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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 30, 1914
Page
2
O P Alver of Toronto offers Restorative Herb capsules policy a female laxative toric compound priced at two dollars U S funds. The product sheet lists address 5091 Sherbourne Street Toronto for orders and inquiries.
A wayward young man in frail health was sent to the southwest to recuperate after a theft of beef. While confined to his room he wrote to his father asking for $100, explaining he had eaten some of the meat since his arrival.
The advertisement proclaims Holaway's Corn Cure as the solution for stubborn corns and warts. It asserts rapid relief and appeals to readers seeking steady, at home treatment.
A pound of parsnips yields 12 strength units, skim milk yields 34, and split peas deliver 258. This comparison highlights varying nutrient or power values across these foods.
A German peasant loses his cow, his wife dies of grief, and after her burial neighbors offer daughters and relatives as wives. The farmer quips that losing a wife brings more chances for a new marriage than losing a cow. Youth's Companion recounts the anecdote.
Harold C. Goddard criticizes university teaching for misdirecting students. He argues that focusing on Greek grammar, worm dissections, or Italian literature as mere prerequisites misses the underlying aim: igniting a sense of literary wonder and the Hellenic spirit.
The article weighs civilization by multiple factors and positions the United States Britain and Germany ahead in wealth while Norway is called the most civilized overall due to mature common sense and justice in its Mea civilization context.
The pond skater and water spider use microscopic hairs on their feet to trap air allowing flotation and surface walking. Each step creates tiny water depressions while air prevents sinking, and a hair coat keeps the body dry. Velia currens is cited.
The account from Talbot notes a fierce gale on the Atlantic guarding the Seven Stones between Land's End and the Scilly isles. A single wave hurled a lifeboat, knocked a crewman senseless, and mauled another, leaving two of seven men incapacitated. The first rightship was stationed in the Thames estuary in 1713.
The article describes a July goma rite at Segitera temple in Ise province Japan. It venerates Acalanatha, a Buddha servant, with Shin gonz beliefs urging purging of desire. Farmers seek embers or ashes claiming crops improve next season.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer correspondent recalls a scene in an alley running from Payne Avenue where two boys fight. The skinnier boy with a backer, who misuses self defense terms, urges to strike at the solar plexus to end the larger boy.
Mrs Mason asks what her husband meant by positive humor but not negative. Mr Mason answers quietly that he meant you could make a joke but no one would laugh.
A well known Parisian tourist in Goa buys an antique wood carving with an archaic ar mortal figure. The farmer later reveals the bar was installed upside down. the date 1801 remains the same though the buyer questions the purchase.
The stomach is the centre of the nervous system and when it fails nerve disturbances follow. If untreated nervous debility can occur. Restoring stomach action is key and Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are praised for curing nervous disorders by many attestations.
A conductor warns an inquisitive traveler about danger as the car nears a bridge. The traveler refuses to withdraw his head, prompting a sharper reminder about avoiding girders. The tale ends with the traveler’s head returning inside.
A Japanese censorship system grants a government official power to prosecute offending authors and ban sales. The novelist of The Great City faced court action for a realistic Tokio life depiction, while even some Moliere works were banned for perceived disrespect by wives and sons toward husbands and fathers.
The article urges mothers to guard infants from summer illnesses such as cholera infantum diarrhoea and dysentery and promotes Baby's Own Tablets as safe relief. It notes the tablets regulate bowels and stomach and can be bought from The Williams' Medicine Co Brockville Ontario for 26 cents a box.
A contemporary recounts a Par beggar who, despite a halfpenny gift offer, rewards the almsgiver with a silver coin. It recalls Paul Verlaine who, in poverty, faced burglars and sold his furniture, with strangers giving him a franc each before a troubled end.
De Rosthern once crossed the Yangtze near its mouth at Cheniang and learned locals dip water from a bay spring for cooking. He concluded that this spring water, when combined with Mingshan tea leaves, yields the best cup of tea in the world.
