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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
2
The Detroit News notes that Canada and the United States should deepen scholarly and cultural ties. It argues that mutual understanding is essential as they act as partners in global affairs and must build practical bonds beyond past wartime history.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood purifier that supposedly cures catarrh by addressing the disease at its source. The copy mentions Mr. Hall and other “best physicians” endorsing the product and urges sending for a prospectus from Toledo Ohio. It also advertises Fasaily Pills for constipation.
Under the Canada food board program 25 Canadian youths aged 15 to 19 were invited to assist on farms this summer. So far 23 000 have enrolled in Ontario and the western provinces with Quebec and the Maritimes still collecting registrations.
A brief courtroom style exchange unfolds as a small politician confronts a newspaper editor over a misspelled or misread label. The editor clarifies that the printed word was robber rather than jobber and admits the error.
The article presents Oil of Merit Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a carefully tested remedy using specific oils for the human body and claims it quickly earns public favor. It asserts trials prove its healing power and will convince skeptics.
A satirical remark in the New York Evening Sun questions the Kaiser assuming grand titles including Grand Duke of Courland and Grand Duke of Lithuania among others. The ad promotes Holloway's Corn Cure for painful corns.
The Boston Transcript jokes that plain girls avoid blunders, while pretty ones make more mistakes though their kicks may be fewer. The remark frames a light, playful compare of behavior and charm in quiet conflict.
The government aims to raise housing supply with 300000 houses in England and Wales and 50000 in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The National Housing and Town Planning Council will study a comprehensive London scheme. Proposals include preferential aid for large families, slum clearance, and rapid housing schemes where conditions allow.
The piece praises General P ing for inspiring American forces in France with self sacrifice and unity. It cites his wartime address stating all that they have are yours to dispose of as you will, capturing the noble spirit that wins.
Prosper Ferguson reports his knee injury after a ship's anchor fell on his leg and swelled for six days. He credits two bottles of Minard's Liniment with his recovery.
The notice calls for thousands of men with farm experience to work on farms this summer to meet the expanded cereal acreage. Employers are urged to permit workers with prior farm experience to leave other jobs temporarily for farm duties during the war time need.
The piece warns of a severe forest fire season as dry soil and dead vegetation heighten risk. Fire rangers urge campers to extinguish all fires and smokers to avoid near woods, while settlers keep land clearing fires under strict control through November first.
Spring impurities clog the blood as indoor winter life ends. Dr Williams Pink Pills purify and enrich blood, boost appetite and digestion, and speed healing of skin eruptions. Testimonial from Miss Anna Patterson of Thorold Ontario commends renewed strength and clearer skin after use. Available from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario or dealers at 50 cents a box, six for $2.50.
The Boston transcription notes worm related illness and high child mortality traced to intestinal worms. It claims Miller's Worm Powder can prevent these ailments and offer health, keeping infants strong in the struggle for life.
The Montreal and Winnipeg builders exchanges urge their men to accept farm work on prairie lands. They offer to cover costs for the rationing and settlement of large areas of land to facilitate farm settlement.
A historical notice describes Minacci’s Liniment being used by physicians as a remedy. It also mentions growing pole beans and "vegetables" in vacant city lots and feeding pigs with kitchen scraps as methods to alleviate the current food crisis.
A resolution by Hon. T. A. Crerar minister of agriculture proposes confiscation and destruction of unsound foodstuffs in abattoirs packing houses and cold storage. The bill would bring premises where foodstuffs are kept under the act and require inspection and marking of imported and exported foods.
In Parker's Ridge York County New Brunswick Newton P. Smith a respected resident says after years of back pain and limited work relief from doctors plasters and liniments Dodd's Kidney Pills cured him. The item extols pills as a remedy for kidney diseases including rheumatism dropsy Bright's disease lumbago heart disease and diabetes while asking neighbors about others who have tried them.
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