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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
14
The article promotes Dr. Chase's Nerve Food as a remedy for lingering weakness and nervous derangements in women. It cites letters from users like Ms. D. D. Burger praising recovery after four years of poor health following childbirth and notes the product price and distributor Edmanson, Bates & Co.
A suffragette spoke with force about courage in the movement. A heckler on the back bench shouted bravado about hats and quickly fled as police or bystanders reacted to the disruption. Chicago News reports on the scene.
An advertisement extols Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as a preventive against children's worm illnesses that can lead to convulsions or death, claiming protection for young patients.
A Chicago Tribune quote recalls the saying lightning never strikes twice in the same place. The responder notes he was hit a second time in a different area, suggesting the old adage may not hold in all cases.
In a clipped dialogue from the Boston Transcript a speaker asks if Minfrrd is in politics for good. Another responds that he is in it for what he can gain. Henry Peck is teased as a fool and a prior marriage is cited as proof of stubbornness and boldness in wit.
A Windsor Ontario note offers free home treatment for bed-wetting and urinary difficulties. Mrs M Summers invites mothers to write for instructions without sending money. The method claims to address constitutional causes and may help both children and adults.
An ingenuous visitor told a housewife her late husband had sent him to press and redo a dress suit. She humorously notes the coincidence, saying her husband has been dead ten years, yet the man seemed to know what he was about.
The Department of Marine and Fisheries reports on Sable Island 110 miles east of Nova Scotia noting a small population of 43 including life-saving station staff and lighthouse families. Cattle ponies horses and wild ponies inhabit the sands with last year’s exports limited to 45 barrels of cranberries. Farming is described as having some success with a good wild hay supply, though life remains isolated and maroon-like for the forty-two souls on the government run outpost.
A July 4 celebration features a built on barges floating island with real trees rocks grass a stockade and wigwams for about 200 Canadian Indians. They will stage a sham battle depicting Champlain Iroquois clashes and perform the Hiawatha pageant using the tribes legends. The island will be towed alongshore to reach different celebration sites.
A recent case before Justice Darling clarifies assault can occur without actual force if fright is caused. Battery results from any physical contact. A threat must be capable of carrying out the implied menace, with or without the victim’s knowledge.
Observers note rosy western glows after sunset near Bordeaux France caused by reflection from thin high clouds. These clouds also extend twilight, allowing a watch to be read until 10 p.m. on July first but only to 9:15 p.m. the next night, signaling poor viewing conditions for astronomy.
A Montreal Justice of the Peace and another unnamed magistrate share testimonials praising Zam-Buk for curing long standing skin eruptions eczema and piles. They report success after using Zam-Buk and urge others to try it. The ad lists uses and prices with all druggists selling 50c per box and distributors offering three boxes for $1.25.
A new Grand Trunk folder markets a summer outing through Algonquin Park Ontario from Algonquin Park station to Dorset and Lake of Bays then the Northern Division. It highlights fishing on Wolf Little Island and Crown Lakes, canoe trips, abundant wildlife, and the Wawa hotel, with free copies available from A. E. Duff in Winnipeg.
A shrewd hotel guest asks a doctor how many feet of gas would kill a person in a curious bid to file a pro per bill against the deceased guest's executors. The doctor questions the motive as the exchange unfolds with a grim twist.
The text promotes Parmeles's Vegetable Pills as a remedy for nervous affections caused by defective digestion. It claims the pills calm the nerves by normalizing stomach action, offer no sedative effect, and have helped thousands with digestive irregularities.
Colonel E E Mudd, warden, says there is every cent of 2500 dollars in cash hidden within the prison walls. Convicts stash money in cell cracks, shops, and the yard, often changing it to thwart guards. One man reported 100 dollars hidden near a window sill and stolen by another. A recent search yielded 85 cents from a mouth concealment.
A Pittsburg Press anecdote describes a Sixteenth Street car scene where a lovely passenger drops a ticket between her lips as youths gaze. The conductor, smitten and young, takes the fare and pockets the ticket, prompting questions about its fate.
A domestic exchange shows a woman's wish to act freely being checked by her partner. He promises to grant freedom, while she retorts she may return to her mother if disputes persist. A delicate marital tension unfolds in restrained dialogue.
A pun contrasts a hill and a pill noting one is hard to get up and the other hard to get down. The quip relies on wordplay about mobility and ingestion.
A compact reflective line noting that branches bearing the heaviest fruit hang lowest, illustrating virtue or burden attracting weighty consequence.
Captain Duquesne notes Africa hosts two rhinoceros species with different lips and a blue slaty tinge that is misnamed as white. He argues the term white rhinoceros is a misnomer, and no truly white animal exists.
A tenement stairway overheard exchange reveals two women discussing a husband who wears a clean shirt on Sunday and a different shirt Saturday afternoon, with one remarking he dresses nicely before drinking and brawling. The note identifies Sir Melville Beachcroft as a practical philanthropist and reformer observing the scene.
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are advertised as effective in any climate from tropics to Arctic. They are promoted as a reliable remedy for dyspepsia and urged to be carried everywhere. The claim is made that the pills resist staling and retain freshness and strength.
A humorous exchange shows Lapleigh noting the baby won’t notice him while a young mother explains at this age he is drawn to bright objects. She answers that attention naturally shifts to things that stand out.
Stella asks why she went home to mother while Bella recalls her husband muttering in his sleep about a woman named Matty.
The bene dict boasts of his wife’s cooking while the bachelor replies with a wary yes or no. The exchange hints at social courtship norms and humor in a brief life observation.
Willie and his father tour a circus menagerie. The boy exclaims in wonder at an elephant, noting the animal’s horns in its mouth, eating hay, and its tail. The playful remark captures a child’s curious, naive view of the animal display.
A Cardigan Nova Scotia testimonial details Michael Olding’s near death from asthma and bronchitis, then miraculous recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. Rev Edwin Smith MA writes of the cure and Olding’s own letter credits the pills, noting renewed strength, appetite, and health at age 79.
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