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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 29, 1909
Page
6
An advertisement claims weak girls become strong women through Dr Williams Pink Pills. It asserts unhealthy girlhood causes headaches backaches paleness and fatigue and that the pills build rich blood to meet new demands of womanhood. Eva Dennis of Amherst endorses the product and cites relief after using multiple boxes. The pills cost 50 cents per box or $2.50 for six.
A playful dialogue depicts alimony and ceremony as a woman jokes about kissing a judge who divorces her. The exchange contrasts old fashioned notions with modern attitudes to marriage and separation.
An adv article touts Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil as a six-oil blend with no alcohol. It claims lasting effects and stronger preventive and healing power than any other medicinal oil.
A collage of humorous product pitches and mock dialogs from Browning's Magazine and Argonaut. Includes lines praising Wilson's Fly Pads for killing flies, Mother Graves Worm Exterminator, and Miniment cures for cows, plus a jailer’s quip about bread and water and a joke about burying the last man who dies.
An Odessa correspondence of the London Standard recounts a tale from Alexander I era Russia. A widow sought a ministerial post for her son, faced promises broken, and, after a prompt nudge from the czar, paid £1000 to the minister. The minister later confessed he paid £22,500 for his own portfolio, the czar recouped the £1000, and the minister remained in office.
The article explains how Germany directs reservists to mobilize using town signboards. A reservist finds his plate by consulting a local official, then travels to a designated town, receives transport and funds, and reports to his unit with his issued uniform and equipment labeled with his name and regimental number.
The Basque provinces in northern Spain resist a common linguistic origin, mixing elements from Chinese, North American Indian, and East African languages. The Basque people, numbering about half a million, use Eskuara with the motto Irurachat and govern each province by a semi elective parish based parliament.
An advertisement in a Turkish newspaper shows a middle class Mohammedan thanking many for sympathy after the death of his wife at the dzenaza funeral. It marks the first recorded instance of a Mohammedan publicly acknowledging his wife.
A commercial traveler reports an odd window notice in a western England shop. The sign reads OME GRONE MEGAPOTT and refers to home grown honey and its price. The piece comments on the implications for new spelling advocates.
In a quirky exchange, one person admits eating a cake baked by another to feel solid. The responder confirms success, saying they felt like a ton of lead afterward, highlighting the odd motive and outcome with playful tone.
A comic exchange notes that the average woman exits a trolley car backward and jokes that she does so with a backward exit in a scene titled Woman's Way. The strip uses a light conversational banter between Blobbs and Blobbs about manners and laughter.
A light dialogue features an old gentleman asking about family ties and Willie replying that his father makes him wear all his old ones in a humorous exchange.
The Carmen captain, after four months at Kerguelen Island, found a small nugget of gold on the shore while hunting sea elephants. His voyage yielded 150 tons of oil and reports of coal deposits, suggesting possible future mining and fuel value.
The American Museum of Safety and Sanitation reports that 1908 nationwide accidents reached 500000 from all causes, equivalent to 500 regiments. It notes that insurance estimates place annual losses to companies at 125 million dollars and that personal injury judgments average about 500 dollars with lawyers taking half.
A bridge party offered Saxony china baskets and gilt rimmed pots as prizes. Festoons of roses contrasted with pure white china while each prize held a pink bachelor’s button plant, blooming in springlike charm.
The text notes a seasonal transition causing bodily trouble and cites Dr Kelloge's Dysentery Cordial as the best medicine. An irate barber quips about a mean customer as a man leaves, adding a brief street scene.
A New York lawyer recalls a Tennessee whiskey jury tale. In Arkansas a defendant faced adulterated liquor charges and whiskey was offered as evidence. The foreman tells the judge the jury needs more evidence before reaching a verdict.
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