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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 04, 1912
Page
7
Miss Briggs and Mr. Smiley exchange opinions on the vicar’s sermon. The dialogue notes yesterday morning’s questions and the narrator praises the vicar as intellectual.
A collection of brief vignettes shows family life and small misprisions. Ralph injures himself at school after sliding down a hill and hears friends cry Gosh. A wake at Jimmy Harrigan's leaves a moment of patriotic humor. Margaret questions grace at dinner and learns bread is bought. A doctor recounts a bill for medicine and visits, accepted as payment.
A vintage ad extols Dr Hamilton’s Pills for liver bladder and kidney ailments. A Kensington Ontario customer claims eight boxes restored health and housework ability. The piece urges Substitutes refused 25c per box or five boxes for $1.00.
A poem describes an automobile performing farm tasks before dawn. It milks cows, washes clothes, reaps and thrashes a harvest, plows fields, hauls grain, churns butter, and runs a dynamo while the farmer reads by tungsten light. The piece presents a whimsical view of machinery aiding daily rural labor.
The article outlines foal development starting before birth, stressing exercise for the pregnant mare and careful feeding. It recommends light work for mares up to foaling, rest after foaling, and gradual reintroduction to work. It notes beneficial nursing of the colt by running with the dam and cautions on feeding cadence for digestive health.
A reflective poem contrasts country scenes with city life. The speaker notes thrushes in a hollow by a river and maple sap rising, then expresses relief and preference for being in town. The piece recollects childhood sights like kine-birds and muskrats and ends with a restless question about the next train.
The article argues saddle horses are a safe breeding bet with steady market demand. It stresses using a true thoroughbred sire for top quality and cautions against misusing the term thoroughbred for non horse breeds, noting pure bred or registered terms as correct.
A collection of traditional sayings linking rain at dawn to a sunny day and rising waters to rising boats. It notes wealth as power that makes the market grind for the rich, and warns that proximity to a person can change character.
An old advertisement touts Putnam's Painless Corn and Wart Extractor as a rapid wart removal product. It claims effects within twenty four hours and promotes accompanying 25 cent bottles of the extractor.
An advertisement touts Catarrhozone as a cure for hoarseness and catarrh boosting vocal strength. It features a testimonial from singer Bob Bixiley of New Glasgow and notes a two month supply for one dollar sold by druggists or mailed from Buffalo or Kingston.
Guidance on nursing foals and managing mares after foaling. Emphasizes allowing multiple colts grass access, feeding oats and bran as milk producers, moistened feeds, and maintaining the foal’s steady growth. Recommends avoiding overworking mares and keeping proper roughage for milk and development.
Surette Island resident Renie Moulaison says two doctors failed to help but Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his kidney disease after two months of pain. He suffered from cramps backache dizziness and vision issues before taking six boxes, claiming rapid relief and a permanent cure.
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