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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1912
Page
2
Harry P. Pollard, a Hartford boat and shoe traveler, extols Nerviline as the sole remedy for stomach trouble. He recounts gas pressing on his heart and says Nerviline improved his digestion rapidly and guarded against cramps lumbago rheumatism chest colds sore throat and other pains for two years.
Evelyn Bradstone, a Nebraska native, rose from a $4 a week country stenographer to secretary of a major London cold storage house with global branches. She started in Chicago fifteen years ago and now directs foreign business. She just returned from China, poised to retire on a life‑lasting annuity.
An early episode shows Wendell Phillips staying in a Charleston hotel and attempting to connect with a slave over shared humanity and abolitionist views. The slave focuses on breakfast service and humorously insists he is responsible for the silverware.
An advertisement notes that a cold can lead to catarrh bronchitis or pleurisy and urges early treatment with Na Dru Co Syrup of Linseed Licorice and Chiorodyne. It claims quick relief and offers a list of ingredients through a physician, with 25c or 50c bottles from The National Drug & Chemical Co. of Canada.
A collage of light jokes and vignettes features misunderstandings about marriage and money, mistaken identities, editorial revenge, court trials over adulterated whisky, and humorous misreadings. The piece blends quips about editors, waiters, and a ship of comical miscommunications from a bygone era.
A long reader letter lauds Dr Hamilton's Pills as a blood renewer after years of tiredness and faintness. It recounts relief from headaches dizziness and shortness of breath, claiming renewed strength and stamina to work and climb stairs. The ad asserts availability through Kingston Ontario dealers and claims a cure for women.
The text proclaims the oil's strong demand with a large factory continually producing and bottling it. It asserts the preparation stands at the head of proprietary compounds as the leading oil in the market and is generally admitted to deserve the lead.
Foley and Jim share a fragment of memory as bells in a rural setting drown out their words. Foley jokes the bells are so loud they mask their conversation, evoking nostalgia for green fields and quiet country lanes.
The article tracks 2.10 pace milestones and the growth of 2.10 pacers from Johnston in 1883 through 1890 with Roy Wilkes and Cricket, noting record times and the evolution of the discipline. It cites Chicago trials, Rush Park in Iowa, and compares records to Pocahontas.
Mrs. John McRea of PrevIl Gaspe Quebec suffered over two years from kidney disease caused by a strain and cold. After two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills she reports being a new woman. she warns others to treat kidney trouble early to avoid long suffering.
The inexpensive Pinex cough syrup is claimed to be the most used remedy in the United States and Canada, offering quick relief for coughs including whooping cough. A 59 cent bottle mixed with syrup yields 16 ounces, with easy five minute preparation and a pleasant taste. The product uses Norway White Pine extract and guaiacol, with a guarantee of satisfaction or money back.
The passage chronicles several pacing horses and benchmarks from the 1890s to the late era, noting mares and stallions such as a green mare retired to a harem becoming a dam of six, Hal Pointer the 2.09% pacer undefeated in eight starts, and the spread of bike sulkies influencing speeds. It tracks year by year additions to the pacing list, from 1894 to 1897, and records totals exceeding 192 then 235, with more 2.05 pacers than 2.10 pacers fifteen years earlier.
George C. Britner, famed for sixty years as a billiard ball maker and decades shaping ivory for championships, prepares for his eighty fifth birthday in Chicago. He began with $9 per four set, saw prices rise to $60 per three set, joined Brunswicke Balke in 1878, retired on full pay two and a half years ago, and still visits the store to review ivory.
The syrup is praised as a standard remedy for coughs colds and lung inflammation with numerous testimonials from diverse men. Medicine vendors highly recommend it, touting its curative value and urging readers to try it.
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