The New York Sun quotes a joke about a genial man named Neddy who borrows easily but forgets to repay. A commentator notes a counterpart in the speaker who never collects debts, only borrows back in installments. The gag ends with a self described ten dollar overdraft.
A courtroom scene portrays Mrs Richquick-Goodness accusing her husband of sentimentality in pipe cleaning as the judge condemns the behavior as perfectly disgusting and orders decorum.
The 1865 Staplehurst accident left Charles Dickens deeply shocked. He helped free wounded passengers and save his manuscript of Our Mutual Friend, but he never recovered from the fear and trauma, dying five years later on the anniversary of the crash.
The dragon fly is praised as one of the most wonderful insects. It can fly at sixty miles per hour, stop instantly, and steer backward or sideways without losing speed or altering its body position.
The New York Post notes a critic in the front row drawing attention as a large audience attempts to mimic a musical sharp, creating a synchronized yawning moment and a display of collective reaction.
A teacher writes a misprint on the board stating The toaat was drank in silence and asks students to find the error. Little Tommy raises his hand.
A playful exchange at the cuisine features a joke about Adam and Eve. The husband notes a lack of cooking schools in biblical times while his wife asks why. He quips Eve would have baked the apple into a pie, implying a tastier outcome.
The New York American notes there is no satisfactory definition of insanity. It cites Sir William Hamilton calling it the paralysis of the regulating faculties of the mind and adds that insanity like sleep dreams and life remains a mystery beyond current science.
A customer seeks flea treatment while a drug clerk suggests alternatives and a judge weighs in. The brief exchange centers on practical pet care options and appropriate remedies. The dialogue underscores guidance from store staff and jurisdictional attitudes toward pet health.
A brief quotation exchange features Pele Mele noting a debt of a hundred francs and asking for more time to repay. The line captures dialogue about repayment and patience in a casual, humorous tone.
Fresh water lakes form from ongoing river inflow with an open basin and constant chemical makeup, while salt lakes are closed basins losing water only by evaporation. Water dissolves substances as it moves, gradually carrying solutes to the ocean, which grows saltier as evaporation concentrates minerals.
A Nova Scotia reader from Digby County writes that after a fall left a chest injury, liniments failed until Minard's Liniment was applied warmed on flannels to the breast, which promptly cured him.
The Santa Fe New Mexican notes a late night comic moment as an electrician explains at 3 a.m. he needed a drink and a "short circuit" followed. The quip centers on domestic electricity puns and a humorous household setting.
An electric engineer conceived the electric fan while testing a propeller for an electric boat, leading to the invention of a cooling device.
A short quotation from Fliegende Blätter features a playful exchange about age. He remarks on seeming older than claimed while she argues age shifts constantly, highlighting a humorous view of memory and self-perception.
African teakwood is praised for indestructible qualities and heavy density. Used extensively in shipbuilding, many teak ships survive over a hundred years. Teak weighs 42 to 52 pounds per cubic foot, resists rusting nails due to its natural oil, but requires extra hard tools to work.
Mrs Clay telephoned to a friend that she would visit for the day. She arrives cheerfully as the hostess’s daughter opens the door and the child greets her. The hostess had said she was grateful the visit would be over.
A fragment from a historical note explains removing a splinter under a fingernail is tough. It suggests placing a cold water dam around the fingertip and keeping it wet and cool to draw out the splinter and prevent festering.
A husband enters to find Isabel rearranging the home in anticipation of Aunt Jane's telegram. The note states Aunt Jane will arrive at 6 30 and Isabel searches for a photograph believed to be missing.
London Tit-Bits notes that animal tongues serve as charms in parts of the world. A living fox tongue is believed to ward off disease but often proves fatal if the bearer encounters a fox at a crossroads. A vulture tongue hung about the neck is said to grant wishes, while some East Indians avoid biting animal tongues to keep luck in hunting.
A quick-witted burglar confronts Cohen and demands fifty dollars for the gun. Cohen complies, selling the weapon in a tense exchange, with a gargoyle reference noted in the chaotic scene.
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