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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 04, 1909
Page
3
Maidstone Saskatchewan special report tells how Thomas Moon suffered two years with dropsical swelling from kidney disease. After failing with doctors and hospital care, he took Dodd's Kidney Pills and claims complete cure. Dropsy results from diseased kidneys failing to remove excess fluids from blood.
A note from the Cleveland Leader advertises poetry fitting the paper style. It invites readers to submit verse and mentions advertising rates for short typed pieces.
A vintage advertisement touts Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as exceptionally durable. It claims the pill mass remains potent and fresh even after aging and while carried anywhere.
A brief dialogue features a slow waiter asking a tired customer if he has ever visited the country. The customer muses on the idea of sitting on a fence while tortoises whiz by, highlighting a whimsical rural imagine.
An advertisement claims deafness results from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube and cannot be cured locally. It offers $100 for any deafness case caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with circulars free and pills for constipation.
The Cleveland Leader quotes a dispute in which a missionary accuses natives of torturing captives while the natives defend their actions as hazing. The exchange highlights tensions between captors and captives in a colonial setting.
A claim repeats that Shiloh's Cure will always cure coughs and colds. The text also notes the average whale's bony frame weighs about 45 tons as an unrelated detail.
A sea blue topaz, claimed to be the largest of the last century, is on sale for 1000 at the Queensland Government office Strand London. The gem, tied to Frenco-British Exhibition displays, attracted Queen Victoria's interest as Major Sankey recounts its discovery by Prof Skertchley in North Queensland and its near royal possession.
Mrs. T Osborn of Norton Mills Vermont praises Baby's Own Tablets for curing her sickly infant. She reports rapid improvement from a weak crying baby to a bright, cheerful child. The tablets claim to treat stomach and bowel troubles, colds, and worms. Sold by dealers or 25 cents a box by Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
A London Daily Mail view estimates Britain could profit from 10 million acres of forest potential plus 6 year old thinnings. It argues forestry yields annual income and long term value though rainfall storage and water regulation make it essential even with losses.
Mothers report Zam-Buk heals stubborn scalp eczema in children after other treatments fail. Mrs Grummitt of Toronto recalls three boxes curing her son after years of pain and sleepless nights while Mrs Keep of Winnipeg says the balm cleared a widespread scalp outbreak, regrew hair, and left a healthy scalp. The ad claims Zam-Buk also treats ringworm infections ulcers and many other conditions and sells for 50 cents a box through Zam-Buk Co. Toronto.
The minute a man begins to believe that things might have been worse he becomes an optimist. This quotation appears in the Philadelphia Record reflecting a sharp, wry outlook on perception and resilience.
No man or woman should hobble painfully about because of corns when so certain a relief is at hand as Holloway's Corn Cure. This advertisement-like line promotes a treatment claiming to ease corns.
A Cleveland Leader quote describes a seven word exchange asking the stenographer to step out so the discussion could continue privately. The dialogue highlights a procedural moment in a legislative setting.
The passage repeats a claim that Shiloh's Cure will always cure coughs and colds. A dialogue follows about waking early to see sunrise, with a speaker defending lateness and another noting the sun rises until noon.
A Louisville Courier Journal note quotes a homespun debate about announcing guests for a gathering. Maw Nuritch says the butler should announce, Paw Nuritch objects, and the plan shifts to importing a train announcer from Chicago depots.
Bile is essential for digestion as it helps passage of food, neutralizes stomach acid, and prevents fermentation. The article credits Dr. A W Chase's Kidney Liver Pills with keeping the liver active to cure constipation and bilious headaches, recommending a box for 25 cents available at all dealers and Edmanson Bates Co Toronto.
The Lord Chancellor hosts a breakfast for about 300 guests at the House of Lords, a tradition dating to Brougham’s era and once common among great men like Gladstone. Once revived occasionally, breakfasts declined as social events except at universities. King Edward VII briefly revived the custom in 1907 at Newmarket. The meal featured multiple meat dishes and medieval beverages.
The Masarwa or bushmen of the Khalahari are rapidly diminishing and poorly understood. C C Clements Vialls notes their hunter endurance and limited vocabulary while contrasting them with Hottentots. They lack rites utensils and weapons beyond a bow and poisoned arrows and subsist on rats reptiles and insects.
An Australian naturalist argues the platypus blurs lines with venomous snakes. A Kempsey case shows a boy bitten after a platypus claw attack, while researchers note no poison sac in the claw. Some bushmen speculate poison transfer from bill to claw could explain virulence.
A Sydney correspondent reports a brief attempt to integrate seven Aboriginal children into a public school under instructions from the Aborigines Protection Board. The white pupils resisted and abandoned the classroom, leading to the return of the Aboriginal children to their camp after the experiment failed.
Cartoon caption humor notes George Giraffe attempting a kiss on Helen Hippo as she opens her mouth, the moment captured by Puck.
The piece from the New York Telegram urges communal care and mutual aid as the wealthy bear heavy burdens while neighbors face troubles. It emphasizes sharing burdens, offering sympathy, and living by precepts of generosity in a society with inequality.
A testimonial from J Edward James of Chilliwack British Columbia credits Gin Pills with curing his backache and kidney troubles. He notes steady use over a short time and urges readers to try a free sample before purchasing at 50 cents a box or six for 2.50 from National Drug & Chemical Co. Limited in Toronto.
A light Sketch panel shows Sister Ann asking Bill about marks at school. Bill replies that he has marks but they are hidden where they cannot be seen.
When the stomach and liver falter a course of Parmelee's Vegetable Pills is recommended. The medicine blends laxatives and sedatives to restore digestive function and speedily return healthy action.
Harold voices a longing beyond possession as he tells his mother he wishes to be two small dogs to play together. The exchange follows his brother’s departure and a neighbor child’s illness, with his mother offering support.
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