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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
7
An advertisement claims Caticura ointment heals eczema irritation redness of skin or scalp. It is sold widely through a Boston based company and marketed as a universal remedy.
The piece notes that Victoria Crosses total 1 000 since Queen Victoria set the decor at the Indian Mutiny era. It lists wartime tallies: Crimean 111, South African 78, Zulu 23, Afghan 16, and nearly 200 awarded by Sept 1916, with Driver Dalziel of Australia earning the thousandth. It estimates many recipients of the last four years may already be deceased.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as a constitutional remedy that cleanses blood and system. It offers a hundred dollar reward if the cure fails and notes sales by druggists at 75 cents.
English engineer Robert Whitehead born 1823 in Bolton le Moors later settled in Trieste and Fiume. He invented the first torpedo in 1866 adopted by Austria in 1868 and Britain in 1871, establishing a Weymouth works in 1890.
The text notes that about 25 million people speak Portuguese at home and abroad, identifying Brazil as a Portuguese language nation and highlighting its use in Portugal as well.
In Philadelphia Mrs J Worthline describes years of fatigue backache and nausea. A doctor blamed nervous indigestion and advised treatment. After three months on the vegetable remedy she reports improved health and appetite with no distress or nervousness.
In 1632 Gov Winthrop of Massachusetts Bay issued the first public proclamation for a Thanksgiving Day. He noted the event as a unifying act for his colony and Plymouth, with Boston observing the day on June 19 1632. This established a practice later adopted by many states and the nation.
Mothers keeping Baby's Own Tablets at home may reduce summer illnesses in infants. The tablets aim to prevent or treat stomach troubles cholera infantum and diarrhoea, with a government analyst guaranteeing safety including newborns. Sold by dealers or mail order at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Arctic ice floes have created a vast barrier hundreds of miles long in front of Point Barrow. The annual supply ship has turned back, delivering cargo 100 miles away, forcing skin-boat deliveries by local natives to reach the far north settlement.
An advertisement touts Putnam's Extractor as a painless, quick remedy for corns. It claims the product shrivels and peels corn off the toe without pain, suitable for old, tough corns, priced at a quarter at the druggist.
The American Food Journal reports tests showing canned milk remains wholesome after opening and stored in tins for days. Tomatoes corn beans sauerkraut apples pineapple and pumpkin showed only slight acidity rises and negligible tin iron. Authors advise transferring to a dish for better presentation though wholesomeness remains intact.
How sickness in women is blamed on impure blood and the use of Suitton’s fille cure and Dr Truly. The ad claims Dr Hamilton’s Pills renew vigor, restore color, and improve appetite and digestion. It promotes the pills as a safe, mild rebuilding tonic and a long trusted family medicine selling for 25c per box.
A correspondent describes a bakery complex in occupied France turned from a German jute mill. Six bakeries supply bread for British forces with workers including British Tommies Australians Americans and Chinese laborers moving flour and dough through multi story rooms assisted by an escalator system.
A brief testimonial states that no matter how deep-rooted the corn or wart, Holloway's Corn Cure will yield when used as directed. It emphasizes the product's effectiveness as claimed.
Dominion government studies free erasing privileges for reindeer in 76 000 square miles of northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Proposals claim reindeer suited to the region and could boost meat supply while providing transportation for exploration of inaccessible areas.
The United States supplied Canada with coal last year totaling over 17 million tons with a quarter anthracite for home use. In 1916 Canada produced 14.46 million tons, Nova Scotia 6.89, Allies 4.56, and British Columbia 2.58 million tons, with Eastern Canada relying largely on U S coal.
Government urges cotton economy with striking wartime ratios. A 12 inch gun fires through half a bale per shot while a machine gun depletes a bale in three months. In major battles ships burn five to six thousand pounds a minute. Absorbent cotton uses exceed twenty thousand bales annually and a complete troop change of apparel runs over a million bales. The United States now converts a million bales yearly into explosives.
An old advertisement claims Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil provides immediate relief from toothache by soothing the nerve. It asserts the oil also eases other unspecified pains and highlights its multiple uses according to directions.
The Buffalo Express reports the government will take the entire pack of sockeye salmon from Alaska and distribute 75 percent of this year’s U.S. packed salmon to the fighting effort. The public share will be very small, as soldiers overseas need it more than civilians here.
An advertised asthma treatment by Dr. di D. Kelpex claims to ease bronchial passages when inhaled as smoke or vapor. It says restriction passes and easy breathing returns, urging readers to try the remedy with similar reported success from many users.
A Kingston Stand anecdote recalls a clergyman who went to officiate a funeral on a rainy day with guidance from his wife. She warned him not to stand with his head bare on the damp ground.
Ancient Pompeii ruins reveal Romans used window glass though houses long relied on waxed linen or oiled paper. In the late 1800s men pasted oiled paper into sashes. Horn was also used as a glass substitute.
The text notes that some parts of Egypt receive no rain while others have light rainfall. It mentions two vast rainless or lightly rain districts spanning millions of square miles. One includes North Africa, the other Mongolia and surrounding areas.
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