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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1909
Page
6
Grace Edmonds and her husband attend a party with the wealthy Constables and Goodwin. Jealousy gives way to humility as Grace chooses contentment with their modest home over social climbing, finding genuine happiness in their “little place” and asking a blessing.
The obituary recalls William Jarvis as a long time Montreal survivor linked to many pivotal Eastern Canada events. His memory fueled a Thirty Years Ago column and he was a friend of Fred Perry, tied to Montreal's Parliament Buildings fire history.
Dr. Wilfred Grentell reports a thriving reindeer herd in Labrador with 1 to 700 animals in strong health. The herd’s training and domestication progress rapidly, supplanting sledge dogs for traction, while does provide milk of exceptional quality aiding children’s subsistence.
Quoted banter notes a woman escaped injury after being thrown from a car. The exchange underscores her landing on her head yet sustaining no damage, described with a humorous exaggeration about a smashed roll and seven rats in a comic newspaper voice.
Lionel Yeplexy recalls Christmas aboard Persian Gulf patrols and Whale Island days with Fisher and Scott shaping naval gunnery. The piece notes shipboard rations and rum practices, uniform regulations, and myths of British seamen plus desert mud and dysentery tips.
A married man swears to tell the truth in a ceremonial oath. He declares the story is true and, lifting his hand, takes the oath while listeners support his honesty. He jokes that he must swear so often to his wife that it has become second nature.
A brief Washington tar item records Mr Crossiote and a reply about poultry welfare. The exchange centers on what is seen as a great aid to poultry health and a reference to Sunday Company in the context of the discussion.
Anew venting between a irate old lady and a boy over selling Wilson's Fly Pads to local grocers and stores. The boy defends himself claiming he is collecting specimens for a mysterious institute while a quote from Franklin closes the exchange about lazy minds and bodies.
A wealthy Washington society woman faces a domestic crisis when her cook quits after a dinner fire threat. In need of help she approaches a neat colored woman who, after a silence, asks where the home is and then exposes the joke by pointing to the mirror to show the owner her own cook is herself.
A Washington Star quotation notes remedies for stomach and liver disorders. It promotes Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a fast acting digestive aid blended with laxatives and sedatives, claiming quick restoration of healthy action.
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