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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 15, 1914
Page
7
The London Telegraph notes that after war declaration over 2,006 German steamers totaling about 5,060,000 tons were afloat at hostilities. Many ships captured or redirected, mercantile navy operations halted, and German shipping faces sudden ruin and strategic shocks to commerce.
Recognized as the leading specific for worm destruction Mother aves' Worm Exterminator proves a boon to suffering children everywhere. It seldom fails.
A five year old, Luacilli, returns from her first party boasting she was a good girl and spoke nicely. She recalls saying hello to Mrs. Applegate and noting she enjoyed herself with more food than expected.
A brief dialogue from Stray Stories features Mrs Henrypeck claiming widows make the best wires while her husband jokes he cannot die to appease her wish for a good wife. The exchange satirizes marriage expectations.
An old Chicago advertisement promotes Marine Eye Remedy, claiming it aids eye discomfort and offers relief for eye issues. The copy resembles a general, health product pitch likely targeting general readers.
A compiled list traces Austria’s defeats from 1631 Leipzig to 1866 Sadowa, noting Gustavus Adolphus, Leopold, Sobieski, Eugene of Savoy, Marlborough, Napoleon, and Moltke as key figures. It highlights battles in Prague, Lutzen, Marengo, Austerlitz, Magenta, Solferino, and Sadowa as pivotal turning points shaping Austrian fate.
The London Commonwealth reports government action to curb panic buying and hoarding as prices rise. A cabinet committee coordinates with retailers to stabilize supplies, with plans to take over flour mills and grant the Board of Trade power to safeguard food. private cars aid bread distribution while railways run under state oversight.
A quote notes patrician blood and family tracing back to Flodden Field with a playful reference to detectives in ancient times. The line attributes a long, noble lineage and mocks the idea of early investigators.
A schoolboy named Arthur showed interest in an atomy course. While eating bread and molasses he asked his mother where his “is” was and where bacon might be, reflecting a humorous mispronunciation during a simple learning moment.
A brief note reflects on aspirations to become a renowned opera singer, with a playful exchange about achieving mastery and perfection in performance. The Boston Transcript is cited in a light conversational tone.
Two old friends living in town and country meet after a year. The town friend serves two bowls of rice and one egg, lamenting that if the countryman had waited another year they could have had chicken. The countryman then visits and serves salted bamboo shoots, sighing that if the townsman had come earlier they would have had tender bamboo shoots for dinner.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal treatment that reaches the disease at its source. It asserts the remedy cures catarrh through the bloodstream and mucous surfaces, denying local applications. The ad credits J Cheney & Co of Toledo as manufacturers and lists sale by local merchants.
Local lore explains Loch Awe's creation as a fairy spring valley flood after a girl forgot to cover a hillside spring. The loch now gleams as a beauty spot in Great Britain with pretty islands and shores steeped in legends and Highland history.
The article notes the pocket hunter prospector in California who pursues small surface pockets of gold. In Trinity county one pocket yielded as much as 40000 dollars in a short stretch, with miners abandoning a site once colors disappear.
In St Joseph Levis on July 14 1903 Jos Dubes reports a severe leg injury from a horse kick. After fornight bedridden and trying several remedies he used three bottles of Minard's Liniment and recovered enough to resume travel.
A Harper's Weekly reprint argues against outdoor sleeping as a modern fad. The tale cites Methuselah choosing open air rest over a house, noting the dialogue is not in Genesis but offered as a lesson on antiquated manners.
A New York Sun report explains police incentives for capturing deserters. Deserters carry a government bounty of 25 dollars, with Bowery as a primary search area. Officers’ rewards are subject to commissioner approval and pension fund deductions.
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil widens its circle of friends daily with orders from distant western and northern regions. The oil is praised for its claimed humanitarian impact and moderate cost making it accessible to many customers.
To restore crepe veil place a folded sheet on a table and pin the veil straight. Dissolve sugar in boiling water, dampen a cloth, lay it on the crepe, and iron over the cloth without touching the fabric, repeating until dry. Renew small trimming crepe the same way. brush off dust beforehand. New York Sun.
An ad promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a remedy to purify blood and strengthen resistance to disease. It links blood quality to nerves, bones, and muscles, claims improved appetite, relief from headaches, backache, and rheumatic pain, and offers 50 cents a box or $2.50 for six via mail from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville.
