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Newspaper

Russell Banner

Location

Russell, Manitoba, Canada

Date

May 18, 1916

Page

14

Resolve to Succeed In Health Advice Card

Inspirational health note urges clearing digestive impurities to restore energy and balance. It promotes root-cause focus and preventive care to improve mood and wellbeing.

Water with meals aides digestion say experts

A health note explains that drinking water with meals supports gastric digestion by supplying water needed for gastric juice. It adds that body produces about a pint and a half of juice per meal, and suggests water should be at moderate temperature not ice cold or very hot. Individual experience decides amount.

Physician Endorses Postum Cereal as Coffee Alternative

A physician praises Postum and Grape-Nuts as daily blessings and notes coffee banishment. He urges proper preparation for benefits and cites home use and patient families endorsing the product. Postum is sold in Cereal and instant forms with similar cost per cup.

Canadian Postum Co Windsor Ont Postum

Ancient Nile wheat sent from Cairo to Col. Holland

John Cardwell, while consul at Cairo, sent Col. F. P. Holland a sealed glass vial of wheat from a tomb in the Nile ruins. The 4,000 year old grains appear sound and plump though never germinated, prompting speculation on their viability.

John Cardwell Austin Tex United States Cairo Egypt Col F. P. Holland Dallas Nile Col. Holland

Worms in Infants and Mother Graves’ Worm F Exterminator

A period notice notes that worms are a common infant complaint and promotes Mother Graves' Worm F Exterminator as the most effective treatment. The claim emphasizes quick relief and widespread use among caregivers.

Mary Keeps Centuries-Old Table Linen Secure

Mrs Brindie assures keeper that the two hundred year old linen will be kept private. She emphasizes care and trust, insisting no one will be told about the family heirloom. Mary responds with reassurance and confidence in the linen’s condition.

Selecting Eggs For Hatching From Best Hens

Choose eggs from top hens for hatching. Do not wash eggs as it lowers vitality. Gather two to three times daily and store below 70 degrees in a dry place. Keep on sides and turn twice daily before incubation. Reject transparent or roughed shells and irregular shapes. Use uniform sizes and resize no longer than two weeks.

Baby's Own Tablets say to ease childhood constipation

Mrs. Andrew G Lund of Hughenden Alberta reports two of her babies suffered constipation until Baby's Own Tablets offered a cure. The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario sells the tablets 25 cents a box by mail or through medicine dealers.

Andrew G. Lund Hughenden Alta Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co Brockville Ont

Miller's Worm Powders Claim Health Benefits for Children

The text argues that Miller's Worm Powders protect children from worm related ailments and mortality. It claims worms sap infant strength and that the preparation promises health and sustains it.

Saskatchewan weed law tightens inspection duties across councils

An amendment to the Noxious Weeds Act requires municipal councils to appoint weed inspectors or face fines up to 25 dollars. The province is divided into six districts with a field man in charge of enforcement, who will supervise inspectors and councils and take necessary action to enforce the law.

Saskatchewan

Ten Years of Asthma Remedy Gains Wide Recognition

Dr. J. D. Kellogg's asthma remedy is praised as the only relief for one grateful user and presented as a widely recognized cure on the market. The text extols its never failing effectiveness and claims it is the greatest asthma specific within reach of suffering humanity.

J. D. Kellogg

Maple Leaf Stamp Chosen for Canadian Toys Label

A Toronto based association of toy makers and buyers forms its board and selects a Maple Leaf logo bearing Made in Canada to identify future Canadian made toys. The stamp aims to mark national origin for Canadian toys nationwide.

Toronto Canada

New Tiber Bridge in Rome Sets 328 Foot Span

A new bridge across the Tiber in Rome features a 328 foot span and is described as the longest reinforced concrete structure of its kind. The project highlights advancements in engineering and international scale for Italian infrastructure.

Tiber Rome

Wartime occultists prosecuted as superstition boom bursts

Berliner Tageblatt reports on prosecutions of astrologers seers palmists whose wartime superstitions fed a booming trade. The industry spanned towns with a central body coordinating adepts, linked to multiple mental breakdowns and self inflicted deaths blamed on the con artists.

Dodd's Kidney Pills Promoted by Local Resident

In Lac Bouchette Quebec Arthur Fleurie endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney disease rheumatism and indigestion. He urges neighbors to seek proof among those who report relief from various kidney ailments including dry itchy skin dizziness nervousness and poor sleep. The ad claims cures across forms and stages of kidney trouble.

Dodd Lac Bouchette Lac St. Jean Que Arthur Fleurie Fleurie

Umbrella jokes reflect changing excuses in rain

A quip notes that honesty does not guarantee a consistent umbrella choice. The line suggests people act differently with every rain shower, implying unpredictable behavior in daily life.

Papers Price Tag in Occupied Brussels News Market

A Belgian banker allowed by the German administration to travel to Paris for relief work notes that Brussels residents pay high prices for London and Paris newspapers. The Times costs 32 francs, Temps 22, Matin 20, and other papers 18, with penalties for possessing papers mild but severe for distribution agencies. German officials have failed to halt new distributors, hinting soldiers may profit from selling hundreds of Times copies daily.

Paris Brussels London Times of London Temps Matin Times

Minard's Liniment Praised After Foot Jam

A reader claims Minard's Liniment cured a badly jammed foot after a bath and states it was as good as ever the next day. Signed by T. G. McMullen.

Minard T. G. McMullen

Fishing yields far more food per acre than land crops

An old saying estimates that a single acre of rich sea fishing provides more food in one week than an acre of the best land can in an entire year.

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