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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 27, 1915
Page
6
Nerviline touted as a universal cure for chest colds and coughs with rapid effects. Claims quick relief for sore throats, chest tightness, rheumatism, neuralgia, and other pains, recommending parent use for children and household-wide protection. Ends with price options and Kingston Canada contact.
Public notices describe a series of Department of Agriculture pamphlets by T Reg Arkell and collaborators. Topics cover sheep breeding, ram and ewe care, old shepherd’s death, sheep types, dipping advantages, and marketing wool clips with free availability through the Publications Branch in Ottawa.
Mrs McEkachren of Glencoe Ontario says she has used Baby's Own Tablets for eleven years for her children and praises them each season. The tablets are described as safe pleasant to take and always regulating bowels and stomach. Sold by medicine dealers or 26 cents a box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
An English labourer denies collusion with a supposed accomplice in a poaching case. The magistrate explains the term while the prosecutor presses, and the laborer insists he had no collusion claiming profits went to the other man. He declares he never colludes when there is nothing to gain.
A dialogue highlights a man described as close-fisted and stubborn about change. The speaker notes his reluctance to abandon bad habits, prompting a sharp reproach about his stinginess.
A parent recounts severe eczema in his two month old daughter spreading from hips to hands feet eyes and ear with intense itching. After applying Cuticura Cream and Soap per directions the rash subsides and disappears within weeks. February 21, 1904.
A promotional note claims a single bot with Ceticura Soap and Ceticura Ointments provides immediate relief from skin and scalp diseases. Sold worldwide with liberal samples offered via a 32 page hook and address listing for order.
The Minneapolis Journal reports that Dr. David Franklin Houston, a North Carolina born educator with roots in Missouri, was appointed Secretary of Agriculture by President Wilson. A former president of the University of Texas and later chancellor of Washington University, Houston brings farming knowledge from head of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and long academic career to the cabinet post.
Advertising copy claims Miller's Worm Powders cure stomach worm infections by nourishing the body and destroying intestinal parasites. It asserts worms are digested and expelled, with the child's health improving as organs gain strength.
In a last letter to his father Lieut Philip Anderson of the Royal Irish Regiment recalls a brave act. Corporal Murphy from County Cork volunteered to rescue a wounded man under fire advancing about 150 yards to the spot. He found the dead man and was shot by a sniper. He crawled back under fire and bandaged the wounded man before dying in his arms. He was from Banteer County Cork and served with the battalion from India.
The passage argues that the campaign aims to boost production through improved methods, not coercive instruction. It advocates openness to hints from others, noting no one is so wise as to close off all external value, urging a flexible, collaborative approach.
The passage warns that failing to curb Germany now could invite a future conflict. It argues imperial German aims remain intact and that diplomats would better prepare a renewed confrontation with saldiera in Montreal as a notable future context.
An excerpt from John M. Oskison in Mother's Magazine argues thrift as a family duty. It contrasts mothers teaching manners with fathers teaching money value, cites 1913 embezzlement losses, and urges training in wise spending to maximize returns on income.
Gaspe Co Quebec resident Peter F Patterson reports quick relief from kidney troubles after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He describes headaches backache rheumatism insomnia bitter taste dizziness heart flutterings nervousness itching and night sweats as symptoms of kidney disease and credits the pills with curing them.
A Hoard's Dairyman excerpt urges farmers to treat farming as a learned profession. It argues for enhanced education and scientific farming, noting many yield their farms poorly due to lack of training while conditions grow harsher and urban pull increases. It stresses that smart, trained minds unlock farming success.
An editorial notes the Michigan Central Railroad was fined 24000 by federal courts for failing to collect demurrage charges from National Fireproofing Company. It argues strong ICC oversight aims to push prompt payments, warning shippers they can no longer avoid charges by excuses or customer status.
An 19th century advertisement extols Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a universal remedy usable both internally and externally for sore throat croup whooping cough chest pains colic and other ailments. It claims low cost and constant availability.
In Landes Gascony postmen travel through marshy land where the soil turns to wetlands. Local workers such as shepherds and market folk spend much of their lives on makeshift stilts called tchangues or long legs in Gascon. They use a long staff and narrow boards to sit when tired.
A letter from T. G. McMullen reports using Minard’s Liniment for a badly injured foot. He baths the foot with the product and notes it feels as well the next day, endorsing it as the best liniment in use.
A Montana ranch owner with 75 000 acres seeks an airship to inspect his estates, six sheep herds, and keepers, claiming the sky has no bad roads while noting it may present new hazards unseen on land. The plan hinges on navigating clouds over mountains and woods in half a day.
When Holloway's Corn Cure is applied to a corn or wart it kills the roots and the callosity comes out without injury to the flesh.
Advert copies claim Dr. Chase's Ointment cures piles and eczema with lasting relief. An Ontario man, 88 Douro Street, Peterborough, says he was cured after trying many doctors and products. He notes a letter confirming a cure fifteen years prior and urges others to use the ointment. Toronto dealer Edmanson Bates & Co. Limited.
Reports from the European battlefields show heavy tolls on athletes from Britain and the Continent. Cambridge lightweight intervarsity champion J W F McNaught-Davis was killed, defeated finalist K V Harmsworth wounded, and Kenneth Powell, former Cambridge high hurdle champion, among the dead. French and English boxers injured, with 22 of 300 Berliner Sports Club volunteers killed and 4 wounded.
A prisoner admits stealing bread before a judge in a courtroom exchange. The judge presses for a defense while the woman notes the oddity of stealing bread versus lace or jewelry, highlighting the motives in a stark moment of court theater.
David Belasco cites a Green Book tale about a rabbi invited to dine with a host family. A new kitchen maid bluntly quips that if they hire a Jewish rabbi for dinner they must cook it themselves. The piece also mentions jitney bus service and relief from auto costs.
Dialogue records a suitor named Mr. Jimpson faced with a denied marriage offer. The exchange reveals social expectations and irony as the speaker insists he would not wed the best man living, while noting the man had previously offered himself.
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