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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
3
Consumers are urged to send a Do minion Express Money Order when ordering goods by mail. The notice emphasizes secure payment and proper payee details to ensure prompt processing.
Rural New England weekly notice seeks a steady respectable young man to care for a garden and a cow and who has a good voice and is accustomed to sing in the choir. Christian Register records the advertisement.
Saskatchewan's department of agriculture reports after surveying thousands of reports across the province that the average potato yield for the year is 102 bushels per acre from about 67 000 acres under cultivation.
The Department of Agriculture of Saskatchewan estimates the province's wheat crop at 130 million bushels, higher than prior forecasts. The rise is mainly due to better yields in the western region near Saskatoon, with 75 percent expected to grade No. 1 Northern.
The article urges taking Parmerie's Vegetable Pills to treat chronic digestive troubles caused by neglecting bodily needs. It claims the pills are specially formulated to combat dyspepsia and its attendant ailments and are always successful.
In the Winnipeg yards for the nine months ending September 30 1913 stockers totaled 38 579 head with 20 267 sent to Western farms to finish. The United States received a much smaller share than in prior years.
The board of grain supervisors establishes per bushel prices from November 1 1917 to August 31 1918 for No 4 wheat at 2.08 No 5 at 1 and No 6 at 1.5 with deliveries to Fort Wil am and Port Arther feeds stores and terminal elevators.
The Sas katchewan Co operative Elevator Co erects 31 elevators this year with six more under construction. Total 37 elevators will cost about 350000 dollars, lifting provincially owned elevators to 300. Alberta’s United Grain Growers expect 145 elevators in operation for this year’s crop after handling 16,068,000 bushels through 103 elevators last year.
The article argues rheumatism was once seen as age related but is a blood disease. It credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with enriching blood to cure rheumatism and urges early use upon signs like poor appetite and dull skin. Pills cost 50 cents a box, six for $2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co.
A Delacour farmer produced 300 bushels of clean potatoes from three-quarters of an acre with three specimens over seven and a half pounds. Experts said at least 100 bushels weighed more than a pound and a half each. Some potatoes were shown at a Calgary store, attracting interest.
A wife questions her husband's claim about a man named Jim Brown returning from the West with a fortune. The exchange, set in a Boston Transcript frame, hints at possible past marriage rumors and marital tensions.
A historical lament on the sea as a place of quiet sorrow for tens of thousands of lost seafarers. The piece contrasts romance with crime and cruelty, noting naval soldiers facing foes who ignore honor and quoting the London Daily Telegraph on German conduct.
Ad touts a product to remove corns and calluses with a few drops then lifting them away with fingers. Claims no pain and easy results without humbug. Product details are minimal but present as a compact consumer pitch.
A Cincinnati chemist purveys a new product called Free Zone that is sold in small bottles at low cost. The ad claims applying a drop or two to a corn or callus loosens it without pain, enabling removal with fingers. It emphasizes safety and urges doctors to stock it for customers.
Immigration to Western Canada rises sharply with ten months of data showing returns more than double those of 1916 and more than triple those of 1915, underscoring a strong migratory trend this year.
An advertisement claims Holloway's Corn Cure will remove corns and excrescences cleanly. It asserts the remedy acts thoroughly and painlessly to render the hands neat again.
Dr. Robert Davis recounts a British mining operation where canaries warned workers of fire damp. A lone canary perched in No Man's Land caused alarm as troops fired to protect the bird, which ultimately was killed by artillery after eluding sharpshooters.
The Saskatoon Star reports a clash between the Canadian Pacific Railway and its conductors. Railway insiders say the company is demanding a share of receipts, amid ongoing negotiations and public debate over payment terms.
Luther Burbank of California says he was misquoted on corn being injurious to health. He endorses corn as a superior cereal, urging broader use in U S diets to replace much meat and white flour for better health.
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