Couldn't Lend It to Her Aboard Street Car
A small boy sitting beside a haughty woman on a city street car repeatedly sniffed. She asked for his handkerchief, and he replied with quiet dignity that he did have one but would not lend it to strangers.
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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 04, 1916
Page
6
Postum Converts Coffee Drinker In Testimonial Tale
A Wise hostess recounts converting three coffee drinkers to Postum by serving it as coffee and revealing later it was Postum. The mother recalls liking it because it tasted like coffee, and the writer credits better health after abandoning coffee. Canadian Postum Co. promotes Postum Cereal and instant Postum with prices and a slogan There's a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Postum Co
Windsor
War Conferences Shape Postwar Settlement Vision
The Westminster Gazette discusses two paths after the war. One aims to settle territorial questions of the nations, while the other proposes a conference of all powers and neutrals to restore the law of nations, uphold it during war, and end militarism in peace. It urges the American people and leaders to act now so future cooperation can prevent renewed savagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Gazette
Manitoba Woman Praises Dodd's Kidney Pills
Mrs. F J Gartis of Stewart Valley Saskatchewan credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with transforming her backache. She says after four boxes she regained mobility and now tends her home and baby. The testimonial notes backache as a common female ailment and claims kidney disease as the root of many woes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Gartis
Dodd
Stewart Valley
Sask
F. J. Gart
French Wife’s Letters Prove Perseverance in War
A French woman who learned her husband is safe in a German prison camp through a 200 letter effort embodies perseverance and has benefited from steadfast resolve in wartime reporting.
Replenish Your Blood This Spring With Pink Pills
Feeling out of sorts in spring with fatigue headaches and nervousness signals poor blood. Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People claim to cleanse bad blood and strengthen nerves and come by mail for 50 cents a box or $2.60 for six from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Fragmentary dialogue on a veterinary surgeon pension exam
A father explains to his son that a veterinary surgeon is one of the men at the pension office who examines veterans for pensions. The fragment preserves the clerical context and the bureaucratic role in pension processing.
Parmelees Vegetable Pills Promote Digestive Health
A Pill That Proves its Value Those of weak stomach will find strength in Parmelee's Vegetable Pills, because they serve to maintain the healthful action of the stomach and the liver. Dyspeptics are well acquainted with them and value them at their proper worth. They have afforded relief when other preparations have failed, and have effected cures in aliments of long standing where other medicines were found unavailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parmelee
World War Update and Oddities in the Telegram
A wartime bulletin notes the French advancing four hundred metres at the front. A whimsical aside praises the progress against gas attacks. An ad mentions Minard's Liniment for burns. A sailor's remark humorously notes a banana slip and a torpedo incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
New Trench Cannon Delivers Deadly British War Surprise
The British army unveils a new trench weapon described as highly effective and deadly to enemies with a peri scope attachment. The piece notes deep risks to users and contrasts it with warnings about industry and war. It also references various patent medicine ads and satirical lines about wartime consequences.
No Dream and Wheat Corner Referrals
A man with a beard and dated tie laments falling 400000 feet into a bottomless pit then admits he was simply escaping a wheat corner. Minard's ointment is advertised as widely available. The text notes some men are cross grained and struggle to stay on good terms with themselves.
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