The London Chronicle reviews Dr. Oldfield's Representative History showing 658 seat House of Commons with 218 MPs from 87 English and Welsh peers, 31 from 21 Scottish peers, 51 from 36 Irish peers, plus 137 MPs from 90 English and Welsh commoners, 14 from 14 Scottish, 20 from 19 Irish commoners, and 11 treasury seats 4 admiralty and 1 ordnance. 171 MPs appear independent.
A remark by Filson Young on games serving as relaxation for those engaged in serious world labor. He argues games should be a holiday activity, not a primary use of a person’s strength or time.
A terse quotation from the Boston Transcript reflects on art and fame with the line that good things die young. The fragment hints at literary fate and public reception.
The Iron Chancellor Bismarck once claimed to eat 175 oysters in a single sitting. He started with twenty five, then ordered fifty more after enjoying the first batch, and finally added a hundred more, prompting amusement from onlookers. At the time he was twenty six and had just returned from England.
A humorous exchange shows a mistress asking about French sardines while the waitress explains they were pashed soak in the box. The rustic mishap highlights a lighthearted kitchen miscommunication in a local setting.
The piece traces how wartime duties raise coffee costs, noting Britain’s tea predominance as a tax target and coffee’s spread from Arabia to the Americas. It highlights Brazil's dominance in production, Sao Paulo’s vast plantations, and Brazil’s valorization scheme that sustains coffee prices while aiding wartime tax needs.
Wireless telegraphy is predicted to surge with Marconi testing a Strand to Fawley link and Berlin conversations. Warships 40 miles apart and 150 mile French tests preserve tone. The Colin Jeance device promises both telegraphy and telephony for commercial and military use.
Miller's Worm Powders claim to destroy worms without discomfort to the child. The powders are said to be ground up and pass with excreta, thoroughly cleansing the stomach and bowels and creating an environment not favorable to worms. No revival of pests is anticipated.
A humorously medical scene depicts a patient comparing a loud heartbeat to the ticking of a dollar watch, suggesting the sound resembles a motorcycle. The quip frames a light medical exchange about palpably loud percussion and financial anxiety intertwined.
Dialogue hints at a severe illness for a patient found by James this morning. The doctor cautions against excessive optimism while noting the seriousness of the condition. The exchange mirrors a tense domestic medical scene from a period publication.
A woman complains she did not order the piano guide titled How to Play the Piano. The man reveals the package was sent for her by a neighbor named Brown and identifies Lippincott's as the publisher.
A fortune teller recounts a premonition of a wreck in a home caused by a blonde woman. The patron notes this already happened as the Swedish maid dropped the dumb waiter and broke all the dishes.
The Hartford Times quips about a courteous exchange between Little Johnny and Mrs Talkendown. The mother praises the speaker’s motherly sense and remarks on having a “nice little boy” as observed.
A stark image shows a collective effort where men lack a hammer yet still begin with nothing but will and craft. They persevere to create something concrete from scarce resources, turning absence into invention through determination and teamwork.
A St Louis Post Despatch note cites a lawyer query about when a man's income peaks. It quotes that income is often largest when a wife seeks to show a court how much alimony he could pay.
A cryptic line suggests divine justice favoring the ill deserving and blessing a well deserving man, noting the speaker as Plantus in a proverb like observation. The remark frames moral balance and mercy as a timeless principle attributed to a higher wisdom.
The article describes a fire bed method for sleeping outdoors in cold seasons. A trench is dug in sand, sides banked with excavated sand, a full length fire built to heat the pit, then live coals covered with four inches of sand. Heated sand retains heat through the night for a comfortable sleep.
A terse exchange marks a peculiar courtship as a lover asks to wed and the beloved responds with a brisk refusal. The brief dialogue contrasts ardent sentiment with pragmatic independence, revealing social tensions of romance.
Marie asks how to reform him and Kate replies by marrying him. The exchange reveals a bold, ironic solution as recorded in the Boston Transcript.
The Boston Transcript records a remark about domestic roles with Dix noting his wife does not go to the club for him when out late, but she goes for him when he returns home.
A reader credits stopping coffee and tea with Postum for curing years of nervousness and heart trouble. She notes doctors failed to help but health returned after switching to Postum, claiming bittersweet improvement over 6 to 8 months. Postum sold in Regular and Instant forms by grocers.
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