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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
8
A New York Evening Sun brief notes a lunchroom on Duane Street offering combination breakfast and supper for 25 cents, claimed as a solution to the high cost of living.
The Breeders' Gazette warns Iowa road drag misuse creates dangerous road crown with steep sides. It argues the tool itself is fine but requires judgment and proper local administration, urging travelers to report issues to road officials while noting water drainage belongs in ditches.
In July 1915 I was thrown from a road machine and injured my hip and back needing a crutch for 14 months. In September 1906 Mr. Wm Outridge of Lachute urged me to try Minard's Liniment, which gave the most satisfactory results and I am now as well as ever.
The presiding elder notes that children swear, while Mr. Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge defends them saying they only cuss when hurt mad or showing off in Kansas City Star.
A quotation from American Lumberman argues the farm home depends on the farmer’s wife who often makes it a real home despite insufficient husband cooperation. It laments the husband’s greater focus on livestock and crops than family environments and childrearing, noting the drift of young people from farms.
Among the Cuffley wreckage articles after the Zeppelin crash a marked German Bible was found and sent to the War Office. Officials are seeking the nearest relative of the late owner to return the book.
The article urges treatment of chronic dyspepsia through Parmelee's Vegetable Pills. It claims many neglect their digestive needs, causing ongoing suffering, and promotes the pills as a sure speedy remedy to restore health and combat dyspepsia and related ills.
Edith says she will marry after thirty, while Maud retorts she will be thirty only after she is married. The light exchange highlights differing views on marriage and age.
Romania ranks third in world grain production with rising annual food contributions. From 1911 to 1913 its corn exports were second to Argentina, wheat exports were sixth, and oats exports ranked fifth among nations.
The product is presented as complete in itself requiring no other medicine to work and is described as invariably effective and unfailing in its duties.
Patient after an x ray asks a nurse to locate where the moving pictures they took will be shown.
Humorous item notes Hobson faces a serious charge but clarifies no crime exists. He merely gazes at his coal bill arriving, prompting a playful exchange on the cost. The vignette nods to everyday hardships with a light newspaper tone.
When neuralgia or lumbago strike the nerves this liniment provides relief. Rubbed in it reduces pain and brings a sense of ease and rest. The advertisement claims it has no equal and that trial will prove its curative properties.
The piece argues Quebec and maritime provinces lag in population proportion and urges filling local battalions. It insists the main Canadian task is war and must be carried to a finish with every man of military age.
London Times urges mobilization of all resources and manpower to maintain pressure on the German armies. It warns against attrition by victories and calls for relentless exertion of strength and will to shorten the war and avoid further sacrifices.
A Dundalk Ontario woman credits Dr. Chase's Nerve Food with saving her from a paralytic stroke. She suffered sleeplessness and weakness, then regained strength after using the product. The ad promotes nerve restoration as a natural cure and lists price and distributors.
A historic note explains that repeated coats of raw or boiled linseed oil on a finely braided wire fabric produce a durable substitute for window glass. The treated wire can be dipped or brushed, offering a strong option where glass is prone to breakage.
No need to pace all night with throbbing tooth ache. Sloan's Liniment relieves pain quickly with a single application. Treats neuralgia, aching muscles, rheumatism, gout, bruises, sprains, and stiff neck. available at drug stores in 25c 50c and 1.00 bottles.
Dick and Jimmy discuss prayers with their grandmother during a bedtime moment. Jimmy loudly asks for Christmas presents while Dick teases that the Lord can hear, prompting a punchline that grandma is the one who may need earplugs.
A beggar asks a passerby for charity claiming blindness. The man points out the beggar can see with one eye. The beggar concedes and asks for sixpence instead, prompting a quick humorous exchange in the British Weekly.
The Nottingham Guardian recounts a tale that Lloyd George pocketed Verdun chestnuts with plans to plant them. A French general believed he would eat them, but the aim was to honor Verdun by a future chestnut avenue for visitors.
A testimonial from Mrs. Arthur Sheasly of Adanac Sask praises Baby's Own Tablets as safe for all ages and effective for minor childhood illnesses. The tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
The Subaltern introduces his fiancée to a friend who warns about possible misgivings. His Friend delivers well meant congratulations while recalling the Subaltern’s long acquaintance with her since she was a child, prompting a tongue in cheek remark about not buying a pig in a poke.
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