Dining hours query at club prompts rule 5 joke
A club member asks about dining hours. Another replies that hours run from 5 to a dollar for all except the committee. The exchange cites rule 5 granting the committee liberty to fill vacancies.
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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
3
Watts Promotes Hoelloway's Corn Cure for Clear Hands
A colorful sales line touts Hoelloway's Corn Cure as a thorough remedy to remove corns and excrescences leaving hands smooth and pain free. The phrasing emphasizes effective action and painless treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watts
Informal visit ends aboard British lines during air action
An American Lafayette squadron member making a forced descent landed near a British home behind the lines. He freed himself from tangled wires and asked the officer in charge if he was "the big noise." The American then informed the British commander that he had spread petrol on the grass plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
War won by Wallops, not wealth or warnee
A compact quotation from John T. McCutcheon in Chicago Tribune highlights that wealth or war efforts alone won’t determine victory. the line asserts that Wallops will win the war as a decisive factor.
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Nee
Wallops
Ohn T. McCutcheon
Chicago
Trie
Conductor Polices Frenzied Train Car Crowd
In a provincial paper tale a tram car overflows with passengers on upper deck as some trespass rules. A girl conductor orders danger seats, a literalist insists on paying to stand, then collapses to the floor when pressed. The exchange ends with a quip about limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
True Patriot Quote Sparks Mental Health Debate
A fragment from a Baltimore American piece shows a citizen challenging the idea of seeking psychiatric examination for a son, asking why an alienist is needed while an American doctor is deemed sufficient. The quotation reflects public attitudes toward psychology and medical authority in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Merican
Putnam's Extractor Claims Fast Corn Remedy
An advertisement touts Putnam's Extractor as a painless, quick cure for corns. It promises instant pain relief and that the corn shrivels and drops out by its roots, costing a quarter in any drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam’s
Putnam's
Water and Cow Comfort Boost Winter Milk Says Propps
Professor Propps told Nebraska dairymen that winter milk flow hinges on warm water and comfortable cow housing. He urged keeping water unfrozen and accessible so cows drink readily, noting high feed costs make water management crucial. He called dairy care a multi faceted challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Propps
Nebraska
Minard Liniment Cited For Chest Injury Cure
A Nova Scotia resident reports injury from a fall on a fence this autumn that left a hurt chest and breathing pain. After using Minard Liniment warmed on flannels and applied to the breast, the patient says the remedy cured the ailment completely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
Minard
Why do they call dental parlors drawing rooms
A brief humorous quote from the Boston Transcript contrasts dental parlors with drawing rooms, reflecting a witty aside on terminology. The line plays on social terms and historical language without reporting a broader event.
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Boston Transcript
Parmielee’s Vegetable Pills Advertised as Liver Remedy
An 19th century health notice extols Parmielee’s Vegetable Pills as a cure for bilious conditions. It claims liver distress causes bile flow upsetting the stomach and asserts the medicine swiftly corrects the disorder with superior efficacy among pill preparations.
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Parmielee
Quotation Highlights Odd Aspirations From The Star
A Washington Star snippet quotes Miss Cayenne musing on desires for happiness. The exchange contrasts extravagant wants with practical needs, noting peculiar preferences like an ostrich stomach and feathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Eat More Vegetables Warns to Use Potatoes in Canada
The Canada food board urges citizens to eat vegetables from last year, including potatoes, carrots, turnips, and onions. The message stresses not wasting food to save wheat and notes the emphasis on consuming forage to support wheat supply.
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Canada
Canada Food Board
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Proves Effective Alone
The product completes its work without aid from other medicines and never fails to perform its task.
Potato Butter Recipe Evokes Cheap English Substitute
British ministry of food endorses potato butter as a low cost alternative to butter. Boil peeled potatoes until floury, mash and sieve, mix with butter or margarine and salt, mold into rolls, and chill. For appearance add butter coloring and preserve with butter preservative for longer storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry of Food
England
Doukhobors Secure 10000 Acres Near Saskatoon
Peter Veregin, leader of Doukhobor colonies in Western Canada, has completed a deal for 10 000 acres of prairie land near Saskatoon. Payments will extend over ten years and he pledges the group will not return to Russia during that period. Veregin says the Doukhobors aid the war effort through production and do not swear allegiance to any king but Jesus Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Veregin
Canada
Sask
Jesus Christ
The Boy Was Hep Cites Solemn Oath Before Caddied Duty
A brief exchange shows a boy affirming understanding of the solemnity of an oath before fulfilling his caddying duties, as the Cornel widow recalls a prior Sunday caddying for the man addressed.
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Cornell
Baby's Own Tablets Endorsed for Little Ones Health
A mother from Tourville Quebec testifies that Baby's Own Tablets laxative mild but thorough and regulate the bowels sweeten the stomach and make babies well. Sold by medicine dealers or 23 cents a box by The Prince Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
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Francois Fournier
Tourville
Que
Pr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Pearl Divers of Japan Learn Trade Early
Most of Japan's pearl divers are women who begin to learn the trade at age 13 or 14, a path that reflects enduring gender roles in traditional coastal industries.
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Japan
The Best Throw with the Dice Is To Throw Them Away
A brief quotation attributed to C Simmons states that the optimal approach with dice is to discard them. The line conveys a cautionary or ironic stance on chance and risk.
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C, Simmons
Shipping facilities to move Canadian wheat exports
The British admiralty plans ships to transport all wheat Canada can spare. Only 34,000,000 bushels remain on the continent potentially available for export unless U.S. and domestic consumption drops substantially.
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British Admiralty
Canada
United States
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