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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
6
A garbled note recalls a morning compliment about a husband and wife, with a boast of triumph and a joking remark about foolishness linked to teasing. The text reads as fragmentary and puzzling with unclear context or names.
For years Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator was ranked as the most effective preparation manufactured and it always maintains its reputation.
A reader quotes informal speech describing a fight incident. The speaker claims a soft answer would have prevented violence and admits striking another person with a lump of something, noting it was not a good reason for fighting.
A Connecticut advertisement seeks a steady respectable young man to tend a garden and care for a cow. The notice notes the cow has a good voice and that the man should be accustomed to singing in the choir.
Paris aviator Pegoud performs a bold experiment at Chateaufort aerodrome by releasing control at 700 feet and descending by parachute into the field. The stunt tests emergency flying procedures and aviation bravery.
A witty exchange compares social élite to monkeys as part of a satire. Bildad questions why many public figures resemble primates, Cynicus replies that their climbing ability explains the resemblance. The dialogue preserves a mordant, period voice and theatrical tone.
An advertisement urges mothers to stock Baby's Own Tablets to recognize and treat common childhood ailments promptly. It offers a free care book and cites Mrs G L Bonham of St George Ontario praising the tablets as safe for children. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents per box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A historical item notes George Witzoff as the world’s record bigamist with over 100 marriages, including eight ceremonies in a single week. It cites a Russian woman condemned to Siberia for multiple marriages, a Pennsylvanian woman jailed for bigamy after twelve marriages in ten years, and a Boer woman De Beers with forty nine children and two hundred seventy grandchildren across six husbands.
Six years pass before a man reencounters his former sweetheart now married. At a party they converse between dances as memory flickers. She questions whether he is the suitor or his brother, while hinting the answer may involve her father.
A physician voices concern over a patient’s deteriorating state and proposes bringing in additional experts for a consultation. The patient agrees cheerfully and suggests involving more accomplices in the plan.
The swine proprietor asked the animal to leave, but the prodigal son retorts that the husks are worth money now, implying a shift in value and a defiant notice to depart.
A brief note explains what an inch represents and how it is used in measuring everyday objects. It clarifies that an inch equals 2.54 centimeters and is commonly divided into smaller fractions to measure small lengths reliably.
A London meeting of the Women's Social and Political Union reopened with 3.15 pm speeches by Mrs. Dacre Fox and Mrs. General Drummond. Miss Kenny was seized by plainclothes officers amid a scuffle, nine women and two men arrested as police clash with protesters outside the hall.
One dose of Miller's Worm Powders clears stomach and bowels of worms. The powders are sweet and will not upset children. They are non-injurious, and occasional vomiting may occur as a sign of effective work.
In a New York literary salon presided by an Argentine hostess Pombo reveals that the anonymous poetess Edda from Bogota is actually himself. The hostess urges him to name the poetess and Pombo jokes that he is Edda while preparations for a reception unfold and the maid compliments a gown.
A bartender shakes a man named Zeph by the shoulder to wake him then urges him outside for air. Zeph, in a drunken defiance, resists and is escorted to the alley where the exchange turns forceful yet retains a comic edge.
Mrs Morse laments vanished red apples from the pantry while Bridget the housemaid explains she may have eaten them to fuel her young charge. A humorous note on loyalties and appetite per pantry inspection.
A visitor asks about Oliver Goldsmith living in town, but the janitor doubts the claim. The exchange implies local rent was charged in advance, with the guest unsure and the staff firm about payment practices.
A teacher uses a harsh portrait of a loafer to challenge a pupil. John answers quickly when asked about a miser who gets food and shelter yet does nothing in return. Maud and Betty recall a bashful moment after Jack kissed them, prompting explanations.
A brief note invites two other men and states plans for a gathering tomorrow night at their house with a ten cent limit. The message emphasizes a simple social event among friends.
A humorous exchange notes thirteen at a table is unlucky only if it pays for the dinner. The image shows a stock certificate depicting a factory emitting smoke, suggesting a business context. The fragment ends with a stray line about a name.
A country village minister spots a parishioner’s son fishing in a creek on a bright Sunday. The clergyman asks what his father would say if he knew he was there, and the boy replies that his father is nearby digging bait in the next field.
A physician treats a boy with a painful ear sensation. After draining the ear, the doctor asks how the water got in. The boy explains he had been eating watermelon and that led to the ear being full of water.
An old advertisement touts Dr Morse's Indian Root Pill as based on a learned formula and claims the pills act promptly on the kidneys and liver to relieve constipation and related ails. It notes attempts to improve the formula but states the pills remain effective and widely used.
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