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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 24, 1917
Page
3
The Boston Advertiser urges continued alliance with the Entente to deter Germany and counter submarine warfare threats. It argues preservation and national safety depend on unity with the Entente for future security and shipping protection.
An advertisement touts Holloway's Corn Cure as the simplest and best public remedy for corn growth old or new, stressing ease of use and effectiveness.
Glasgow Herald reports a French destroyer survivor accounts claim a submarine lured liners with a bogus S O S. In darkness the crew heard the submarine calling in French This way comrades causing panic before gunfire. The episode fuels suspicions of deliberate German aggression in the Mediterranean.
An Order in Council approved in Ottawa implements Scotland Yard style fingerprinting for Canadian criminals under the Dominion Police. The measure also authorizes the use of photography as an additional identification method.
A Miss Graham who died in Malta while doing war work left 500000 in legacies but faced probate challenge over her marriage views. A relative argued the views showed insanity, yet the jury and court rejected this, noting she had not married and that marriage views did not prove insanity. The foreman lamented she had no matrimony experience to reconsider.
Wise mothers recommend Miller's Worm Powders as an effective vermifuge that clears worms from a child's system, restores health, and supports robust growth. It is described as the most trustworthy worm terminator for children's comfort and development.
A traveler asks if cyclones can be stopped in the Far West. The narrator replies that the best course is to travel with the storms, accepting their course.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications, internal remedy required. Hall's Catarrh Cure, prescribed by leading physicians, combines tonics with blood purifiers to treat mucous infections. Testimonials available. price 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills for constipation offered.
A brief exchange notes Hana Young’s play release with the playwright asking for thoughts on the climax and a critic replying that it was very welcome.
The Canadian government plans a systematic program to recruit high school and college boys for six months of farm work in summer. An official commission will screen candidates for physical ability and assign them to farms with parental consent. Records will credit their work to academic progress, with early tests showing farm work improving students’ grades and prize performance.
A clerk extols a new motor car that can climb any hill on earth while a chauffeur recalls a test unit that failed by attempting to climb a tree. The exchange underscores exaggerated claims about the vehicle’s capabilities.
A garbled line suggests a speaker contemplating how others view them and their own self image, with unclear context and potential misspellings. The fragment hints at reflection on identity and external judgment.
The Militia Department seeks several thousand more recruits for Canadian Forestry Battalions overseas. There are currently troops in England and France under Brigadier General Alexander McDougall. Canada supplied five thousand men. others came from overseas units to free those crews for return. Forestry drafts are drawn from Canada with an age limit of 48 and a minimum height of 4 ft 11 in. Recruiting depots have opened in all lumbering centres.
Spring fatigue and skin troubles are blamed on poor blood. Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are advertised as renewing red blood and strengthening nerves. The ad claims benefits for all ages and offers mail order purchase from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
A facetious stranger asks if a road being fixed is the road to heaven. The workman answers that the carpet from church door to curb is only a bridal path. The exchange presents a humorous contrast between sacred symbolism and everyday labor.
A claim for Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a universal remedy. It is described as effective for coughs colds sore throat bronchial troubles and also for scabs burns bruises sprains cuts sores and ulcers. The text asserts no testimonial is needed beyond its own use to prove value.
The Philadelphia Record quotes that democracy is faltering in Russia and doomed in Germany and Austria if Germany falls. It frames the conflict as a war of popular government against imperialism, affirming that government “of the people by the people and for the people” must endure.
A mother interviews a nursemaid candidate who admits she sometimes forgot to wash the children. The children chime in with a plea to engage her, creating a humorous scene cited by Harper's Magazine.
Appleford Counter Check Book Company Ltd promotes its counter check and sales books with carbon packs coated books triplicate and duplicate leaves. It notes higher paper and labor costs but promises low prices through a modern plant and large Canadian paper mill connections. Also advertises waxed papers wrappers parchment and printing services with samples and prices. Offices in Canada in Hamilton Toronto Montreal Winnipeg Vancouver.
A critical essay argues that German strength stems from decades of mobilized intellect and planning, but its results reveal the flaw of precise effort with a wrong outcome, contrasting German cleverness with how the French Americans or English would perform if similarly dedicated.
Germans, unable to purchase certificates in the recent war loan, used neutral nation friends to buy largely through brokers. The London Stock Exchange has learned of the arrangements and questions whether the broker can cancel the deals.
Hadlington Ontario Mr William Wood a prominent farmer reports relief after four boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills He says his gravel bladder trouble heart flutterings and shortness of breath vanished and he now feels nervous and vision issues improved Others in the area report similar benefit attributing cures to the kidney remedy The ad promotes Dodd's pills as specialists curing kidney problems and cites wider disease links to sick kidneys
A brief exchange unfolds with sharp tones as San John voices anger at concealed motives. Marie counters by noting the bright sun revealing truths while Dartmouth Jack O Lantern contributes a charged, taunting remark.
England’s major paper mills face closures as pulpwood imports halt. Several firms survive by using grass from Jotland, the Fenlands, and India to produce printing and notepaper. Rag cuttings, now $140 per ton, compete with wood pulp at $150 per ton, up from $40 prewar.
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