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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
7
Bir Douglas Straight recounted a humorous anecdote about a young barrister visiting a barber shop. A liceman noted the barber had recently been released from a lunatic asylum, causing relatives to fear a possible return.
A dental ad style note describes Baby's Own Tablets as a cure for minor ills of babyhood. Mrs James Jewers of Beaver Harbour Nova Scotia attests the tablets helped her child from day one. Sold by druggists or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
Chicago woman Mrs Clarence Crabbe was injured in a house fire in Chat TM, authorities reported. Fire crews battled flames, with Crabbe transported for treatment as investigators begin cause checks.
The advertisement extols Parmelee's ape Pills as a small but powerful remedy. It notes that the pills require only small doses due to their strong extracts. The copy asserts the full strength is in each dose and the pills work thoroughly.
The British government faces Irish nationalist pressure as the current bill for an Irish council is deemed insufficient. Nationalist leaders argue for greater self governance and broader powers beyond the proposed framework.
Labor groups in Milwaukee urge all union men to quit work one hour earlier in May in a coordinated protest aimed at pressuring employers and drawing attention to labor demands.
A description of folie eireniaire, a periodic mental disorder described in France. The patient cycles through mania, depression, and sanity, with alternating states lasting weeks to months, repeating until death. It emphasizes elevated mood, voracious appetite, poor self-control, and later dullness, fear, and withdrawal before recurrence.
A testimonial from Francis Penoit of St Anne’s Manitoba credits Zam-Buk with curing two years of eczema after trying many remedies. Warns the product contains herbal essences, is antiseptic, and treats cuts burns ulcers pimples and other skin troubles. Sold by druggists for 50c a box or six boxes for $2.50 from Zam-Buk Co Toronto.
A Parisian manufacturer creates large rubies and sapphires by an ingenious process using remnants and low quality stones heated in an electrical furnace and moulds. London reports show stones up to half an inch, with the origin revealed only by silk grain. Pawnbrokers recently funded a constructed ruby, though its value falls far short of an original.
The Peace Conference faces collapse if Germany rejects Britain’s armament limits. Reports say Germany demands the withdrawal of these limits and may pull out if Britain persists. The Czar seeks a Britain Germany accord as the plan plays out amid court diplomacy. A second Suez canal is cited as a British capital project.
Eton College adopts a new punishment requiring offenders to write lines with the left hand. Headmaster Hon E Lyttelton supports ambidexterity, arguing left-handed writing benefits the brain and prevents writer's cramp. Some boys prefer being birched to left-hand work.
Dr. C. B. Schildecker of Pittsburg warns that inhaling polluted air blackens residents’ lungs and endangers health. He cites ongoing smoke pollution as a public health concern in the city.
A panel of scientists led by Dr. Somers and Dr. Nalpasse discuss kissing as a potential vector for diseases including grippe scarlet fever measles mumps typhoid diphtheria and tuberculosis. They urge public notices in transit spaces and debate compulsory disinfection methods while marketing Psychine as a cure and health booster with testimonials from Dr. Slocum’s company listing locations in London Ontario and Toronto.
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