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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 09, 1907
Page
7
Citizens praise Peruna for catarrh relief with letters from Mise Dora Hayden in Washington and Mrs N P Lawler in Pittsburg Kansas. They report rapid improvement and restoration of health after using the medicine.
In the western Himalaya a tiger killer aroused a hundred villagers armed with axes and stones. They lured the sleeping animal, pelted it from all sides until exhausted, and finally dispatched the beast with their weapons after a long pursuit.
The London News recounts Sheridan's impeachment era rhetoric. He reportedly spoke five hours and forty minutes in the Commons in a pretrial move, with Pitt calling for adjournment as members grew agitated. No full report exists. Burke embraced Sheridan afterward.
Melbourne correspondent reports travellers in Wodonga and Bar Qswartha districts struggle with large caterpillar swarms that strip vegetation and threaten vineyards. An excursion train seven miles from Penshurst halted as insects filled the rails and crushed under wheels.
Rumors of plots to burn the international exhibition buildings in Dublin were published. Longshoremen in Hamburg voted to resume work, a victory for shipping companies. A London movement seeks to standardize Easter dates to reduce springtime inconvenience.
The cinchona tree drives Java’s principal industry as Dutch processes yield high quality quinine sulphate. Bark is shipped to Holland after drying, with plantations found on lower hills across Java varying from saplings to thirty foot trees.
A north side boy plays with needles and thread, pretending to sew. His mother allows him the items to amuse him while she works. One day the thread knot slips through the needle and he asks her to “put the thread in the needle and then put another lump in the thread.”
The article explains how William the Conqueror’s harsh forest laws made cutting timber a crime while windfall debris was free for peasants to gather. Storms were seen as omens of good luck when the wind blew down trees.
The ad touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as boosting blood supply to improve health for women and growing girls. It includes a testimonial from Mrs James Mc Donald of Sugar Camp Ontario who recovered strength and appetite after using the pills. The medicine is sold by Brockville Ont. dealers and by mail at 50 cents per box of six, two dollars fifty per order. A separate note reports Queen Helena's indisposition and fever preventing a meeting with King Edward and Queen Alexandra.
The Spaniard It Will Prolong Life De Sota loses his life in the wilds of Iida while seeking the legendary Fountain of perpetual youth. Dr. Thomas selectric Oil is claimed to not prolong youth but to remove marks of age and spare the elderly from untimely graves.
The central unemployed body suggests to the colonial office that colonies be asked to contribute to the cost of emigration for Woolwich arsenal unemployed workers.
A London writer surveys French expressions for drunk with parallels to English phrases. The common ivre compares to soupe meaning bread and soup, while sou alters the tone to a sharper image of inebriation.
A narrator recalls etiquette in Japanese homes and contrasts it with a London student’s irritation at a dirty hallway. The janitor posts a winter warning to wipe feet, highlighting cultural expectations of cleanliness and domestic care.
A discussion of how the Prime Minister in England wields authority derived from the majority vote not the sovereign. It contrasts Cabinet power, tenure, and secrecy with U S norms, noting the Premier's unchallenged control and the ceremonial limits of the Crown.
A child asks about wealth and guilt in a terse exchange. The reply confirms vast riches and prompts the moral inquiry about Uncle Jake’s alleged guilt without detailing any crime or evidence.
A dialogue exchanges remarks about what defines a cad with playful banter. The cartoonish repartee contrasts Goodley and Boorish tone on character judgments. The piece reflects a light social column voice from the Catholic Standard and Times.
A Washington quote reports Mr Dustin Stax asserting corporate ethics. He says the firm never acts without perfect certainty and cites a staff of lawyers to prove any action is right.
Newcastle, an important port with about 000 people, lies 192 miles by rail or 60 miles by sea from Sydney. Principal shipments include coal.
An advertisement notes Walford's Sanitary Lotion cures all forms of contagious itch in 30 minutes for humans and animals. It mentions Santiago Cuba lagging in advancement, being cleaner but with no conspicuous improvements.
Dominion Parliament considers regulating patent medicines with strong support from doctors and druggists. The article cites doctors and two U S specialists who approve Psychine as a powerful remedy for lung trouble, praising its curative power and system rebuilding effects. Morpeth Ontario Physician Dr T A Slocum notes Psychine aids digestion and blood flow, acting on throat and lungs.
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