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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 17, 1907
Page
6
Peruna becomes a household friend in over a million homes and grows daily. The chumber is presented as a universal remedy for catarrhal diseases of the head throat lungs stomach kidneys bladder and female organs. Ask your Druggist for the Free Peruna Almanac for 1907.
The Canadian Cigar and Tobacco Journal offers pipe smoking tips stressing time and gentleness. It warns not to crowd the bowl or overheat the pipe, keep the pipe cool, relight if needed, and avoid refilling a heated pipe after finishing.
A Hanan correspondent describes Chinese military drills mixing ancient and modern elements. Soldiers undergo brutal chest strikes and abdominal drives with heavy iron truncheons to build pain tolerance and physical endurance. The piece questions whether the human body can endure such punishment and suggests the practice reflects a broader focus on toughness.
The piece notes observers were surprised by no immediate uprising or market panic in Russia after the Douma dissolved. It argues Russia is an agricultural continent with a government-controlled communications system, suggesting the peasantry lack a unified outlet for will. The comparison to France’s revolution cycle underscores a gradual, glacier-like pace of change.
Consul Murphy notes only one American washing machine ever seen in Bordeaux. He explains one prior machine failed due to poor promotion. Local washer women dominate the trade, boiling clothes and whitening them with chemicals, then rinsing in a stream and drying on grass and fences, delaying return to families.
A dialogue lampoons a police magistrate and a prisoner over punishment with a mock Irish slang twist. The magistrate adds ten days, and the prisoner pretends to insult the judge, while a Detroit Tribune line mocks the scene.
A clipped quotation from the Catholic Standard and Times expresses a doctor’s dilemma about taking leave. Dr Price notes a vacation is needed but cannot be taken due to patients needing constant nursing care. The exchange ends with a wry remark on patients recovering if nursing stops.
A French medical journal credits the oldest known medical recipe to a 400 B C hair tonic for an Egyptian queen. The directive calls for boiling dogs’ paws and asses’ hoofs with dates in oil, a cure once deemed medicinal.
Mrs Suburbe laments a missing china dish after a crash while Suburbe notes it has stopped the cook's singing in a domestic moment.
A playful verse describes a child with a dolly losing a slipper, breaking a parasol, and dropping a necklace while sailing. The narrator scolds, but the child keeps smiling, inviting another outing.
Frank L. Wellington died at his Trinity avenue home from a disease said to cause bones to snap like glass. The account blames mineral medicines for such harm and extols herbal Bileans from Toronto as a safer liver and digestive remedy sold by druggists at fifty cents a box and post free from the Bilean Co. Toronto.
The supreme court of Porto Rico has rendered a decision favorable to the Catholic church in the case of the church against the people regarding ownership of certain properties.
A motor bus caught fire in Kilburn London. Passengers escaped but the driver and conductor were treated at a hospital.
A young man forced entry to St Ives church and used a crowbar and sledgehammer to smash the high altar and all images, leaving the sacred space in ruins. Authorities investigated the incident and are pursuing charges.
A warning on how colds target the weakest organ, with risks from chest to kidneys. Dr Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine claims to curb coughs and lingers, offering a cure evidenced by testimonial from Port Hope coachman. Bottles priced 25 cents, sold by dealers including Edmanson Bates & Co Toronto.
A quip contrasts ancient Rome with baseball noting the disdain for the umpire would have made killing him enjoyable. The humor hinges on the imagined clash of gladiatorial bravado with modern baseball authority.
An advertisement extols Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a safe pure and simple remedy for bodily pain noting that life is full of pain except for pleasure and urging readers to try the product.
In Australia 94 000 tons of ore yield one ton of gold while in California about 70 000 tons are needed per ounce.
Current health ad asserts vitality and beauty depend on pure blood filtered by kidneys. It claims South American Kidney Cure removes impurities through the body's filterers, repairing weak spots.
In Moorish days the town of Cor doba reportedly housed over 4000 mosques and 900 public baths, indicating a dense religious and civic infrastructure.
The financial committee of the French senate boosts taxation on both French and foreign insurers from 6 to 10 francs per million of assured capital. This rise is expected to yield about one million francs annually for national revenue.
The ad claims Parmelee's Vegetable Pills work year round to handle irregularities of the digestive system caused by diet, residence change, or temperature shifts. It promises easy use with no nauseating taste and suitability for the most delicate users.
His Majesty the exhibitor won the cattle championship with a short horn steer at the Birmingham Fat Stock Show. R. W. Hudson finished as reserve with a cross bred heifer in multiple sections.
A quirky health note describes nerve distress and deep fatigue, contrasting with recovery after using South American Nervine. George Webster of Forest Ontario credits the remedy with saving his life after other treatments failed.
The lines of Sweet and Low describe the western sea wind and a sleeping child. A calm lullaby image appears with the mother and father awaiting their babe and silver sails under the moon. The excerpt ends with attribution to Tennyson.
The emblem features a fire clawed imperial dragon suspended by a yellow ribbon. Inscribed in Chinese characters is the line Before it the lion turns pale and the tiger is silent.
The article notes 60 000 to 70 000 workers in Nanking rely on hand made paper fans. Foreigners study replacing hand labor with simple machinery, risking large displacement of workers and sparking concern about social impact in China.
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