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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 01, 1909
Page
15
A vintage health ad promotes Dr. Chase's Nerve Food as a blood builder and energy booster. It claims spring fatigue, headaches, and weakness vanish as the body is rebuilt, with a testimonial from Mrs. H. A. Laynes of Philipsburg Quebec. Available 50 cents a box, Edmanson Bates Co Toronto.
Marion confesses to her mother that she broke a brick in the fireplace. She explains she pounded it with her father's watch, prompting a calm response about remedy. The anecdote appears in Success Magazine.
An advertisement extols Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills as a simple, safe remedy for dyspepsia indigestion and liver and kidney troubles caused by irregular habits and business worries. It emphasizes ease of taking and suitability for delicate constitutions.
A Cleveland Leader quips about a lazy son choosing the line of work as a lineman for a wireless telegraph company, signaling a humorous take on unlikely career choice.
A Windsor Ontario letter offers a free home treatment for bed-wetting that supposedly cures children and adults with urine problems. The flyer advises mothers to write Mrs. M. Summers for full instructions and says no payment is required.
A brief Chicago Tribune quip has a young man boasting about a shooting pair while Mr Gynman questions interest in Foxe's Book of Martyrs. The exchange plays on culture and bravado in a light, humorous tone.
An advertisement proclaims Wilson's Fly Pads as the best solution to kill flies and disease germs, appealing to homeowners seeking hygienic control.
The Canadian ministers of Militia and Marine Sir Frederick Borden and L P Brodeur begin visits with His Majesty's Ministers on Imperial Defence. Australia has sent amended proposals to the Admiralty while New Zealand and Victoria offer Dreadnoughts. Canada aims to build a navy and coordinate with Imperial authorities for future war duties.
Gypsy Smith challenges the chairman's etiquette at a Toronto service after the main talk. He adds a remark about not letting a married woman exit a side door, arguing it would break up stiffness. The exchange defied the formal closing, leaving the chairman shaken but undeterred.
The Times protests Canadian land telegraph firms charging The Times thirty cents for ten words, not per hundred, for dispatches to Glace Bay via Marconi. The Railway Commission is urged to end the discrimination. Chairman Mabee notes condensed telegraph reports are common, while The Times is criticized for fragility in its coverage.
Alberta claims top per acre yields with 33 bushels of wheat and 49 bushels of oats. High River is the main grain shipping point, reporting 1 026 182 bushels shipped this season from 315 000 cultivated acres. D C McDonald from High River set a fall wheat record with 69 acres yielding 3 570 bushels, about 59 32 bushels per acre. R D Bowar also reports a 41 acre field producing hay valued at 106 25 per acre over four years.
The advertisement argues good blood wards off disease and touts Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a cure for anemia indigestion rheumatism heart palpitations neuralgia nervous disorders and female ailments. It cites Mr Herbert Hanson of Brewers Mills New Brunswick praising the product and notes price: 50 cents a box, six boxes for 2 50, available from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
The famed pianist Herr Rosenthal, back in London after nine years, quips amid a remark from a struggling pianist about lost recital earnings. Rosenthal counsels, Give fewer concerts, a sharp, practical retort.
The article urges mothers to use Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial to combat infant diarrhea and cholera morbus, noting it is safe for even the smallest child and contains no injurious substance.
A Louisville Courier Journal snippet notes a customer finding a hair in soda water. The quote implies the boy’s careless ice shaving may have caused the mishap.
A Washington Herald reminiscence recalls a summer hotel scene where the speaker opened dining room doors, contrasting with a question about being surrounded by wolves. The anecdote highlights a historic hotel setting and a vivid, if quirky, moment.
Canadians who met Lloyd George recalled his restless energy and willingness to question customs. He noted Canada’s fresh start, observed Winnipeg during the first snowfall, and argued snow could aid transport on unpaved roads. He contrasted British misery in snow with Canada’s practical advantage for wheat logistics.
Dr C G Seligman in Travel and Exploration describes Vedda death customs. The yaka spirit of the dead may possess the kapurale and sometimes kinfolk to demand offerings of cooked rice and coconut milk within weeks of death. The living appease ye spirits to gain aid in hunting and guidance on future journeys.
Lord Avebury once Sir John Lubbock, long a welcoming Bank Holiday figure, led numerous learned societies and public bodies. His pursuits span banking, early closing, natural history like ants and spiders, botany, and prehistoric studies, with foxes roaming his estate as he stays busy elsewhere.
An Irish defendant, facing trial, initially pleads not guilty and asks if a witness will harm him. The judge confirms, and the defendant then pleads guilty not out of guilt but to save the soul of the witness Furkisson, stating his innocence.
The passage asserts that using Holloway's Corn Cure eliminates the need for surgical removal of corns, claiming relief without operative intervention. It emphasizes a simple topical remedy as an alternative to surgery.
A dialogue from the New York Tribune features Sister and Willie debating fishing skills. Sister advises while Willie brushes off, claiming expertise in catching fel lers, humorously overstating his own prowess.
Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago markets an illustrated eye book and drugstore readers. Compounded by experienced physicians the remedy relieves red weak weary watery eyes and eye pain. Available at druggists.
A brief note in the Boston Transcript plays on nicknames as a housekeeper and tramp dispute how a title may be read. The joke hinges on an empty title and reader presume.
Jane and Tomkins debate a loan with playful barbs. Tomkins recalls the debt and hints at repayment, while Jane urges timely relief of the obligation as they converse in a lightly humorous tone.
While Sirdar in Cairo he ignored callers in a garden setting. A lady and her daughter asked to see Lord Kitchener. The gardener replying evasively directed them to sign his guest book in the hall, then vanished behind the bushes.
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