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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 02, 1918
Page
6
A classroom exchange features a visitor prompting Henry to spell aloud as the father explains ownership of various items. The moment captures a schoolhouse scene focused on spelling practice and guidance.
A Blissfield mother, Mrs John Weaver, praises Baby's Own Tablets as safe and reliable for children. She has used them for ten years and keeps a box in the house. The tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail for cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
The Toronto based Lord College of Music Examinations, founded by F H Torrington, aims to standardize music education across Canada. Examinations occur at midsummer at local centers nationwide, offering Toronto students the same opportunities as those at the main college. Full details and syllabi are available from the college secretary in Toronto.
A British army surgeon describes an improved artificial eye using living cartilage grafts from ribs. The procedure replaces a glass eye with a cartilage sphere in the socket, enabling movement and reducing the fixed stare. The prosthesis involves graft placement, stitching, and the glass shell fitted atop to prevent sinking back. Movement of the eye is reported possible.
A Boston paper complains that despite millions of pounds of fish arriving daily the price remains high. It argues that the law of supply and demand is misapplied by wholesalers, noting persistent price retention despite ample supply.
Miller's Worm Powders are praised as superior medicine for children affected by worms. The product quickly alters stomachic conditions, drives worms from the system, and tonically restores the digestive organs to health, providing immunity against further worm-related disorders.
A rough man mocks a speaker who tearfully recalls being raised in a barn as homesickness returns with an image of an ass bray. An old advertisement promotes Dr. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a trusted nationwide relief.
A Cardiff Western Mail note describes a simple minded Welsh coal valley man who attends chapel services and always takes his turn in devotion. His late prayer referenced the Kaiser, noting reported throat trouble and breathing difficulty, asking the Lord how far to go.
Minard asks for details as the tale centers on Singleton Doctor Pelrett, described as the most absent minded. Wederly confirms the event occurred last week during the ceremony when the groom, during a kiss, asked the bride to stick out her tongue while his pulse was checked.
The Westminster diarist notes M Daniel Blumenthal an Alsatian born author who faces eight long sentences totaling over five hundred years in a German court for escaping to expose Alsace Lorraine truths. He wrote Alsace Lorraine arguing the two provinces must reunite with France to regain health and rightful home.
Ad promotes Dr Hamilton's Pills as a tonic for men and women to cleanse and strengthen the system. Claims include relief from tired feeling, headaches, biliousness, and backache with a 25 cent box. No medical guarantees given.
Dr Charles E Saunders leads the Central Dominion Experimental Farm to unveil Ruby a new wheat variety derived from Downy Riga and Red Fife. It ripens midway between Marquis and Prelude, is beardless passes hard red kernels yields high quality flour and ranks first class but is recommended only where Marquis fails to ripen.
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