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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 25, 1912
Page
6
A Scottish writer recalls meeting an old man walking with crutches and a goose that shadowed him closely. The bird aggressively protected the man, pecking at the narrator and biting a patch from the narrator’s leg before the goose released him with a walking stick. The man says the goose accompanies him everywhere, even staying at his door during storms.
A collage of humorous lines and social vignettes from stage life and street scenes. Includes a playful quarrel over a lover's status, a barber’s quip on capital punishment, quotes about Shakespeare and mortality, and light domestic antics from children and travelers.
A new International Horse Society is planned in Cairo to safeguard pure bred Arab horses against dwindling numbers and declining quality. The group aims to certify purity, stage annual shows, and hold auctions offering first class desert origin stock to buyers including private owners and government studs.
A Valencia reader, Mrs Anna Rodriguez, reports relief from back ache headaches and low mood after using Dr Hamilton’s Pills of Mandrake and Butternut. The notice urges others to use the pills at 25c a box or five for $1.00, sold by Catarrhozone Company dealers in Kingston Ont. Catarrhozone also advertises Arab horse breeding in Egypt and show plans with Bedouin tribes, European studs, and international participation.
A quarrel unfolds over a strained relationship as one spouse accuses the other of deceit while an attempted romance is described as an affinity that cannot endure. The husband counterclaims accusing the lover of fabricating emotion and betrayal.
The Made-in-Canada train tour across Western Canada showcases home products with Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada displaying brands including Black Watch Chewing Tobacco Shamrock plug Meerschaum Cut Plug Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes Sweet Caporal Cigarettes and Columbia Little Cigars as eye opening souvenirs and samples to visitors.
Juan B. Powell writes from Carleton claiming Nervaline cured his back pain after overexertion. He extols its penetration and pain relief for strains and rheumatic ailments and urges use. Available in large 50c and trial 25c sizes from The Catarrhozone Co., Buffalo and Kingston.
In France du Cheval de Guerre joins the Russia based Societe des Concours Hippiques and the Vienna committee to organize the International Horse Show in Vienna.
Booby eggs, gathered from islets around Kingston Jamaica, are shipped by boat to Port Antonio and sold by the box to Negro women who retail them in Kingston Spanish Town Port Antonio and Montero Bay among other towns. The eggs about two-thirds the size of a hen egg are described as palatable and are a notable sight for locals.
A historical note describes pike as once overpriced under Edward I who fixed pike value above salmon and far above turbot. It contrasts declining demand today with pike’s reputed long life and cites Gesner’s tale of a 1497 catch in Suab ia with a ring bearing a dated inscription linked to Frederick II.
A sales note touts Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor as a painless remedy for all corn types that works overnight and costs 25 cents. It emphasizes night action and safety, marketing the product as the only painless option.
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