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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1912
Page
3
Advertisement urging readers to enroll in Shaw's Schools Toronto, Canada. Promotes training for business office work and telegraph operation with a call to write President W. H. Shaw for curriculum details.
Mr Farraway recalls homesickness while abroad with Miss Beep noting it eased on travel home. Both describe longing for home during distant journeys and returning amid familiar surroundings.
The Department of Labor reports labor disputes in August were less severe than July with 11 of 17 disputes ending. Transportation saw short disruptions in various regions and about 9,500 employees were involved in trade disputes during August.
George S Lyon of Toronto emerges as Canada’s champions in golf and a renowned cricketer. His career spans amateur titles in 1898 1900 1903 1905 1906 1907 plus open runner ups and Olympic victory in 1904. Born 1858 in Richmond Ontario he remains a veteran athlete with lasting style from early days.
A student of English novelists argues Scotland remains largely unknown to many writers. He cites misused dialects and topical allusions, including a Jacobite song with bagpipes, an organ in a Free Church after 1843, and a hero struggle to travel from Edinburgh to Leith.
A brief notice reports remarkable relief for sciatica and lumbago after using a certain remedy. The claim highlights significant pain reduction and improved mobility, urging readers to seek more details about the treatment.
Mr Collins of Morpeth Ontario recounts twenty five years of illness with sciatica lumbago and neuralgia improving after using Dr Chase's Nerve Food and Kidney Liver Pills. He notes rapid initial relief and continued benefits recommending them to friends. Sold by dealers or Edmanson Bates Co Limited Toronto.
The federal government contemplates barring suffragists from entry as undesirables citing immigration and public domain law. Ottawa reports suggest militants may be refused at ports, while court rulings on deportation grounds are anticipated as Parliament acts face judicial scrutiny.
The article discusses creating a department of education to study stammering and tests for speech power. It imagines classrooms where children recite tongue twisters like She sells sea shells and Kimbo Kemble, highlighting concerns about judging stammering and potential medical testing.
Simple and Sure. Dr. Thomas Electric Off is so easy to apply that a child can understand the instructions. Used as a liniment the only direction is to rub and when used as a dressing to apply. The directions are plain and unmissable for young or old.
At a station two men, one tall and one very short, attempt to pass through gates. The taller claims a half ticket for the smaller, who fears passing with his beard. The other suggests they tell officials the beard is a mole to avoid scrutiny.
Abraham Lincoln walked fifteen miles to borrow a volume of the Illinois statutes and read by pine knots, a contrast to today’s public schools libraries and lecture courses. The road to education is easy now with little excuse for neglecting it.
The ad copy touts Holloway's Corn Cure as highly effective against stubborn corns and warts. It urges readers to try the treatment, presenting compelling claims of fast relief.
A sequence of small ads requests mostly rooms and a shed space for a manufacturer and a student, plus gas and cow needs. The excerpt ends with a humorous English paper note about a corn cure advertised as startling news after twenty one years of suffering.
A letter from Carterhall Nild testifies that in the country last summer mosquito bites caused severe irritation. After using Minard's Liniment the irritation disappeared in a few applications and prevented soreness, praising the product as useful to keep mosquitoes away.
A tall thin man and a short stout friend on Washington Street joke about being tired after measuring a house for new carpets. The tall man claims to be exactly six feet tall and says he has been lying down and getting up to match the house’s height.
A reader letter argues caffeine from tea and coffee harms the heart nervous system and digestion. It cites a testimonial about Postum as a nutritive beverage and urges following directions to prepare it for better health, noting a Canadian producer.
Paris corre spondent claims the Mona Lisa never left the Louvre and was destroyed in a vitriol attack. A photographer’s disgruntled employee allegedly poured sulfuric acid on the portrait, and a supposed stolen work was only a copy kept behind glass until restoration hopes ended.
Ed monton dispatches report that contracts for the Grand Trunk Pacific hotel project priced at 1.5 million will be awarded soon by Ed Wilmann of the Canadian Stew art Co Montreal. Tenders have been received from Winnipeg and Toronto firms and excavation should begin in days. Specifications require 12 000 barrels of cement 6 000 yards of sand 14 000 yards of gravel and 1 500 000 bricks with millwork plumbing heating and ventilation roofing sheet metal and ironwork contracts to follow.
A wry note on marriage reform cycles as a woman who reforms a husband may be undone by another woman smiling and drawing him away.
Several inmates object to singing for the prison choir noting it was not specified in their sentences. The dispute centers on whether participation is mandatory or optional within their rehabilitation terms.
A quirky slice shows Want ads from Canadian papers with odd jobs and requests. Entries include a waitress sleeping at home, a mill hand, a Europe-bound lady, organist and bowing boy for church, horsekeeper in Alberta, German-speaking, button sewing, a dog with pointed ears, a nurse for a bottled baby, and a boy for inside and partly outside the store.
A man in the aisle orders the seated man to yield his seat claiming to be the tiredest in America after a 60 mile motor paced bicycle race. The seated man retorts he has not exhausted himself and notes he watched the race while resting.
At a birthday gathering a young woman started a song but hit a high note and paused. An observer joked aloud to begin the tune at five thousand shekels as if setting an auction price.
In a domestic exchange, a wife requests a new hat for herself while her husband inquires what else is needed to improve their home. The dialogue highlights a practical, lighthearted mood within a small household.
A brief domestic exchange shows Jane offering to sew a button for Alfred who laments his lack of sewing skills. The remark hints at their marriage dynamic and Jane’s habitual role with household tasks.
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