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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
6
Advertises Virgin Oil of Pine pure as a home remedy for lung and bronchial ailments with claim to break up a cold in 24 hours and cure coughs. Promotes relief from rheumatism and disordered kidneys, sold in sealed light-proof vials by Leach Chemical Co. Windsor Ont. Offers mail order for 50 cents per vial.
In this London Opinion excerpt a niece explains her doll is in its second season, prompting auntie to note the doll no longer cries “Mamma” when squeezed. The exchange captures a playful domestic moment about a treasured toy’s aging charm.
A dated statement from St Paul Quebec 1907 praises Psychine and Oxomulsion for throat lung and stomach issues and notes Dr Ernest A Allard recommends the remedy while urging readers to ask for it at 50c or 1.00 via T A Slocum Limited Toronto. The document also recalls an anarchist exchange about necessaries with dynamite and leisure mentioned.
An advertisement extols Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a superior liver regulator. It claims many ailments originate from a disordered liver and asserts the pills act gently, suitable even for the most delicate users.
A compact jumble of quips and ads appears from a city page including jokes about engagements and pennies, a gun and fur dealer in Minneapolis, a note on liniment, and a remark on the German Emperor and the Czar using English in private correspondence.
In a Mary and Wilkie Freeman piece, two doctors travel New Jersey to treat poor families. The doctors note villagers chase attention through sickness and death, praising perceived status from illness and death while mocking vanity and pride.
A nineteenth century advertisement quoted by Mr. Janson describes a neat well behaved female sought for kitchen work in a Charlestown family near Boston. The note allows prayer and hymn singing but forbids midnight worship and requests inquiries at the Repertory office near Boston.
A humorous verse about Mabel at the telephone as village party line chatter grows, her constant talking provoking groans among neighbors. She worries little, aiming to trim and cut it out but remains outspoken as subscribers plot to oust her.
The Washington Star reports Senator Sorghum plans a brief address with a few timely remarks about his work for the country, a humorous anecdote, and a closing note that he relies on the wisdom of the plain people. He emphasizes extemporaneous remarks and audience reassurance.
Mr. J. W. Brown of Chicago says Holloway's Coin Cure cured his coins and wants more for friends. A jokey exchange about a paper calling someone a thief and a liar follows, with a lawyer's quip about reform.
An ad touts Baby's Own Tablets as a safe remedy for constipation indigestion diarrhoea colic fever worms and teething in babies and children. A Canadian testimonial from Mrs. Thos Millis of Ethel Ontario endorses ease of use and effectiveness. Sold by medicine dealers or 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
An advertisement promises to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or offers a refund. A London clergyman notes ancient Jewish religious music was sung with bagpipe accompaniment.
A customer, Theodore Dorais, reports cure after five years of rheumatism using Minard's Liniment. A. Cote, merchant in St Isidore Quebec, certifies the claim and invites verification from Dorais, the parish priest, or neighbors, dated May 12 1898.
Dialogue sets a kitchen table debate on business honesty with Minard's Liniment sales and a merchant customer clash about pepper spelling. The exchange, framed as a humorous Bohemian quip, highlights skepticism and trade talk in a period voice.
The Mennonites in Southern Manitoba pioneered extensive flax growing in districts around Rosenfeld Gretna Plum Coulee Morris and Emerson. American settlers from Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa Kansas and Nebraska helped expand the crop into the Canadian Northwest. Flaxseed is most widely grown along the CP Rail Soo line Estevan Moose Jaw and the CNR Regina to Prince Albert. The crop’s success may prompt wider adoption across the Canadian West.
White oak ranks among the most distributed and economically important U S hardwoods with an annual lumber output over 2 000 000 000 feet. It is dense durable and resistant to decay used for railroad ties shipbuilding coopering and furniture. It outlasts many woods in longevity and stores when used in fencing and structural timbers.
A cough relief product claims to ease night sleep, soothe air passages, and quell irritation to prevent inflammation. It asserts the cough or cold will be subdued and erased from the system after a trial. The Notre Dame bridge reconstruction in Paris has begun.
An old advertisement touts a one day cold cure with laxative bromide and quinine tablets promising refunds if ineffective. The piece then shifts to a stark comparison noting India’s plague deaths over the past decade rivaling total wartime losses since Napoleon, underscoring public health fear.
A recent Shirley Brooks life story notes Thackeray at a Punch table recalling his shin injury from a carriage step. Mark Lemon jokes about a coachman who barked his shin and died, but Shirley adds Thackeray differs as he leads the Age rather than drives it.
A passage warns against get-rich quick schemes and reckless gambling in Wall Street and racing. It notes that risky, one-sided bookmaker contracts reveal poor judgment and incompetence to manage interests, urging caution in mines oils and real estate ventures.
A concise editorial line urges buyers to choose enduring quality over bargain pricing. It emphasizes lasting value, reputation, and customer satisfaction, asserting that well made items retain appeal beyond price swings.
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