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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 04, 1919
Page
10
The Victory Loan 1919 raised 673.2 million dollars proving Canada’s willingness to pay wartime debts. Now the federal government must pursue strict economy and fiscal reform, balancing expenditures and revenue, raise taxes if needed, and boost production and efficiency to secure future prosperity.
Advertisement urges use of Parmelee's Vegetable Pills to treat sleeplessness by regulating digestion and calming nerves. It claims the pills restore normal stomach function, relieve indigestion and nervous disturbance, and induce healthful sleep.
A reflective aphorism asserting that choosing a simple lifestyle does not imply inherent simple nature. It hints that outward simplicity can mask inner complexity.
A short adage contrasts a song sung during a storm with a concert in sunshine, praising practical remedy over spectacle. The remark emphasizes usefulness and morale, suggesting a remedy’s value amid hardship. It notes a distemper cure by Minard's Liniment as a practical example.
The ashes of 70 flags captured by Germany in 1870 and burned in Berlin last July in defiance of the peace treaty have reached the French Army Museum in Paris. An officer and several soldiers accompany the ashes.
A citizen brandishing a fierce razor claims his intent wasn’t death by his own action but thoughts of corns. His wife bought Putnam’s Corn Extractor and hid the razor, noting the remedy cures in 24 hours for 25 cents at dealers.
A playful exchange shows nine year old Jimmy gifting yesterday's fruit cake to his teacher. The mother asks about the cake while Jimmy reveals the teacher ate it, noting she was absent from school that day.
The prompt asks why an insane ball thrower is not considered a cracked pitcher, implying a distinction between mental state and athletic performance, and suggesting that insanity alone does not define pitching competence or legality in sport.
A vintage ad promotes Danderine to stop hair loss and dandruff. It claims users will see reduced shedding after several applications and note renewed scalp vitality, thickness, and color. Children are urged to buy a small bottle at drug or toilet counters for a few cents and apply it to the scalp.
A letter reportedly from Admiral von Reuter to Lloyd George is published in the Taeglische Rundschau. It defends the detention of the fleet commander and other officers after the scuttling at Scapa Flow, arguing war had broken out in effect and justifying actions as customary wartime conduct.
A newly formed Winnipeg Manitoba poultry club adopts a slogan to increase egg production. The plan envisions 100 egg layers on each of 750000 farms, with net profit of one dollar per hen totaling an annual revenue of 75000000 dollars. A large campaign will promote the project.
The piece warns that Canadian autumn weather causes sudden changes that bring colds and stomach troubles in babies. It promotes Baby's Own Tablets from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. as a remedy, claiming they sweeten the stomach regulate bowels break up colds and aid thriving. Sold for 25 cents a box by dealers or mail order in Brockville Ontario.
A Saskatoon milk dealer says two hundred thousand pounds of skimmed milk are dumped yearly due to no market. The dairy board considers establishing a cheese plant to use the waste milk as opinions rise on waste utilization.
The longest single patrol in the Yukon Territory runs 1000 miles from Dawson to Fort McPherson near the Mackenzie River. The prior year patrol completed the journey in 57 days.
The text extols Dr Thomas Electric Oil praising its speedy relief and permanent results from six ingredients. It urges a trial to convince skeptics of its healing virtues.
A fragment notes how regular reading fills a person with many words that he cannot pronounce, suggesting a paradoxical benefit of extensive reading and a humorous inability to vocalize the learned terms.
Winnipeg reports a major Manitoba lumber deal as Finger Lumber Company sells 324 miles of Pas district timber limits in Northern Manitoba to C. J. and D. N. Winton of Minneapolis for 1 000 000. The contract includes a large sawmill, planing plants, and logging equipment with possession within a month. H. Finger notes the firm’s northern pioneering since 1904 and a daily capacity of about 190000 feet.
A reflective line notes that a weak woman’s words can carry more weight than a strong man’s muscles, hinting at social dynamics and moral authority within a community.
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