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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
8
Traveler Harry gan and Pau St John report Zam-Buk easing pain healing cracks and smoothing hands after use. The ad claims Zam-Buk cures cuts sores burns and eczema and promotes new skin tissue. It advertises 50c a box and post free from Zam-Buk Co Toronto urging travelers and homes to keep it on hand.
Wagner enthusiasts complained after a Paris performance of Goetterdaemmerung per Figaro as they argued the opera was not performed in full. Directors Massager and Broussau replied that presenting the entire work multiple times would exhaust the performers.
The advertisement warns that sudden temperature changes and exposure cause colds and coughing, urging Bic kle's Anti Consumptive Syrup as the best remedy for bronchial disorders. It claims strong results and lists a price of 26 cents.
Hicks chides Wicks for mentioning a confidential deal to his wife. Wicks says he did not reveal it as a secret. The exchange appears in a Boston Transcript item reflecting on discretion in private matters.
Ad promotes Bromo Quinine as a universal remedy to cure a cold in one day. Mentions signature of E. W. Grove and claims worldwide use. Product priced at 25 cents.
A Kansas City Journal excerpt features a heroine standing among roses and quips about peeping at proof sheets, conveying literary with playful Victorian tone. The fragment highlights writing life and reader expectations.
A Chicago Tribune note records Lady Gediva describing Shiloh's Cure as a universal remedy for coughs and colds. She calls a compromise, mentioning a directoire gown and a historic social line drawn in those days.
A humorous Punch cartoon caption shows an impatient American asking a guard about departure time. The guard, noting it depends on factors, replies in a judicial tone that the timing depends on various considerations, reflecting street banter and period humor.
Practical tips on aging appearance and skincare, including photo guidance for half length portraits and avoiding a red nose. Diet, facial color, and makeup cautions are given, with amateur remedies for cold sores and skin care such as borax baths and lemon juice.
Dr Thomas claim for Eclectric Oil after thirty years on the market. He says it has proven a blessing to thousands, is popular in Canada and abroad, and has no equal among liniments. He asserts it would still be cheap even if priced double.
A foreigner asks what a race issue means and a native explains it as any sporting paper. The exchange appears in a Chicago Tribune fragment.
A brief comic quip about Shilohs Cure promising to cure coughs and colds. The exchange includes a joke about age certainty with a father and son, reflecting humorous Chicago news tone.
Local readers report cures for goitre inflammation and facial neuralgia using Minard's Liniment. Bayard McMullin of Chatham Ontario and H Bailey of Parkdale Ontario attribute relief to the product while Mrs W A Johnson of Walh Mynt also endorses its effectiveness.
A combative exchange features a widow asking a loafer why he won’t work to support his five children. He repeats his plea about family needs, highlighting the ongoing struggle to find steady employment amidst hardship.
A farmer named Jenkins quips about a ready trouser holder and offers to demonstrate it, while a younger man named Tice reads from a draft in a rustic scene. The dialogue conveys a humorous exchange at a rural workshop.
A traveling reader recounts a tale where Minard's Liniment cures diphtheria. A man helps a boy who swallowed a quarter by shaking him, prompting the mother to praise the helper who reveals he is an internal revenue collector.
The article explains saxhorns as the mainstay of modern brass bands and details how seamless tubes are bent safely using an internal lead fill and heat. It notes the Sax family’s influence, the euphonium’s rise, and the eight foot tall, forty foot tube contrabass saxhorn example.
An authority on philology notes how the monosyllable ba in Annamitic can mean lady ancestor favorite of a prince discarded item fruit remainder and three with different accents. It illustrates how tone changes meaning across languages and yields a humorous phrase about three ladies striking the prince’s favorite.
A Richmond woman employed Miff Cole described as a little darky. He bragged he would ride to his uncle’s funeral next Sunday, claiming a horse carriage would take him to the cemetery five miles away. He finally confessed he did not go because the uncle was not yet dead.
The article notes decay in building stones stems from their physical structure and environment. Rain and moist air are the main destructive agents, with wind frost and smoke playing smaller roles. Acidic urban air dissolves in rain, penetrating stone and altering its constituents, so water exclusion is key to arresting decay.
Ina visits her cousin May on her fifth birthday and after an early bedtime sobs reveal a dispute over peanuts. May denies having peanuts, but Ina believes May would refuse even if she had them. The tale unfolds as a small child’s claim of unfairness and imagined hoarding.
In a humorous exchange from the Chicago Tribune, Uncle Zeke returns from the city boasting he rode twenty miles on a street car for a nickel while Uncle Jed recalls riding to the top of the tallest building last year for nothing. The dialogue captures city cheap rides and rural awe.
In a southern Irish town a lecturer warns of drink’s evils while praising water. A voice from the audience quips that bright cold water has never killed anyone, prompting the crowd to laugh at the remark.
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