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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
3
The St Gabriel Church on St Catharine Street sold for 90000 to finance new projects. An offer of 250000 has been made for St James Methodist Church, the finest in America, with plans uncertain to build a theatre or hotel and removal of the church building sought by trustees.
A large steer raised 30 miles north of Gleichen will travel to Alaska Yukon exposition to showcase Alberta grasses. At 3 or 4 years old the animal stands six feet high and weighs 2,560 pounds, with length 7 feet 2 inches and girth 5 feet 8 inches. It worked in an ox team last fall and has lived on grass through winter. Projections place its weight at 3,508 pounds by season end.
A short advertisement promotes Thomas' Electric Oil as a versatile remedy for children with colds and croup, adults with pains, and even directions for use on sick cattle, urging households to keep a bottle on hand.
The captain explains navigation by compass to a listener, noting the needle points north and addressing how to head south if needed. The Chicago News item presents a brief dialogue illustrating basic celestial navigation concepts through a humorous exchange.
A fragmented old advertisement offers one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh cured, naming Frank J. Cheney and A. W. Gleason as notary public witnesses. It claims Hall's Catarrh Cure, taken internally, treats symptoms including mucous and sinus issues, and urges readers to send testimonials.
A London Globe excerpt shows a friend visiting an invalid named Bill, bringing a few flowers to lift his spirits. The scene depicts grim humor about death as the speaker notes the long path to a coffin.
An advertisement touts Murine Eye Remedy for irritated eyes including chalk dust strain and pink eye. It cites a New York City census showing nearly 18,000 children needing eye care and claims Murine soothes eye pain without injury, with pricing at 30 cents and promotion of free eye care literature.
In a fragmentary quote a Scottish American asks about liking a brass band. The response indicates a band is nice but shows a preference for a gold one.
Mr William Sly of the Domestic Servants Benevolent Institution says long service is common and well treated servants stay. An advertisement notes Jane Cook, 93, who served seventy five years with Mrs Abraham and Mrs Carvalho in Clifton and London. Caroline Chipp has 80 plus years as a domestic servant. Susan O Haran died aged 107 after ninety seven years serving the Hall family of Lisburn.
Indian betting at race meetings has shifted to native gamblers who bet by jockey colors and favorites. Wealthier Indians form rings to back every horse, yielding wins for some. Authorities fear a surge in betting losses reaching about 30 lacs rupees per season and petty theft to cover bets as the racing season returns.
Sir Robert Hart encountered Gen Gordon during his Allied Army days in Ina. Gordon attended a review at Quinsan where officers, eager to impress, wore their own often fantastic uniforms. He laughed and teased, repeatedly saying Go it, ye cripples as the march passed.
A published interview reveals J M Barrie deeply engaged with smoking, starting with a calabash pipe, then multiple briars and finally a cigarette. The dramatist moved between pipes, swapping and relighting, before concluding the hour with a cigarette.
Sir Henry C Burdett urges surgeons to avoid unnecessary operations and to reserve the knife for essential cases. He notes the risks, costs, and often limited success of operations, and praises Dr Chase's Ointment for curing bleeding piles when surgery fails. A testimonial from Arthur Lepine of Muskoka details a two-year pile sufferer’s relief after using the ointment, priced 60 cents a box at dealers or Edmanson Bates & Co Toronto.
A Chicago Tribune exchange features an oil magnate boasting of helping young men to education and a muckraker challenging the assertion, referencing poor boys studying by coal oil lamp light as implied proof.
The article claims Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills restore healthy stomach action to clear mind and improve energy. It urges a trial, noting the pills’ long-standing general medicinal use and top standing in medicine.
Mrs Jagsby greets Mr Jagsby at daybreak and recalls a restless night. He says they rose with Misher Wright in his airship lash but could not bring it down. The dialogue hints at an airborne mishap and comic hardship.
US government scientists conclude the common house fly is a principal vector for typhoid fever diphtheria and related diseases. Wilson's Fly Pads claim to kill flies and the germs they carry, aiding disease prevention.
Mrs. Von Cerious sits up at 5 a.m. reading an encyclopedia after an article claims learning can occur at odd times. Mr. Von Cerious questions her as she explains she cannot sleep and seeks knowledge in the early hours.
A letter from W Wilprid Gagne of the Grand Central Hotel Drummondville dated August 3 1904 reports curing a valuable hunting dog of mange using MINARD'S LINIMENT after several veterinarians had failed to help.
An elderly woman aboard a Kansas branch train pestered the conductor with questions about where to exit as the train neared the station. The conductor quips that both ends stop, leaving her unsure which door to use.
The fragment references a Cleveland Leader item about a resolution condemning the level of expectation of women for murder. No further context or names are readable.
Surajah Dowla, the Nawab of Bengal who captured Calcutta, is defeated by Colonel Clive near Piassy. He flees to Patna, is betrayed in Rajemahl, arrested, and brought to Calcutta where he is executed by order of Meer Jaffier, cementing British ascendancy in India.
Sir John Gorst, who recently resigned a 6000 dollar pension, is noted for independent politics and a past Primrose League trusteeship. Once a Cambridge graduate and evangelist to the Maori in New Zealand, he edited The Lone Sparrow on the Housetop which lasted six numbers before Maoris raided the office for lack of lead.
In eighteenth century English memoirs, royal infants like George IV were bathed only every two weeks, and royal mothers feared airing linen. People believed complete bodily ablutions weakened the body and instead relied on doctors who bled patients, sometimes causing weakness or death.
The Westminster Gazette notes Canewdon in Essex once shaped England’s fate. Canute and his Danes defeated Edmund Ironside here, earning the crown, with the ground named Canute’s Down. Five manors were granted to Sweyn and Christianity spread from Canewdon into the nearby rural deanery.
Mothers warned of summer illnesses in small children with cholera infantem and diarrhea. Babies Own Tablets touted as preventive and curative for stomach and bone disorders. Quote from Geo Howell of Sandy Beach, Quebec credits relief after use. Sold by medicine dealers or 25 cents per box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
A tiny harbor tug on Long Island Sound sits unpainted and dilapidated at a worn wharf. Its stern bears the bold name Dreadnought, drawing attention despite its shabby condition according to the Boston Herald.
The advertisement argues pills are the most portable and acceptable medicine and parmelees vegetable pills are the most popular. It claims they are accurately compounded from ingredients proven to regulate digestive organs and asserts there is no surer medicine available.
A historical remark contrasts Columbus fame with the discoverer’s circumstance. The Detroit Free Press notes the sharp pupil’s quip that Columbus owed his renown to America not already being discovered.
A quick lunch patron jokes with a waiter, ordering “Dovehnuts and black coffee.” The waiter relays the odd order by wireless as “One in the park an' two rubber tires,” reflecting a playful newspaper quip from the Chicago Tribune.
A playful early exchange has a young reporter asking about humble beginnings and the citizen replying with a humorous misstatement about starting life as a seal. The vignette captures a lighthearted, schoolyard style with a clipped, dated cadence.
A fragment shows a quip about sending ten thousand lisses and a demand that the writer visit to inspect terminal facilities in person, reflecting witty dialogue in the Chicago Record-Herald.
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