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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
7
An advertisement explains winter air不足 leads to blood toxins and spring fatigue. It credits A. W. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills with cleansing liver and kidneys to purify blood, relieve headaches, backache, biliousness, and constipation, and promotes a 2 box price through Bates & Co Toronto.
A humorous exchange from Philadelphia describes a game called Bridget whist. O Riley asks O Toole where he has been. He replies he has been playing the Bridget whist sitting with Bridget eating pie cake chicken while the missus approaches and calls out whist.
Dr Thomas's Eclectric Oil claims versatile relief for sore throat croup whooping cough and chest ailments with unsurpassed curative qualities. The text notes a low bottle price and readiness to have it on hand. A political jab questions an optimistic campaigner recalling that unexpected events shape elections.
An ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment that cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It emphasizes a physician-approved formula and suggests testimonials. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation and a Punch cartoon caption about a sahib and a tax collector.
Sir Spencer Walpole argues in Contemporary Review that Homer imagined a small world, Greece bounded by rivers and seas, with Egypt and northern Africa in view. He notes Homer’s knowledge of the Nile flood, Ethiopians, and southern Italy, while warning against forcing exact geography onto myth. The Mediterranean then was a vast sea to him, yet a perilous inland ocean to modern readers.
The article explains the Lucky Bag as a monthly collection aboard ships and at Annapolis where lost items from midshipmen and sailors accumulate. It lists items such as jackknives shoes tobacco caps photographs and sewing kits found in the bag.
A college girl recalls a missionary visit that urged women to go beyond study and become ushers of men. She notes students responded with laughter and snickers, prompting a complaint about a deplorable spirit of levity from the missionary.
A bank depositor complains a suggestion offers little comfort. A bachelor jokes that marriage brings no comfort, while a Benedict laments wife expenses. The five married men are consoled that a wife, though costly, lasts a long time.
Prof Bolley of the North Dakota Government Agricultural Station reports flaxseed uses soil less aggressively than wheat, corn, or oats. He advocates short-season rotation to fit the North Western climate and suggests flax can profitably grow on old lands with proper crop rotation.
Mothers report the Baby's Own Tablets are a never failing cure for babyhood ailments and prove safe with a government analyst certifying no poisonous opiate. A Ontario mother testifies they ease constipation vomiting and restlessness in infants and children. Sold by medicine dealers or 25 cents a box from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville. She says a man prefers contentment without love to love without contentment and a woman prefers love without contentment to contentment without love.
The Westminster Gazette recalls a Christchurch victory at Oxford and a fatal Iffley episode. Dr. Smith, later Christchurch dean, as an undergraduate saved a friend who fell overboard by striking him on the head with a boat hook, a moment of presence of mind cited in rowing annals.
An advertisement touts Spavin Liniment as a universal horse remedy erasing hard or soft splints ringbone and other blemishes. Claims it treats blood spavin curbs sweeney stifles sprains sore throats coughs and more with a $50 saving on one bottle.
The Louisville Courier Journal uses a quip about Shakespeare to frame a 1908 spring hat. The brief notes humor and style, linking timeless phrase to fashion in a compact, period-voiced item.
A grateful testimonial from Mrs. C. D. Prince of Nauwigewauk dated October 21 praises Minard's Liniment for curing quinsy and leaving her never without the remedy. The letter notes the product is essential to her health.
In a brief chat from Cornell Widow the owner Hunter praises his dog’s tracking ability naming the animal John D. and boasting the hound has never lost a scent.
A humorous line from a Chicago Tribune exchange features a judge and witness joking about a defendant. The witness declines to label the man harshly, joking that without voluntary work to digest his meals he would have died fifteen years ago.
Spring and summer bring illness and digestive trouble. Dysentery is common and painful. Dr J D Kellogg’s Sentry Cordial is pitched as a standard remedy sold everywhere for subduing this ailment.
A Philadelphia Press quotation depicts a husband frustrated by his wife who always yields in arguments. The exchange highlights her meek response as she sighs and concedes, stating very well, dear, have it your own way.
An old advertisement touts Laxative BromoQuinine Tablets as a one day cure for colds. It promises a full refund if it fails and features E. W. Grove’s signature on each box priced at 25 cents.
A man at a country fair boasts his family raises the best cattle while disparaging the prize cattle on display. Bystanders mock the boast as the scene draws laughs and a remark about a big call from his father. Tit-Bits Minard's Liniment, Lumberman's Friend.
A Cassell's Magazine reflection cautions that long expeditions suit year round trainees while casual walkers face higher fatigue risks. It argues many mountaineering accidents stem from leg muscles losing steadiness without continual strenuous practice and serious commitment to the sport.
Mrs. Jans B. Eustis posed with a live boa constrictor twined around her for New York guests, drawing alarm from spectators. The note recalls Frank Buckland’s tale of a lady in black velvet with her pet boa, sleeping beside Dr. Mann and his wife, the snake described as perfectly clean and seldom disturbing.
A collage of humorous exchanges from early 20th century papers. A father-in-law quips about boarding terms being cash in advance while a marriage dispute and a chronic invalid are referenced in sharp, satirical snippets. The tone mirrors syndicated humor columns.
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