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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 07, 1910
Page
6
An old Zam-Buk herbal remedy ad promotes Outdoor Sport and Zam-Buk for cuts burns sprains and skin conditions. It touts antiseptic healing and soothing relief for rashes eczema and insect bites and warns against imitations while noting a Richmond clergyman story.
An early newspaper piece argues that stomach health drives nervous function and warns nervous debility can follow if untreated. It promotes Parmele’s Vegetable Pills as a quick restoration for the stomach and a cure for nervous disorders with many attestations.
In a Cleveland Leader snippet two young people share a kiss under a porch shadow prompting amused speculation. One speaker asks about the couple while another notes familiarity with the girl rather than the boy.
An ad style column promotes Baby's Own Tablets for infants claiming they cure colic indigestion constipation teething troubles and other disorders. A testimonial from Mrs Thomas Whiting of Waterford Ontario endorses the medicine sold by The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Also an old joke about an elder addressing his congregation and a joke about Fly Pads is included as light filler.
Mrs. Dobbs debates breakfast pie with a new boarder, who prefers simpler meals. The conversation centers on whether breakfast pie is necessary or an airy indulgence, reflecting domestic routines and humor from a period source.
The May review reports buoyant general industry in Canada with active manufacturing and building projects likely to exceed prior records. Lumber and mining surged, railway construction employed thousands, and heavy materials markets grew. Industrial accidents affected 376 workers, including 133 fatalities and 243 serious injuries, while 21 trade disputes arose and nine were settled.
Governor General of Canada Kerr Grey spoke to newspaper men at Bristol on arrival. He praised the Dominion’s prospects and immigration potential in the Maritime Provinces and urged readers to visit Canada to understand its rapid development and bright future.
Theodore Roosevelt returned to New York after a year abroad to a spontaneous, enthusiastic welcome from four million residents and visiting crowds. The city showed pride in its famed son as official ceremonies were brief and did not dampen the public excitement.
William Mackenzie president of the Canadian Northern Railway spoke on the business outlook saying the possibilities seem overwhelming. He hailed Canada as a rich agricultural country with wheat prices expected to stay high and vast wealth from its lands.
At the Congregational Union of Canada meeting the board adopted recommendations to wait for other bodies to test their constituencies before proceeding further. It urged continued common union and instructed a special sub committee to review legal and administrative points for the proposed union across churches and societies.
Five by laws to raise 100000 were carried by large majorities in Moose Jaw. The measures allocate 10000 for a fire station on Sputtly Hill 15000 for an isolation hospital 30000 for a produce market 10000 for exhibition grounds improvements and 35000 plus 35000 for extending the electric lighting system.
Right Hon. John Burns, president of the Local Government Board, says emigration offers a sure way to remove pauper children from harmful influences and vice, guiding guardians to seek such routes.
William Frederick Jr. tells Fairmouth News he is the only person to memorize the Bible by memory. He can repeat any passage from Genesis to Revelation and state its location, saying he began at eighteen and did it for personal study and love of the Holy Word.
An ad extols Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a stomach acting medicine with ingredients passing to the bowels for strong purgative effects. It claims long use and superiority over other pills and presents a generic testimonial tone from a period publication.
In a Louisville Courier Journal piece a horticultural expert dismisses the idea of a melon with a handle for easy carrying. He quips that would lead to demands for wheels, implying impracticality.
Comedian Francis Wilson jokes at a New York dinner about the law banning his play The Bachelor's Baby and cites open abuse of laws for stagechildren. In a prayer meeting, William Spargus announces a change of heart forgiving Deacon Jones for a horse sale, but Jones says the horse still unpaid.
A public figure criticizes Congress pay as small for services in the executive branch while officials receive more. He likens it to laborers paid with money tossed at a ladder where what sticks to rungs goes to workers and what falls to bosses. The quote appears in Everybody's.
Practically every up-to-date druggist grocer and general dealer now sells Wilson's Fly Pada products across many shops. The ad lists widespread availability and suggests consumer demand. no further details on price or origin are given.
A speaker jests about travelers choosing to tip or kick, claiming to do both. They joke that the more they tip, the more they kick, highlighting a playful paradox in travel etiquette.
A Chicago Record-Herald snippet features a child in court custody answering a policeman about his home. The tale contrasts a homeless boy with his well clad appearance and precarious guardianship.
A tramp at a Detroit back door told a tragic tale to a mistress who dismissed it with a dry remark. He quipped that his story would be copyrightable, prompting a wry exchange about repeated sob stories.
In infant mortality causes bowel complaints greatly destroy child life. Dr J D Kellogg’s Dy sentery Cordial can be given safely to even the smallest child with no injurious substance, potentially saving many little ones.
In a Baltimore American item, Sally is praised as a good laundress and asked if she washes with avidity. She replies that she does not, noting she uses a good brand of soap.
A cryptic quotation hints at a striking affection tied to a first spouse, contrasted with a notion of a first love. The dialogue suggests a nuanced tale of unlikely devotion within marriage.
The Doctor's Answers gives medical guidance from Dr Lewis Baker in Dayton Ohio. Readers send questions on illnesses and remedies with prescriptions and dosages for conditions like jaundice liver chronic bronchitis and scrofula using compounds such as comp essence cardiol syrup hypo phosphites and cascara.
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