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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1914
Page
6
Thin dainty dress materials become charming curtains with affordable options. Cotton crepes and mercerized fabrics come in apricot, mulberry, peachbloom, yellow, and wistaria shades. Marquisettes fit parlor use between sheer and heavy drapes, while muffins and organdies offer delicate possibilities and ginghams can blend into simple rooms.
An elderly golfer struggles with errant play on a coastal links while his caddie, famed for aiding skilled players, endures a day of misfortune. The senior's poor swing harms clubs and bunkers as he mutters about finishing the round.
The item claims Dr J D Kelloge offers Kellet Asthma Remedy that wards off future attacks and brings peace and happiness to sufferers. It is described as inexpensive and widely sold.
A narrative describes a long fixation with sleeping with open windows for fresh air. After a doctor’s view labels the speaker an animal for preferring airless sleep, a closed bedroom yields peaceful, refreshed rest. The piece contrasts human and animal sleeping habits and suggests ending the open window habit.
Dr Lyman Abbott at Colony Club New York bantered with a prominent suffragette on the suffrage question. She quips that a woman’s mind stays younger than a man’s, provoking Abbott to retort that her opinions seem to change often.
A neighbor visits the minister's wife who, while mending clothes, opens a packet of assorted buttons. The neighbor notes the wide button supply and recalls a button from her husband's winter suit. The minister's wife suggests reusing the buttons and the visit ends with goodbyes and an invitation to return.
Cold feet and hands signal poor circulation. Daily outdoor exercise, barefoot in cold weather, and palm rubbing may help. After a cold bath, lift the body fifteen times to boost blood flow. Avoid tight collars and clothes. A French woman praises figs for pale skin. Orange juice before breakfast is also advised for whitening skin.
A Cleveland inventor offers a typewriter silencer that reduces the sharp click to a soft thud. Memory notes it does not render the machine silent but allows dictation at a natural voice while the machine runs. The core in the platen shields readers from the louder strokes of type striking paper.
Health ad extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for fatigue pale complexions and headaches. Testimonial from Mrs. William Jones of Crofton Ont credits the pills with restoring vitality and color after severe blood loss. Available by mail from Brockville Ontario. 50 cents per box or $2.50 for six.
A performer’s song triggers a man named Pogson to reflect on his childhood. He recalls a marbles game with his sister Sally where she swallowed a glass marble, then deflects the question with a wary portion about the song.
AChicago Journal advises boiling water with washing soda inside a tarnished silver teapot. Place a large piece of washing soda in the teapot, fill with boiling water, and boil for one hour over a spirit lamp. The inside should become bright as the outside without harming the silver.
A jailed priest meets Pat 1 day after release in a street scene. Pat claims he was dead, and the clergyman quips he had heard the same, adding a note of irony to a chance encounter.
Camphor gum will effectively drive away mice when scattered on shelves and in drawers. It will also help prevent moths if placed among woolens and furs, reducing trouble.
A lamp dome flickers and can explode if not quickly fitted or refitted. The warning notes that a half-filled lamp tends to generate gas and may lead to an explosion.
A column urges readers to purge unused clothing stored in closets and trunks. It notes many empty or neglected garments occupy space while deserving recipients could benefit. The piece encourages immediate decision on remodeling or donating unused items to those in need.
A writer describes a brutal Japanese typhoon in which a second floor room sways and glass shatters. Eight inch shutters bend, rain floods in, a screen flies across the bed, and roof debris rains down. Dawn finds the survivor gathering soaked clothes and descending.
The text offers light guidance on handling sensitive reactions to a friend's baby and minor social misdirections. It suggests honesty about appearance if necessary, jokes about the baby matching its father, and playful coping tactics for lovelorn or grouchy responses. It reads as casual, period voice guidance with humorous tacks.
A city girl visiting her country cousin arrives at a farm with a windmill surrounded by hogs resting in the field. She jokes that the farmer is considerate to have a man waving in the field to keep the hogs cool, highlighting the humorous rural scene.
In a chatty office exchange our tall friend H. Bingha Palmer admits a riding mishap in the park. He says a horse stepped on his foot after his boot slipped from the stirrup, and he limped as a result.
An old advertisement claims Nerviline relieves all pain from earache to disordered stomach and can be used as a liniment or taken internally. It cites a Port Hope reader and urges mothers to try Nerviline for both children and the elderly, with large family bottles and trial sizes sold by dealers and The Catarrhozone Co. in Buffalo and Kingston.
A South Side mother praises her baby, noting he coos and spends hours talking with her, a playful exchange about visitors who talk and lie by the hour.
A boy explains he was ready to go fishing on Sunday with his father who refused to let him go. The teacher praises the father saying that is the right kind of father to have. The boy reveals the reason: there wasn't enough bait for two.
Advertisement extols Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a superior pain subduer, claiming widespread familiarity after thirty years of use and stating it is a common household medicine across the western world.
