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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 11, 1907
Page
2
A Ontario couple credits Dr Chase's Nerve Food with curing two severe nervous prostration cases after doctors failed. Testimonials from Atwood and Burgessville claim renewed sleep, appetite, energy, and vitality after six boxes, with 50 cent per box pricing and a six for 2.50 deal.
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt notes street thieves of Hindu origin as trained from childhood in foot and finger dexterity. It claims barefoot rascals lift wallets with their toes as easily as with hands, describing crowded moments and folded arms as disguises for theft.
An 19th century note extols Dr Kellogg Dysentery Cordial as a remedy for infant diarrhoea during teething, claiming it suits cholera and summer complaints. A separate court snippet shows a Scottish magistrate punishing an Irishwoman for being drunk with a fine or detention, illustrating daily legal consequences.
An advertisement touts ParMeele's Vegetable Pills as a superior purgative that strengthens the stomach, cleanses the blood, and regulates the liver and kidneys without harmful purgatives. The copy claims other pills weaken organs and that the product offers refreshing relief without injurious pigments. It also references Minard's Liniment and Wild cat hunting as cultural amusements of the era.
In Kingston a carter faced a police court for stealing a chicken. He confessed the act saying the bird nibbled at his horse’s corn and he struck it. He claimed he did not know the owner. The prosecutor joked the chicken was to blame and the charge was not pressed.
William F. Cooper master in chancery hatched a pigeon at a lodge on Merchants building La Salle and Washington streets after a five month absence. Cooper, who has studied city hall pigeons fourteen years, previously took twelve homing pigeons to Florida last December. the homers returned promptly, but the remaining bird was only recently seen again.
The Superior Express resumes Winnipeg to Port Arthur with daily departures from Winnipeg at 16.10k arrival 9.37k and from Port Arthur 21.20k arrival Winnipeg. The Alberta Express runs Winnipeg to Edmonton with daily departures 19.0k arrival 6.15k and Edmonton to Winnipeg 21.10k arrival 10.25k. The two trains offer through sleeping cars Edmonton to Port Arthur and dining car service with Winnipeg connections. Reduced Summer Tourist Rates are available. contact C. W. Cooper, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Canadian Northern Railway, Winnipeg. Nearby, a 36-pound lynx was shot and killed in Waterloo last week.
A Nova Scotia reader reports injury from a fall, saying liniments failed until a single bottle of Minard’s Liniment applied warm cured the chest pain and enabled work. The letter is signed C. H. Collaboom from Rossway, Digby Co.
Geo McNeill, presenting as a Chilean railway man and capitalist, pursued numerous Calgary property negotiations before disappearing. Local authorities seek leads to locate him and determine his involvement in ongoing deals and potential liabilities.
Ontario Quebec Cobalt reports No 2 shaft sunk to great depth as vein widens with depth. High values observed and a recent native silver strike on adjoining properties supports engineers’ view that this area will become one of the richest in the Cobalt district. Plans call for 150 more feet to test deeper ore richness.
Woodrow Wilson, president of Princeton, lamented the widespread distribution of honorary degrees. He noted universities increasingly grant them judiciously. He recounted a dinner anecdote about an uncouth man with three fees, explaining the fees mirrored his prior holdings.
A fact summary notes there are fourteen provinces and ten territories in Argentina. It also states the president's salary is $30,000.
A collection of household tips on plaster and linoleum care, sewing button tips, removing shine from black cloth with turpentine, keeping cooked meat hot by steaming, floor cleaning with cold water to avoid yellowing, cheaper rubber corset laces, using tomato to remove stains, using celery ends for flavoring soups, and meringue tips about powdered sugar.
The article emphasizes pure air and cleanliness as core nursing principles. It advises open windows, proper bedding with minimal weight, careful skin care, avoiding wakes during rest, quiet movement, and no contact with the patient’s bed or disturbance during meals.
A collection of practical kitchen notes covers orange marmalade with boiled ham, curry in cream sauce for baked macaroni, and prunes with pot roast for richer meat flavor. It cautions bananas should not chill below sixty degrees and offers a method to remove stains from enameled ware using water and potash.
Balloonists fashion trends are rising with the trend. Ladies pursuing ballooning favor gaberdine silimber or joden cloth in green. Outfits feature a short lined coat with multiple pockets, an adjustable skirt, ballooning cap, waterproof, Canadian mitts, and dark brown boots.
Anca argues that a husband who never asks for help is preferable to one who relies on others. She contends people value those who depend on them, noting a truth that we care more for those who rely on us than for those we rely on.
A Kansas deer farm near Stella spans fifteen acres with seven deer currently on site and eleven sold this season. Young deer fetch about 35 dollars per pair, with August or September sales. Mr. Berry has raised and sold deer for fourteen years, at times keeping up to twenty-five on hand. the herd typically doubles each year. Occasionally an older deer escapes but returns home.
In autumn a young couple sits under an apple tree and agree to kiss for every falling apple. The apples fall slowly at first then rapidly, as they resume their tryst in the orchard. A voice from the foliage overhead scolds Sister Ann for thinking she will earn ten cents by shaking apples all night.
Louis Vollet of the fishing schooner Mimosa from S1 Malo, France, was picked up on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland last week by the steamer Carmania. He had been adrift in a dory for 14 days, eight of which he had eaten nothing.
A fragmentary notice describes a bridal race in Yarmouth at St Nicholas church. The Devil's Chair, carved from a whale jawbone at the west end, inspires a game where newlyweds race down the vast nave toward the chair with superstitious belief in blessing the marriage.
A brief item asserts Wolford’s Sanitary Lotion cures contagious Itch on various animals in 30 minutes. The text also includes a humorous Tit-Bita fragment about a wound student, a postman, and a correspondence gag with a hostelrd delivery, plus a note on daily letters and stairs.
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