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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
11
Mrs. F Carr of Vineland Ontario reports chronic catarrh relief after years of coughing stomach upset and poor health. She used four bottles of Pe-ru-na following her sister’s advice and now feels well, saying she would not take a thousand dollars for the cure. Peruna is touted as a universal catarrh remedy.
Exchange quoted from Success Magazine shows a playwright defending his work while a friend who hissed the performance replies with sarcasm. The pair debate audience etiquette and ticket access in a sharp public dig.
An old Toledo advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure treats catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It asserts testimonials are free and urges readers to buy through druggists. It mentions F. J. Pt and the firms Mow's Tube and Ager & Marvin as references.
The Philadelphia Record reports Blobbs attended three social balls yesterday. The note highlights rapid social calendar activity and nightlife in the city.
A young Irish officer in Dublin lives in very small rooms. His fashionable friend complains there is no room to swing a cat. The officer replies with wit that he has not lived long enough to become a kernel.
A domestic article lists superstitions housekeepers use when hiring servants. It notes signs like a new cook wearing a torn apron forecast staying power, seeing light while hanging wraps predicts longer tenure, Friday hires bringing disaster, and various body traits or speech habits signaling honesty, thrift, neatness, or lack thereof.
A cheerful character quotes a friend writing an Indian variant of the Star Spangled Banner. He asks about how it might begin with Osage and Ute references as he dodges into a doorway.
Fragmentary OCR note references a person and a concept of equality but provides no clear event, place, date, or named entities to summarize into a coherent historical item. Further readable content needed to produce a valid card.
A claimed safe medicine asserts Baby's Own Tablets are absolutely safe for newborns and children. It markets cures for colic, sour stomach, indigestion, constipation, diarrhoea, teething troubles, fever, colds, croup prevention, and worms with a government analyst's guarantee and 25 cent boxes sold by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. of Brockville Ontario.
Mrs Casey consoles a bereaved widow recalling her late husband as a good man. Mrs Murphy adds a wry remark, praising his unique charm and humor, as the court of public sympathy weighs in on the odd tribute.
Historic advertisement touts ENGLISH SEPAVIN LINIMENT as removing hard or soft lumps from horses including spavin curbs splints ringbone and sprains. Claims cover blood spavin sweeney and sore throats with savings of five dollars per bottle. Warranted the most wonderful blemish cure known.
A motor canal boat trial on the Birmingham canals proves the new method cheaper than horse power in a 150 mile round trip. Netherland ports will gain from North Sea canal widening and lighting by electricity. The article notes tidal differences between Atlantic and Pacific Panama canal termini.
The writer muses on navigation and time saved or wasted as ships move west or east. If all ships sailed west the world would lose vast time by discarding days at sea. Since many ships sail east the discarded days are reclaimed and preserved by salt, restoring the time value.
In a Suremer idyll the couple Betsy and Jan share a fence side moment near Mrs. Filligan's pig stye. Betsy resists pig talk while Jan dreams aloud of wedding plans and a future pig of their own as a gentle breeze plays around them. The scene ends with a quiet, musical atmosphere.
A promotional piece urges business men to use Parmelee's Vegetable Pills to regulate the stomach and keep the head clear amid nervous, high pressure work life. It emphasizes vitality and alertness as benefits of better digestion.
In a London Opinion item a claim is made that Minari’s Liniment cures diphtheria. The piece notes the public reception and potential impact of such medical claims in era reporting.
The husband gives his wife fifty dollars he won at cards at Brown's. She accepts the money reluctantly yet refuses to endorse gambling, urging him to stop and never gamble again after earning enough for a dress and hat.
An advertisement touts Hollo way's Corn Cure as a universal remedy for corns and warts, claiming it removes even the most difficult cases with remarkable effectiveness.
A farm laborer visits the registrar to record his father’s death in advance claiming the father will die before morning. The registrar declines noting the father may recover if he lives until morning. The laborer insists the doctor says he won’t recover. Liverpool Mercury.
Mrs. J. E. Berryman of 91 Catharine St. N., Hamilton Ontario, reports that Zam-Buk cured a badly inflamed and ulcerated leg after other remedies failed. She saw swelling diminish and pain vanish, noting the ulcer healed and the leg improved after several applications. Zam-Buk also treats cuts burns eczema piles and skin diseases. 50c box or Zam-Buk Co Toronto postpaid. 3 boxes $1.25.
A Terre Haute teacher recalls telling a pupil to write about all the days of the week. The boy allegedly submitted a chilling line claiming on Monday he and Jim Moulton killed a deer and there was meat enough to last through Sunday. The report frames the incident as a grim anecdote from the Philadelphia Record.
The narrator wrestles with a diabolo trying to perch it on a string and send it skyward. After an hour of practice a dispute leaves the toy hiding under the bed and snagging on a glass and the ear. The piece questions the device’s charms and the Sun’s value against temper loss and damage.
An eight story tenement scene has a fire captain chase a blaze through tenements. He climbs eight flights to reach an old woman who mishears his call and says no fire is present. The narrative captures urban danger and miscommunication during a blaze.
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