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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
3
Clarkson Ontario man praises Psychine for restoring his son Wilbert from severe weakness and loss of appetite after four years of decline. The letter claims rapid improvement after two doses and notes the medicine wards off colds and strengthens health in children. Sold by Dr T A Slocum Limited Toronto.
A Washington Star item quotes a city official considering a restorative voyage to the North Pole. The official imagines a place where concerns over snow clearance vanish, offering quiet, uncrowded solace.
A period praise promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a safe effective remedy to expel worms from a child's system. The ad extols it as the best choice for worm treatment.
A Scottish American quip has Mr. Hardup lamenting unseen money for bills while his wife colors the gas bill as a reminder of looming payments. The line frames domestic tension over household expenses with witty dialogue.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The document dated December 6, 1886, notes the product is taken internally and promotes testimonials. asks readers to buy from Toledo, Ohio druggists at 75 cents and to take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A teacher asks children to note Tommy's clean hands and asks them to come to school with cleaner hands. Tommy explains he washes breakfast dishes every morning under his mother’s guidance.
A French mail carrier spent twenty six years building a singular palace, laying every stone himself. The structure blends multiple styles and features grottoes towers and stone creatures. It uses 3500 sacks of cement with subterranean passages and a central tomb the builder plans for his burial.
The Youth's Companion notes Japanese display of forty six star American flags made to order for the occasion and comments on the rising sun emblem. It attributes their early rising habit to national symbolism and the U S fleet welcome.
An advertisement touts Holloway's Corn Cure as speedy and satisfactory relief for corn suffering, claiming swift easing of discomfort.
Dialogue sketch shows Smarty Williams and Sandy O Toole debating what animals did on the ark during the forty days. The Bohemian adds a quip about fleas, humor highlighting idle creatures and comic tone.
An advertisement promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a gentle laxative to clear the stomach and bowels. It claims government analyst approval and no opiate, with testimonials from Mrs Gee and Mrs McLean of Springfield Nova Scotia. Sold by dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
An elderly plasterer is called to testify for the plaintiff as defense counsel pressures him. The man reveals two prison terms, one for an afternoon and the other for an hour, both for serving a sentence in a cell to accommodate a lawyer who had cheated a client. The exchange underscores the era's courtroom conduct and the duplicity of legal figures.
A Philadelphia Bulletin quote portrays American goods dominating Africa with squeaky shoes and loud ticking watches. Foreman describes natives hearing both American shoes and watches as they move. The imagery likens products to noisy brass bands to emphasize market penetration.
Louis N. Park of the lord mayor’s show in London transformed a circus procession into a pageant. Shakespeare figures led by actors, Chaucer characters, and a Caxton float with printers at work on an ancient press featured prominently. The pageants will continue in future shows.
In a Chicago News item a parent praises a daughter performing a piano stunt. The father notes the music costs a lot of money while a visitor asks if a neighbor sued them, illustrating local social reactions.
The ad proclaims Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as the best liver corrective, governing a wide range of causes from cold exposure to overindulgence. It claims they are leading and unsurpassed among liver pills.
In a dialogue drawn from the Catholic Standard and Times Griff notes Nurithh's bid for the Senate. Grafton confirms he is among Nurithh's friends and mentions media reports of his stated reliance on supporters.
The Chicago Tribune quotes a witty exchange where Shilohs Cure vows to relieve coughs and colds while a stern father resists a match with Miss Wredlip. The son rejects marrying Miss Allikoyne, and the father retorts that he is not good enough for her.
The Victoria Colonist reports Mohurrum observances in Victoria were few with Hindu visitors predominating. It notes Mohurrum rites in India provoke police attention in fighting towns, and Kipling’s On the City Wall describes clashes and tazias. It explains Hussain’s martyrdom and deys commemorations in Persia.
Mrs. W G Welton of Hamilton seeks two Page relatives once on North Hughson Street believed among about fifty heirs to the late Henry Page of Marble Arch Middlesex England. The estate reportedly worth 750 million. Heirs scattered across the continent include Page residents in Saginaw Michigan St Thomas and London and many in Bothwell. St Thomas heirs listed: Mary Knight Valerie Byron Knight and others. Bothwell heirs named Sussex Ellwood Calloway Galloway and several others including Cornwell Reynolds Young and Campbells of various places. The notice names numerous relatives with ties to Thamesville Detroit and Saskatoon regions.
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co seeks tenders to build two Skeena river steamboats for western division work. Capt. S. B. Johnson will base operations at Vancouver, implying local shipyards will fabricate the vessels. Each boat priced around 35,000 dollars, length 136 feet, beam 29 feet, capacity 140 tons. Tender deadline is June 1.
The article argues that a wife’s success depends on her own achievements and character, not marriage alone. It asserts that becoming a good wife requires personal effort and development, not magical outcomes from tying the knot.
A promotional letter urges readers to request a free sample of Gia Pills for kidney and rheumatic complaints. It claims personal success stories, prices of 50 cents per box or six for 2.50, and directs readers to National Drug & Chemical Co. Limited in Toronto to obtain the sample.
Fifty years ago coal dust was seen as useless. Now in Rhenish Westphalia the Ruhr coal area yields about 3,000,000 tons of briquets annually. Coal tar pitch, used for briquet production, has doubled in output over the past decade.
The excerpt features a quip about Shiloh's Cure and a joke on fort versus fortress. A wife asks about differences and a husband replies with a pun about silence, cited from Lippincott's.
Dialogue depicts a doctor urging a formal consultation for a grave scalp condition while the patient humorously agrees to involve accomplices, reflecting a humorous tone and medical-sounding remedy in a comic frame.
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