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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
3
A prison inmate fears loss of credit for receiving letters from a wife in prison while another convict derides poverty during a letter to a brother. The clippings warn of dysentery and advertise Dr Kellogg’s Dysentery Cordial, and end with a quip about fake art stories.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio pledges one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. The remedy is said to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Advertisement notes testimonials, price 75 cents, and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation. A concluding line remarks a girl’s view on becoming a full woman.
Classic gag from Leslie's Weekly features a punchline about a non existent oil portrait of John D. Rockefeller. The exchange humorously debunks a buyer asking for an oil painting of Rockefeller.
A downtown studio session is set for a large group photograph after a woman with eleven family members asks about the price. The photographer estimates the cost and she replies she will wait.
An old advertisement decries stomach paralysis from nervous dyspepsia and urges use of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. It tells of Ferdinand Buteau of Berthier Quebec who credits the remedy after a year of suffering and fifteen boxes purchased with ongoing benefits cited.
A narrator praises French farmers for compact, high fertility farming. He compares tenants who move with their farms to tortoises and extols the French top soil as priceless. He notes a lease clause allowing removal of eighteen inches of top soil at termination.
A Berliner Umschau piece compares hats for men and women noting hygienic concerns. An experiment with a healthy man wearing different hats recorded rising crown temperatures from 77 degrees in a Panama hat to 100 degrees in a black hat and yachting cap, warning against certain styles.
Persians reportedly bathe only monthly, visiting public baths to wash shave dye hair and nails, and spend the day eating buns and sherbet. Men and women have fixed bath days with a public shout of Hamum. Ladies have hair plaited in thin plaits to be opened at the next bath day.
A Punjab construction subaltern reports twelve native laborers killed by a dynamite accident. The commander replies with a terse question about wanting more dynamite, illustrating brutal wartime attitudes toward casualties.
The London Mail recounts two English travelers, Mr. Smith and Mr. Cross, dining in Paris. Smith orders in doubtful French while Cross critiques. Tension erupts when Smith demands privacy in his French, and Cross clarifies that Smith asked for a staircase when he only wanted a spoon.
A New York Sun brief captures a woman's memories of her wedding anniversaries and birthdays, reflecting personal milestones and the passage of time through intimate dates.
In Chicago a playful scene unfolds as John Jones and Mary Drew dine together while Mary mentions a lamb. The lighthearted note captures a domestic moment amid city life as spring memories mix with a whimsical reference to a lamb tale.
Thousands of women and girls suffer anaemia and are urged to use Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People to restore red blood. The ad features Miss Carrie McGrath of Halifax testifying to dramatic recovery and touts benefits for general weakness digestion rheumatism and nervous disorders. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail Brockville Ontario.
A terse dialogue unfolds with a merchant pressing for a job, an applicant claiming bank experience, and a back-and-forth about duties. A stray joke about a worm remedy and a quip on trying out a collector adds comic flavor to the street scene.
Governor Fort recounts a New Jersey case where an old Quaker woman wore a poke bonnet muffling her ears. The judge ordered removal, she refused, and the exchange ended with a quip about enough old women on the bench in Jersey.
A survey of humorous missteps in classical art. Turner’s rainbow behind the sun, Constant’s color error in Queen Victoria’s ribbon, a Lisbon Eden scene misreading monks, and Dutch police Soldier and schoolboy hood complicate famed works.
An archbishop of Bordeaux described a seminarian who woke at night and composed sermons while somnambulant. He read and corrected pages without sight even when a pasteboard hid the paper. Other sleepwalkers carried lights, dressed in sleep, or drew wine in darkness without spilling a drop.
Johnny Hobbs visits Worcester grandmother expects milk for dinner but finds spearmint tea instead. He explains he mistook the Worcester beverage for Hillbury milk. The grandmother corrects him gently as he learns city differences.
Paris Revue notes the remarkable musical sensitivity of spiders with stories of Pellisson's spider that listened to a prisoner's violin and was crushed, Gretry's tale of a spider near his piano, and Rubinstein encountering a spider at Brussels during three concerts, illustrating a strange, recurring motif in musical lore.
The text notes Homeric era knowledge of anesthetics and cites a 2000 year old Chinese hemp preparation called ona yo used to dull pain, analogous to modern cocaine. It frames historical pain relief practices across civilizations, highlighting early pharmacologic approaches.
Freckles may be hereditary with cases appearing all over the body. Food is not believed to cause freckles. Sun and wind contribute to freckling on faces, according to the report.
Authorities note that 85 to 95 percent of men in civilized lands are right handed and have a low right shoulder. The trait is not new, as ancient Greek sculptors also posed subjects to appear more symmetrical.
A playful exchange recalls a father and son tailoring tale. The Millionaire and Brooklyn Lile discuss billing and future business, with the father indicating his son’s two year bill and implying he will also use the tailor for his clothes. The dialogue pivots on playful banter about extending service and settling accounts.
The advertisement praises Dr. Thomas Electric Oil sold in small portable bottles at a very low price. It claims concentrated strength far surpasses many unguents and highlights its cheapness and versatility, asserting no dealer’s stock is complete without it.
In a humorous exchange Will Maupin recounts his approach to his wife's mother after marriage. He says he started by addressing her as "say" and later moved to calling her "grandma" to balance respect with affection. The anecdote appears in Everybody's Magazine through Maupin's personal experience.
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