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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 19, 1910
Page
3
In Ontario a woman describes seven years of Water Tumor pain and morphine dependence ending when Fruit-L-Tives cured her. She says friends on the street exclaimed the dead have come to life and calls the cure a miracle. Boxed and trial offers are advertised from Ottawa and local dealers.
An Irishman joins a dragoon regiment to become a gallant soldier. The fencing master finds teaching him sword use tough. The man asks how to strike if an opponent feigns, and quips that he would merely tickle the foe with the point to test bravado.
A fragment notes that worms threaten children and that Mother Graves Worn Exterminator will protect them from distressing afflictions. The dialogue includes Miss Elder and Miss Pepper reacting to a claim about gray hair.
John Baillargeon of Monte Bello Quebec credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing his inherited ill health. He suffered rheumatism lumbago and gravel, felt tired and nervous, and said after fifteen boxes he was cured. His wife also benefited from the remedy. The ad claims the pills purify blood by curing kidneys and related ailments.
A garbled Sunday school scene shows a boy in charge of a mistyped event. A visitor asks about a charge. the boy replies no, only tears. The speaker confesses love for another and notes there is always room at the top.
A French group named the Friends of the Elephant seeks a large elephant sanctuary in French Africa. The article notes colonial elephant slaughters in the Congo and urges governments to extend preserves similar to those in Cape Colony and other British possessions. Lieutenant Co. Paterson cites ongoing killings in the Congo and warns elephants are rapidly vanishing.
H. Harkness reports thirty year lame back relief after trying plasters and ointments. Gin Pills allegedly target kidneys to relieve pain and uric acid. Free samples via National Drug & Chemical Co. Toronto offered.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago News shows Dick confessing love to a blonde, only for her reply to end with I beg to remember a bachelor girl. Jack notes there is little hope as the couple discusses their prospects.
The text extols Dr J A Kelloggs Dysentery Cordial as a highly effective remedy for summer complaints with long use and many attestations. A magistrate questions a defendant in a separate quip about a gold watch, and the prisoner pleads insanity.
A collage of historical curiosities notes an alderman’s life tenure in London, a census claim of 1449 bachelors marrying widows, Eiffel Tower height at 985 feet, and free meals for London schoolchildren. It includes humorous quotes about witnesses age and a comic line about an airship or yacht.
A playful exchange mocks women's perceived idleness with humorous descriptions of harsh attire and social constraints. The piece contrasts a brother and sister as they imagine the burdens of womanhood while noting a beauty product claim from Holloway's Corn Cure.
Fragmentary line notes a father’s actions and a question about how he did it, with distant references to a local or unusual event. The text is incomplete and reads like a clipped clipping from a parish or community bulletin.
Advert says eczema and other ailments stem from impure blood and touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure that acts on blood. It cites Mrs James Wilkins of Aylmer Ontario and notes pills sold for 50 cents each or $2.50 for six. Also includes a light local note about a lost dog item from the Atlanta Constitution.
A courteous man and a second man quarrelled on the street with verbal exchanges about blame and pardon. The transcript shows a series of comic exchanges and misheard lines, including references to Bonane and a canvasser asking about a mistress and auntie in a door doorway setting.
A bashful young man visiting a Capitol Hill girl leaves after her father asks the time twice. The girl explains her watch ran down and the man’s exit reveals a quip about timing. A second vignette shows a mother distressed by a baby’s hurt while a child recounts killing a fly with a shovel in the sand lot.
A Washington science man, in service to Uncle Sam, enters a haberdashery and asks to see neckties. The clerk offers a 25 cent line, while the scientist mutters that he wouldn’t wear such, prompting an apology and a note that 18 and 12 cent ties sit on the next counter.
An old Murine Eye Remedy advertisement promotes relief for eye troubles. The copy highlights soothing effects and urges readers to write for Eye Books, with a 5 percent claim and distribution by a Toronto company.
In a quirky dialogue Blobbs Jones is called the unluckiest card player, Snobbs jokes about love and marriage while Blobbs notes he has never married. A waiter serves a chuck steak described as wood, with an exclamation in playful patois.
A briefQuoted comment shows Mr Biggins discussing whether his wife is receiving today while she plays bridge whist. The exchange captures a light domestic moment from the Washington Star.
Danish researchers study Emil anucesen a 36 year old Norwegian from Christiana with a claimed sixth sense. He pilots a steamer through Copenhagen harbor with perfect nerve control, following a zigzag course and catching ship coins without error. Professors Frieden reich and European specialists observe him unable to explain the ability by conventional means.
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