Gabe confirms Miss Sweet has joined the great majority but Steve asks if she is dead. Gabe clarifies she married a man named Smith.
A humorous stage aside has an apt apt retort from a hostess about her nepehew's fiance. Reggie praises the bride while the fiancée resists flattery, calling it a bore to be nice and noting Mrs Toplofty's pride and her claim of diamond duties to hide paste.
A Missouri farmer denies buying a book from a Look salesman saying he cannot read. The salesman persists by suggesting family members can read. The farmer replies his daughter can read but already has a book, ending the encounter with a humorous note on literacy in the household.
A quoted reflection notes marriage tends to disappoint more often than it fails, suggesting a nuanced view of long term unions and the emotional costs involved. The statement frames marriage as a frequent, unmet expectation rather than a decisive collapse.
Linguistic note traces how improve shifted meanings from rebuke to increase in English, while French uses the opposite sense. Milton uses improve to mean increase, with the modern sense of bettering arising only later in life.
The Dominion Forest Reserves cover about 36 000 square miles with potential use by Western cattle under new regulations. If one million cattle graze there at 25 cents per head, annual revenue could reach at least 256 000 dollars, boosting stock-raising and lowering meat costs. The text also notes fire protection efforts, brush disposal in Sweden, and beech wood use for wooden shoes in the United States, plus Russia and Transcaucasia forest comparisons and the size of Nordmann fir.
The article outlines using Minard’s Liniment to treat diphtheria and gives detailed household sink maintenance tips. It covers cleaning routines with hot soapy water, drying wooden and stonework, behind-sink pipes cleaning, and disposal of waste. It also advises drying clothes, flushing with boiling water, washing soda solutions, soda caustic for grease, and rust prevention for iron sinks.
A letter describes a husband who walks in his sleep and a wife who envies a similar restlessness. The couple laments the confinement of work and the lack of exercise in daily life.
Dialogue features Nick and Dick swapping lines about card skills with Dick declaring he guards the others from coming across during bridge, invoking Horatius as a self comparison. The exchange has a playful competitive tone.
A short dialogue notes the man known as Shads dying yesterday with his heirs expected to be angry. The exchange questions how he spent his money and implies the loss was total. No further details are provided.
A brief admonition against speaking about oneself in company notes that it is more satisfactory once one has departed. The message emphasizes restraint and timing in self reference. It frames leave as a preferable moment for candid reflection.
A wife recounts her husband bringing a total stranger home for dinner with no warning. She laments the lack of consideration and notes the house is empty with nothing to eat while she faced a lost bridge game. The piece frames marital tension and household strain.
A brisk exchange shows a shopwalker and a stern matron arguing over unpaid change while customers wait, framing a moment of stalled service and tension in a retail scene.
Jim dismisses peanut politics while critics joke about his stance. Derision flows as supporters and opponents trade quips about nuts and public discourse.
A family discussion focuses on Rawlings staying out late. Nora notes the youth remains unchanged, and the father questions his son’s conduct while the mother comments that men haven’t altered. The exchange reveals generational views on behavior.
Four year old Clay proudly shows a jacket to his grandma but bursts back with news that she sewed one button too many at the top and one too many at the bottom, spoiling the fit.
A Philadelphia newspaper notes an uptick in missing umbrellas with speculation that the item disappears as workers head home early. The item’s pattern suggests a casual trend rather than a deliberate theft.
A young boy carries a pet rabbit as it bolts away. He chases frantically calling for the bunny to return. The rabbit flees without pause, leaving the boy in tears and muttering that the rabbit is not much of a rabbit after all.
A learned professor is asked to shine the shoes of a dirty bootblack. He offers sixpence if the boy washes his face. The boy returns, refuses the money, and tells the professor to keep it and instead get his hair cut.
Fragmentary dialogue describes a reference to SHILOFI as a remedy for coughs and colds. The conversation includes a young woman and her father discussing a possible war with Mexico and his hope for a short engagement.
A library confrontation between Miss Carter and Mr. Dodge reveals tension over religious questions after death. The girl claims prayers after death may be necessary to give meaning to a life, suggesting a philosophical dispute about mortality and faith.
A terse domestic exchange shows a husband and wife debating soundproofing to avoid disturbing neighbors. The wife fears practice will disturb others while the husband offers no compromise beyond installing double windows.
Reverend H O Fenton, lecturing at the Royal Photographic Society, recalls a Portuguese sight of a postman delivering letters to a church congregation, saving many weary walks for the mail carrier.
A militant suffragette declares the Household Hints a bum recipe book and protests no recipe to make combs. The remark questions domestic guidance and practical skills for household tasks.
Niagara Falls Ontario resident Miss Alice E Cooper reports relief from dyspepsia after using Na Dru Co Dyspepsia Tablets. She says they provided immediate relief from heartburn and flatulence and claim longer use can cure aggravated stomach troubles.
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