and lists cures for indigestion colic constipation diarrhoea teething troubles worm destruction and cold relief. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 2 cents a box from The Dr Williams' Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A Parisic exchange discusses Christmas wishes with a father unsure what to buy his wife amid many options including fur set and diamond ring. A running joke about a slow maid unfolds between Mrs McCall and Mrs Hiram Offen, illustrating domestic humor from the Catholic Standard and Times.
A fragment from a juvenile discourse and scattered lines recount odd sayings. The teacher asks about pen steel history while a wise boy comments on opinions and a three year old Elwin confesses an odd accident. Other snippets mention a man’s moustache shaving and a wife changing hairpieces and appearance.
The ad promotes Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as curing Rheumatism and Sciatica by purifying the blood through strengthened kidneys. It asserts the pills filter uric acid from the blood, a waste product causing joint and muscle pain, and cites over fifty years of continuous use.
Senator Sorghum defends clear political disagreements saying they expressed opinions in unmistakable terms. Washington Star notes the clash over miscommunication and public rhetoric.
A Windsor Ontario notice by Mrs. Bn Summers offers free home treatment for bed wetting in children with instructions. It claims a constitutional cause and requests mothers to write today without sending money. It also states the method helps adults with daytime or nighttime urinary troubles.
A quirky note from Harper's Bazar describes a doctor discovering a Freckkdy that looks exactly like him while shopping by telephone, highlighting a humorous resemblance in a vintage column.
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