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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
3
An old advertisement touts Catarrhozone as a cure for catarrh and related ailments with a two month supply for one dollar. The passage shifts to a fiction scene where a man contemplates love, loyalty, and sacrifice, pondering Meg and Marstead as inner conflict unfolds.
A man recalls Meg's childhood and youth, the laughter at the kitchen teas, and his past drunkenness. He fears he is unworthy to touch her yet believes his memory of rescuing her justifies a claim. Meg does not love him deeply, and a guardian friendship remains, while another binds her to a different life.
Betty confronts Mrs. Tredway about a troubling business matter tied to Connie and Geoffrey Marstead. Mrs. Tredway, pale and desperate, resists, denying aid while hinting the issue may resolve itself, though Betty insists on frankness and help.
A Vancouver Province anecdote notes Kathleen, a trusted servant, avoids face washing. Her mistress muses that hot soapy water could beautify, but Kathleen retorts with a witty, practical zinger. Her reply surprises the confidante and underscores plainspoken humor.
A witty exchange frames a marriage plan as a balance of wealth. One partner insists on equal fortunes, while the other proposes a pragmatic half share. The dialogue hints at social expectations and transactional views of marriage.
Experts say in Manitoba at least 1,172,000 tons of waste enter rivers daily. They identify Sas wan and Winnipeg rivers and tributaries as the main recipients with the balance in northern rivers including the Churchill and Nelson. Only twelve plants operate on these rivers consuming 10 to 9,000 hip daily.
The Boston Globe notes that the term TDo ra is used for defense work and that members of the Women's Royal Navy Service are called Wrens for making words from initials. The piece highlights how the service is associated with building airships and large-scale wartime tasks.
An advert touts Putnam's One Touch for corns offering instant relief and a shriveling of the corn. It claims the product dries and peels tough corn quickly and costs a quarter.
The writer praises corn as both food and fuel, noting its energy equivalence to engine fuel. Recalling Kansas' drought days, corn was economical at 10 cents a bushel, cheaper than coal or wood, with ears’ kernels and cobs used in heating and cooking.
Reading the old fashioned method of soaking sticks in strontium and copper salts, the piece contrasts modern luxuries with corn fed fire. It laments those who would renounce such comforts, noting western farmers and their wives may still crave a few ears from E. F. Stossen in the Sodaetaieal New York.
A brief reminiscence recalls a parent warning a child for loud automobile noises. The narrator recalls the old threat about being turned into a turtle before calamity. The piece relies on personal memory and rural or domestic humor.
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