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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 23, 1910
Page
14
Charles Barrett recounts fifteen years of biliousness and dyspepsia relief after using Fruit-a-tive. He promotes the fruit medicine to sufferers, noting a box price of $2.40 or trial box 25 cents. Available at dealers or Fruit-a-tives Limited Ottawa.
A Philadelphia Methodist recalls Bishop Foss anecdotes about a Norris town preacher who, in a long Sunday night prayer, lists misfortunes from his life and then asks God to try him again with the end of wealth if more trials are needed.
An old advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil as a remedy for coughs colds sore throats sprains and bruises. The ad claims it acts as a medicine chest and sells for a quarter.
A Cleveland Leader snippet shows a dialog where a son asks for shoes and the father replies with a stark claim of wealth and control, implying the baby could be hypothecated to obtain money or goods. The line contrasts poverty and wealth in a harsh exchange.
A fifty word advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It claims internal, blood and mucous surface action, promises to build up the constitution, and offers one hundred dollars for any failure to cure. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Quotable exchange about a horse's fearlessness and night habits features a Bon Vivant dialogue fragment. The line contrasts timidity with a horse that sleeps alone in the stable without light, implying a quiet, stubborn character.
If every housekeeper uses Wilson's Fly Pads freely during the coming summer the house fly would soon cease to exist or be greatly diminished.
The Rochester Democrat notes clocks will feel relief as the comet no longer rises at unearthly hours. The strain on the alarm clock was terrific for a few days.
The heiress accuses the Baronet of breaking his word and bitterly remarks on the breach. The baron replies with a line about his foreign upbringing and imperfect English as context for the dispute. The exchange highlights tension and cultural friction between the two figures.
Almost six Irishmen discuss their deceased friend Casey. Pat recalls him as a cheerful, generous man while Mike hesitates, remembering a night at Flaherty's bar when Casey asked what they would drink, snow or rain.
A Yonkers Statesman item recalls a visitor’s tale of navigating Boston's crooked streets. He jokes his wife urged him to discard an old cat by the river to find his way home, ending with the quip that following the cat actually led him back.
Corns cripple the feet and make walking torture but Holloway's Corn Cure offers sure relief within reach for all users illustrated by a generic promotional tone and target audience of sufferers seeking easy remedy.
A dialogue fragment shows a sewing machine agent asking about the mistress of the house and a caller named Paridget demanding clarification. The exchange reflects domestic scene humor typical of Harper's Weekly prose.
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for backache and rheumatic pain, claiming kidney trouble is rare and citing a testimonial from Alex Cockburn of Deloraine Manitoba. It describes pill benefits for blood enrichment and nerve strength.
A Buffalo Express clipping quotes an actor joking about a cigar named after him. The exchange with a friend centers on whether the cigar would draw, reflecting lighthearted celebrity culture of the era.
A voice from a country girl suggests self marketing for employment. The mock note from an agent proposes she advertise herself as a maid of all work. This brief reflects a humorous, blunt exchange on job seeking.
The Milwaukee story recalls a newly widowed woman asked if her art spending signals knowledge. She replies that others may think she is refined enough not to care for money, linking the New York sale to taste over wealth.
Dialogue fragment shows Henry and a partner discussing a new item, with a tense exchange about reception and preferences. Chicago Tribune attribution marks appear, indicating a lighthearted or clipped newspaper quotation.
Harlin Fulton of Pleasant Bay in British Columbia reports their shop stocks only Minard's Liniment and that it is the sole liniment requested by customers.
A general guidance column explains that answers apply to similar cases and invites readers to write to Dr. Lewis Baker in Dayton Ohio for free further advice with a self addressed envelope. It notes if medicines are unavailable at a regular druggist to visit a large reputable drug store for stock.
A reader discusses home treatments for catarrh with warm salt water nasal rinses and herbal tonics. Suggested tonics include saw palmetto, balmwort, and buchnu extracts with aromatics, plus a boracic acid nasal wash for inflamed eyes. Another user lists a tonic syrup of hypophosphites with cadomene to boost appetite and vitality. A final note promises a dandruff and hair care remedy labeled plain yellow mingol, priced at 30 cents.
Readers share remedies for bedwetting bowels and nourishment. Mrs C advocates comp. fluid balmwort with 10 drops for a child and notes initial symptoms may rise before cure. Mrs X recommends cascara based bowel relief with infant dosing and gradual tapering. Agnes M proposes a flesh-boosting mix with hypophosphites and cardiol to gain weight and color.
A Barngat schoolma am reminded pupils of George Washington. A fisherman's son answers that he was a great General after describing Washington crossing the Delaware in a skiff, highlighting a navy misfit from the quote.
Very many persons die annually from cholera and summer complaints who might have been saved with prompt remedies. If attacked do not delay use a bottle of Dr. J. D. Kellogg's dysentery cordial, the medicine that never fails to cure. Those who have used it report prompt action and thorough relief from pain and disease.
Scientists assert house flies spread more disease than any other source and that Wilson's Fly Pads trap all flies and germs, promising disease reduction.
A Boston Transcript quip notes Maude seeks a mate she can twist around her finger and contends she would marry a mere circus contortionist rather than any ordinary suitor.
A classroom exchange asks how old a person born in 1875 would be. The pupil wonders aloud whether the person is a man or a woman, and the teacher clarifies the gender as needed.
The passage recalls Swinburne as a critic of tobacco and admirer of Victor Hugo. He enters the Arts Club seeking a smoke free room and, in a dramatic moment, condemns James I as a knave and liar while praising him for ordering the execution of tobacco’s inventor.
Conversation reveals romantic tension as a speaker worries about informing their father in the Cleveland Leader while another person offers reassurance to take things as they come.
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