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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR yields a mix of quotes and ads. It cites Wolsey and Henry VIII blame, a Dr Thomas Oil remedy claim, a telegraph line, Salada Tea packaging, and a service claim about family treatment, with example dialogue from a Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet.
Market dealers report a bountiful strawberry crop with prices within reach for all. The article provides a recipe using Shredded Wheat Biscuit and berries with milk or cream, praising digestibility and nutrition. It notes some cannot eat strawberries but offers alternatives and tips for easy, wholesome summer meals.
The note recaps a query about Minard’s and describes six English slowworms in the reptile house. It countering legend explains slowworms stiffen when captured yet only parts survive. the piece ends by contrasting kind and cruel words and a man’s response to domestic trouble.
A river town resident notes many floats during the rainy season. The traveler carries Dr J D Kelloge's Dysentery Cordial as a standard remedy for dysentery when food and water change in unfamiliar places with no doctors.
A pithy line notes that every person may have a doppelganger or mirror image in society, implying shared traits or fate across individuals. The remark hints at universal likeness among humans beyond surface appearances.
Sound Health for All Children asserts Baby's Own Tablets cure stomach and bowel troubles in children. Mrs Wm F Gay of St Eleanors, P E L, endorses the product and notes its safety and usefulness. tablets can be crushed or dissolved. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A grocer scolds a new boy on care as a fly lands on sugar. He catches and throws it away. The boy notes the moral, saying the grocer set a bad example by discarding the fly without brushing the sugar off its feet. The lesson centers on thoroughness and attention to detail.
The article warns appendicitis often stems from constipation about 75 percent. It describes symptoms such as abdominal pain vomiting and chills. It promotes Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills as a remedy and lists Bates & Co in Toronto selling them 25 cents a box.
A London judicial committee considers a petition from two Ceylonese sisters and a servant boy seeking leave to appeal a death sentence commuted to twenty years. They challenge the verdict for a murder in Talahena, Colombo, noting disputed evidence and alleged trial errors.
John Keen Green, longtime Victoria station master for the South Eastern and Chatham Railway, recalls a thrilling scene when Lord Kitchener returned from Omdurman. The crowd surged, barriers were breached, and police helped Kitchener reach a back exit to escape in a hansom. Green recently retired after 44 years with the company.
The fragment recalls a wedding moment with Casey and Finegan Andrews and a joke about perception. It mentions Muldoon's wedding and a line about Casey lacking confidence and a black eye. No clear event or outcome is established.
An observer notes that wearing a ping hat will not grant horse sense, reflecting a skeptical view on fad headgear from Yonkers, New York.
The report recalls John Milton’s sharp reply to Charles II who asked if his blindness was a judgment for defending his father’s murder. Milton answered that while he had lost his sight, the king should remember his father was beheaded.
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