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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 20, 1916
Page
10
A Philadelphia Record item records a brief exchange where Mr Gnaggs quips about women choosing second thoughts. Mrs Gnaggs notes she refused him first, adding a playful retort about reconsideration in a dating context.
Mrs Patrick Williams of Kent Co New Brunswick reports great relief from headache and weakness using Dodd's Kidney Pills She claims many women suffer from sick kidneys and that the pills provide a natural cure by aiding kidney function and blood purification.
The Commerce report lists Canada timber values by class for 1914 totaling 176,672,000. Major items include lumber lath and shingles 67,500,000 fire wood 60,500,000 pulpwood 15,500,000 and miscellaneous exports 19,000,000. Other categories cover posts and rails 9,500,000 cross ties 9,000,000 and cooperage 1,900,000 among smaller amounts.
A voluntary committee canvassed Western City Winnipeg to urge enlistment and reports 4500 single men and widowers without children aged 18 to 45 eligible for recruitment. Of these 1533 are Canadian born, 1846 British born, 204 American, 266 Allies, and 535 enemy nations.
A Washington shop reports a dusky stranger entering to buy a razor. The clerk asks if it is safety, the man answers no it is for social usage. The piece also promotes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a remedy to restore stomach health.
French racing stables favor war themed names. Generals Joffre and French appear among popular choices. Victorious battles like La Marne and Tipperary get nods while cannons such as Seventy five and Hundred and five also appear. Irony shows in names like Chif fon de Papier Finis Teutonice and La Censure.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that heals catarrh through the blood and mucous surfaces. The makers promise $100 to any case it fails to cure and offer testimonials, with Toledo Ohio as the address for filings.
In Toronto Mr Justice Craig argued that rich men contribute far less than poorer ones who sacrifice more. He cited a millionaire who withholds funds while a neighbor sent five sons to the Empire, noting a poor man giving a dollar can be more generous. Ottawa Journal cites Minard's Liniment used by physicians.
A local merchant quips after war news that Germany will have a food dictator, joking that he has lived with such a figure for years. The remark reflects home front humor during tense days as global conflict unfolds.
The Liverpool Courier notes trawler captains as distinctive figures from two regions. North Sea skippers are stern and taciturn while Devonshire men are genial and loquacious yet all are independent and quick to critique naval officers. They boast seafaring pride and claim sailors alone master true seamanship.
The preparation claims to destroy stomachic and intestinal worms without shock or harm to sensitive systems. It acts thoroughly and painlessly, with vomiting in some cases indicating powerful action rather than nauseating properties.
The Queen Mother stopped her car in Hyde Park to watch a soldiers game near the Serpentine. Later that evening she sent a subscription to a fund supplying footballs to soldiers in training, illustrating practical sympathy.
Advert shows Nerviline as powerful pain cure for muscle twinges backache lumbago and rheumatism. Claims deep penetration to cells and joints, safe to use with no blisters, promotes rapid relief and limbering of the back, neuralgic headaches and sore throats. Produced by Catarrho Zone Co. Kingston Canada.
The 1916 season is expected to bring the largest butter output Western Canada has marketed. Alberta dairy commissioner C P Marker projects Alberta will produce about 9,000,000 pounds, up from 7,400,000 last year. Saskatchewan and Manitoba also anticipate big makes as efforts to improve creamery quality and market reach continue. Pasteurization is noted as improving keeping quality for long shipments.
Describes hammers fashioned after a human arm and fist pose, tracing the design inspiration to the outstretched limb and clenched hand shape.
The sentence describes how a camel’s legs, head, chest, and hump relate in a geometric or storytelling sense. It appears as a curious, self contained observation without a clear event or named figures. The line resembles marginal notes rather than a full news item or obituary.
A Turkish force surrounded a Russian reserve detachment west of Ashkala. The Russian soldiers, preferring a glorious death to surrender, attacked their captors with their officers at the head and overpowered the Turkish escort, compelling it to join their regiment.
A proposal suggests crafting a flag as the Standard of the Allied Nations. The idea envisions a symbol uniting Allied powers through a single banner to represent shared goals and cooperation across nations.
An advertisement assures mothers relief from their suffering children with Mother Graves Worm Exterminator, promising sure and lasting effects and the removal of anxiety.
Britain maintains 124 646 special constables with a daily on duty average of 16 831. This figure highlights the scale of citizen policing and the reliance on volunteers in maintaining public safety.
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