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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
6
Skeptical readers are urged to stop blaming the stomach and trust Dr. A W Chase's Kidney Liver Pills. The ad claims combined action on liver kidneys and bowels cleanses the excretory system and cures indigestion, with first dose proving benefit. Box price 25 cents, Edmanson Bates Co Toronto Ontario listed as distributors.
Sergeant Murphy faced a recruit squad unable to hit targets at 500 yards and failed at 300 200 and 100 yards. He then ordered bayonets fixed and a charge.
A simple, cheap and effective medicine is desired. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills regulate the digestive system. they are simple, inexpensive, available everywhere, and recommended for the poor and those avoiding doctors.trial.
A Baltimore quip recalls a patient asking why a veterinary surgeon was sent for the hoarse speaker. The humor hinges on mistaken wording as the doctor is sought for medical care. The exchange mirrors old newspaper witticisms about miscommunication.
An ad touts a one day cure with LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. A druggist will refund money if it fails to cure. The box bears E. W. Grove signature and a 25 cent price.
The Boston Record notes Natica Grace once fond of flowers now seeks weeds with an unsatisfied longing. Evelyn asks a question about her feelings, implying a shift in taste after marriage and money concerns.
A testimonial from Mrs. Octave Paulin of Caraquet New Brunswick praises Baby's Own Tablets for common childhood ailments including indigestion colic teething and diarrhoea. The ad notes safe use from newborns to older children and says the tablets are sold by medicine dealers or mail order at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
A humorist’s guest dinner prompts a little girl to praise her father as funny only when guests are present. The child replies that he is amusing “when we have company.”
To Receive Miners Vic Cross candidate Ai Merriman of Shirebrook Notts has been recommended for the Edward medal for bravery at Shirebrook Colliery last year. A cage tilt occurred after a conductor strand tangled in loops. Merriman seized the cage catches and held them for two hours with two comrades on him until others were saved. He sustained injuries, losing the use of both hands and a fractured thigh, leaving him unable to work.
A professor compliments a violin virtuoso on his playing. He asks about the piece Doctor of Divinity and the violinist, surprised, reveals he has never heard of it. The professor quips Fiddle D. D. as a punny turn.
A traveller waits in a provincial town for a delayed branch line train and is reassured by the porter who mentions the engine-driver's dog. In another quip, Dotte's brain fever slows as germs waste time seeking his brain. A joke about a court Bible theft leads to a quip about the court crier swearing witnesses from the City Directory.
The article mentions Yale planning an eighty thousand dollar project while noting athletic figures at Syracuse Yale and Chicago. Schommer captains Chicago's championship basketball squad and excels in high jump. MacMasters, once Harvard trainer, now oversees multiple sports at Annapolis.
English Etchings notes the Oxford dictionary nearing pre stage after a generation long project. An exclusive London dog toilet club offers bathing manicuring and teeth care. A nightly Commons to King Edward fog summary is proposed plus towers to pump fog and clarify air.
The article describes tropical daisies with a one foot circumference, rhododendron reaching thirty feet in India, marigolds four to five feet tall in North Africa, and a decline in rubber producing trees in Peru due to destructive methods. It mentions a nocturnal scented "sorrowful tree" in India and South America whose flowers bloom at night and fall by dawn.
The narrator recalls a strict librarian who inspects books closely. A returned volume of Scott shows a hole and the librarian notes Page 90 has another hole before stamping the card. This anecdote highlights his meticulous, tensorious manner.
Advertisement proclaims Parmelee's Vegetable Pils as the means to banish melancholy and low mood caused by a disordered stomach and torpid liver. It claims swift relief, cites thousands of cures, and urges use by those seeking health.
In a humorous exchange Miss Mary corrects Uncle Mose who insists he is seventy nine and about to turn octo on his birthday. He stumbles over terms and blends octogenarian with playful mispronunciations, revealing his old tongue and modest pride.
Oak Lake Manitoba residents travel to Winnipeg this week to be operated on by Dr Burnham upon his return abroad after waiting for his services in town.
A reader asks how to improve the town, while another suggestion proposes replacing dark pants seen in a broken parlor window with a summer shirtwaist or lighter attire. The Louisville Courier Journal records the exchange as a stylistic proposal for local appearance.
Joseph Becalick known as the man who lives in the chimney died at Woolfordisworthy North Devon after living in a chimney cave for over twenty years. A former farm hand night school pupil and district collector, he lived with two servants in a ruined house until illness led to his death at about 71. He left a market horse and had begun a new house half completed years ago before abandoning it.
An explanation of thunder and lightning states that a flash comprises many smaller flashes. The rolling sound results from successive discharges along the same path, heard like rapid gunfire though not continuous.
In a damages suit over severe injuries from a railway incident, the plaintiff confronted the railway company counsel Mr C with a sharp examination. He proclaimed he was an invalid with a nervous condition and sclerosis of the spinal cord. He refused to answer unless questions were reformulated, noting his doubled vision and distress from the counsel’s method.
An excerpt reflecting on life and suffering notes the sadness of existence. It quotes Dr. Holmes about interior sorrow behind outward laughter and Longfellow on sensitivity and well being. The passage ends with a fragmented attribution to Elizabeth Stuart and Harner.
Revenue agents in Paris Cor Philadelphia apply paid human barkers to expose dogs hidden by owners who deny ownership. Nightly patrols mimic dog sounds outside suspected houses, luring a bark response to confirm ownership. Collectors retrieve the tax next day, paying the barkers thirty dollars monthly.
Mr C Johnson of Poplar Hill Creek Athabasca Landing Alta reports a nine year running sore on his right leg healed after using Zam-Buk. He credits pain relief and rapid healing once the wound cleaned. Zam-Buk advertised for cuts burns ulcers ringworm pimples running sores and skin diseases at 50 cents a box or from Zam-Buk Co Toronto.
Mrs Growler snaps at her husband accusing him of obsessing over horses. He retorts that such focus led to marrying a nag, his anger masked by a sports paper as the quarrel erupts.
A heritage ad promotes Mother Grave's Worm Exterminator claiming children stay sound and healthy when worms are removed. The copy emphasizes mothers seeking reliable treatment for their kids and frames the product as essential care.
In a tense domestic moment George threatens self harm if refused, while Jemima recalls her father's rule against him lingering at their home, highlighting a conflict over their relationship.
An advert promises Pazo Ointment cures for piles itching bleeding or protruding in six to fourteen days with a full money back guarantee. It asserts a guaranteed outcome or refund.
U S Senator Follette in Washington ridicules wealthy critics hurt by government actions calling them whiners and likening them to a bad Primrose boy who tries to punch a foe and hits his knuckles on the wall, as recounted by the Washington Star.
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