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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 16, 1910
Page
3
Local quip contrasts a new French play with a modest house bought last year. The speakers mix dialect and humor to note the distinction between art and simple living.
The Boston Transcript notes testimony on Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil easing respiratory disorders and bronchial inflammation. It cites Mr. Gramp and Miss Readywit in a satirical exchange about marriage and pay.
A druggist touts Marine Eye Remedy as relief for sore eyes and weak eyes and claims it soothes eye pain. The ad asserts a 50 cent price and recommends it for babies and adults with eyelid issues and granulation. The text includes a clipped political exchange about suffrage with military figures in the background.
A fragment from Cleveland papers records a playful query about Jane's marriage, noting a reply that a man named Bridge is to marry her. The exchange touches on family and social expectations with a humorous edge.
In a humorous church scene a stout man announces Jeremiah can have his seat as the preacher turns from minor to major prophets and finally to Jeremiah, prompting amused relief from the congregation during the discourse.
Dr Robbins notes a humane shift in English boys taken from London streets to the British navy. He argues the main physical change is the lower jaw growth from hardtack and salt meat rations, reflecting improved stature and facial expression.
Belle Gold recalls a joke where Dockstader asks a waiter how long a portly old scout has been in a restaurant. After learning his order, Dockstader tips 50 cents and asks for another porterhouse to be served to the unsuspecting diner. The waiter obliges.
Mrs John Pettigrew of Central Economy New York reports rheumatism relief after taking two boxes of Gin Pills. She praises the product and urges others with painful joints to write National Drug & Chemical Co for a sample and pricing. An unrelated cartoon caption about airships appears at the end.
At the Yarmouth YMCA Boys Camp in Tusket Falls during August MINARD S LINIMENT provided immediate relief for sunburn colic and toothache says Alfred Stokes General Secretary.
Within weeks an item of news from Mount Wilson Observatory will reveal whether the 110 inch lens recently cast in France will be a success. The five ton glass must swing freely in a clockwork setup to counter earth’s rotation, aided by a Mercury bearing. Astronomers expect larger lenses to yield stronger stellar spectra and promise new cosmic insights.
In a terse exchange the first fair autoist asks if any damages were paid after a runover incident. The reply claims the victim was the man’s husband, yielding a pointed domestic element amid the accident report.
A Quebec man writes that chronic back pain near his St Hyacinthe home subsided after using Fruit-a-tives, a fruit juice medicine sold 50c a box or six for 2.50. The ad urges kidney pain relief and directs readers to Ottawa for purchases.
A scrambled collage of quotes mocks love and work ethic. References include Mother Graves Worm Exterminator praise and a remark on love making the head spin. It also includes a dialogue about work routines and jabs at prison names quoted from Chicago News and San Francisco Star.
A historical advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for indigestion and related ailments. It cites Miss M Y C Roberge of Sorel Quebec, claiming nine years of suffering ended after weeks of use. The copy asserts benefits for anemia headaches rheumatism and nervous disorders, urging purchase from the Dr Williams Medicine Co.
Former Councilman L C Carran notes rail workers blend humor with duty. He recalls a Arkansas trip where a brakesman shouted gibberish and the train halted, a playful quip about engineers’ stopping habits reflecting region’s travel lore.
A playful exchange unfolds in a domestic scene as a groom recalls Samoa while nibbling his bride’s bread. The conversation blends humor with absentminded reverie as he struggles to speak clearly.
The article urges travelers to carry Dr. J. D. Kellogg’s Dysentery Cordial when moving homes or visiting unfamiliar places. It cautions that change of food and water can trigger dysentery and recommends this standard remedy to cope and prevent illness.
A Louisville Courier-Journal item notes merchants claim their goods speak for themselves as buyers inquire about gramophones. The quote emphasizes product confidence and retail appeal in a period setting.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole positive cure for catarrh, claimed constitutional disease. It asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers 100 dollar reward for any uncured case, cites testimonials, and notes sale by F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio plus Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A purchaser asks a real estate agent if the river sometimes overflows its banks. The agent replies that it is not one of those sickly streams confined to their beds. Then a quip about Lieut Schmidt and engagements follows in a comic aside from Filegende Blaetter.
A quirky exchange between a lawyer and an office boy unfolds with humor about funerals and family ties. The lawyer jokes about not warning him of a relative's death, while the boy defends their unusual family background mentioning a Mormon father.
The large sale of 76 000 acres in southeastern Alberta attracted farmers and ranchers with most buyers from nearby homesteads. Prices averaged 13.22 per acre, while outlying sections sold to ranchers at upset price of 7 per acre. The event signals strong local faith in land values despite wide bidding.
In Yonker Statesman style dialogue a boy admits his mother kept him indoors while she conducted her singing lessons, prompting a gentle parental scene and a quick, humorous reveal of domestic life.
A teacher boosts a very small boy as he struggles through the lesson, prompting him to answer what comes after G with a confident Whiz.
From Paper Rapids Ontario a Canadian woman Mrs Fred Krieger recounts relief after using Dodd's Kidney Pills for kidney disease backache gravel and rheumatism. She says eight boxes cured her and she now can work again and feels a new woman.
Purifying and beautifying the skin scalp and hair for allaying minor irritations and preventing chronic conditions. Cuticura Soap and Ointment touted as speedy, economical treatments for eczemas, itchings and inflammations. effective when other remedies fail.
A customer resists kitchen jests as the proprietor confronts a waiter’s rude banter. The waiter schemes to curry favor by offering various dishes while the customer remains unamused in a tense exchange captured by Tit-Bits.
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