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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1917
Page
7
The United States rejects sharing the world with the Hohenzollerns and vows to fight for a lasting solution. The piece argues for a united front from North Sea to Indian Ocean, stressing that neutrality is unsustainable and real participation is necessary to curb future danger.
The article lists global wheat harvest months by region. January fields in Argentina and New Zealand, February and March in the East Indies and Egypt, April in Cyprus Asia Minor and Cuba, May in China and Japan, June peak with Turkey Greece Spain and southern France and US South, July in northern US and Canada Austria Germany Russia, August in Britain, September and October in Sweden and Norway, and November December in Peru and South Africa.
Reprint of a letter excerpt featuring James W. Gerard, former U S ambassador in Berlin, criticizing German public behavior and describing a shift from a historic to a militarized national character beneath a "Prussian helmet" culture.
Dear Sirs this fall I was thrown on a fence and hurt my chest badly making it hard to breathe I tried many liniments without relief one bottle of Minard Liniment warmed and applied to my breast cured me completely signed C H Collaboom Rossway Digby Co Nova Scotia
An ad describes Dr Thomas Electric Oil as simple for all ages to use. It promotes two uses a liniment and a dressing with plain directions that are easy to understand.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company through its Colonization and Development Department led by J. S. Dennis has launched an eight thousand absentee owner outreach to persuade cultivation of their holdings. The circular highlights profits from last year's crops and offers free advisory help, travel routes, customs rules, rates, and full details to settle and cultivate, aiming to boost Dominion-wide development amid a global food shortage.
A New York Evening Sun correspondent notes that Russia has no national flag or anthem, the aristocratic eagle torn down and the red banner raised in revolution. Yet the upheaval offers no assured path to stability or progress, as the whirlwind of change spreads the red banner without laying a lasting national life.
A letter from Harriston Ontario recounts a newborn girl saved from chronic stomach illness after using Dr Cassell's Tablets. The ad touts cures for dyspepsia kidney trouble insomnia anemia nervous ailments and more with a sample offer and prices. Sole proprietors cite originality and warn against hypophosphite imitations.
A Vancouver Sun passage extols a frugal life where one sustains on oatmeal and philosophy and outperforms those who chase grand meals and long nights. It likens excess to an anaconda.
The exchange notes a heavy cigar habit with one party admitting the habit and the other agreeing with conviction. The dialogue implies a casual, humorous tone about smoking choices.
Advert says Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy ends suff ering with a soft gentle influence. It claims to relieve tightened air tubes and make asthmatic affliction a thing of the past for thousands. Sold by druggists for years with guaranteed results.
If one is troubled with corns and warts, he will find in Holloway's Corn Cure an application that will entirely relieve suffering.
The ricksha, a single wheeled transport born from missionary work in the Congo, was designed by a Swede. It uses bicycle tubing to support a cushioned chair and a loop-like front handle, with rear handles like a wheelbarrow. Two native boys can carry two passengers along narrow trails.
Workmen at Kiel demanded immediate increases in food allowances and salaries and were told by directors that they shared the same hardships and ate the same rations. A deputation asked to inspect directors' larders, but the directors claimed they had no larders or stores.
London Daily Mail reports a policy allowing suspending Sunday work in munition factories except for urgent repairs. The change aims to relieve workers from continuous seven day shifts and is expected to maintain or improve output through the reform.
A reader from Richer Man reports Baby's Own Tablets effectively cure childhood constipation. The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario sells the tablets by mail or through medicine dealers at 25 cents a box.
The account relayed to England by Rev. M. Caldwell describes Prince Karl Friedrich nephew of the Kaiser wounded, captured by Australians, and treated with kindness in a German prisoners hospital. The prince spoke of sport, tennis with Wilding, and a wish to live to rebuild his nation after the war. He died after a final prayer and a grateful farewell smile.
The Buffalo Express quotes Signor Nitti stating Italy asks nothing from the United States except mutual understanding. He notes Italy’s strong economy, ability to pay war interest from taxation, and praises the civil affairs organization seen by military experts in operations of the army.
A curiously blunt exchange features a man doubting a claim of brain fever about the new son in law. The father in law mocks the idea, likening it to a jellyfish with a back ache in a wry, skeptical moment.
A saying observes that accumulation of wealth appears simple for a man when he encounters many others eager to share the same want. The idea underscores social dynamics in pursuing rapid fortunes.
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