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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 04, 1919
Page
6
Advertisement urges girls and women to use Dr Hamilton's Pills to cleanse bile, improve digestion, increase appetite, and restore color and vigor. Claims to strengthen weak folks and enliven the body while warning to avoid substitutes.
After his father's departure, Dave faces loneliness and ruin at the ranch turning toward town life. He eyes his old horse Slop-eye with longing, contemplates starting anew, and falls among cowhands and gamblers where a sharp card trickster preys on marks. The scene sets a bleak, wary mood as Dave inches toward a risky course.
Reenie faces a life turning point as Dave confesses true feeling and asks for future commitment. She recalls family ties and freedom, then yields a kiss that seals a pivotal crossing from youth toward adulthood and intent.
A reader from St Bazile Quebec signs a Cuticura Soap advertisement style note dating 1918. The message promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum for all toilet use and mentions facial skin issues.
Canada increased opiate imports sharply with crude opium rising from 12 471 pounds in 1918 to 34 263 pounds in the year ended March 31. Powdered opium grew from 51 to 123 pounds, value of crude opium climbed from 146 346 to 534 85 dollars. Similar trend seen for cocaine and morphine.
Sir John Hunter testified before a national expenditures committee that 700000 workers on air ministry projects included fictitious employees. He alleged wages were charged to the government for men who did not exist and said a conspiracy connected government men and contractors existed, with some arrested but no prosecutions by the crown.
The ad describes making a lemon juice skin whitening lotion by mixing two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to yield a quarter pint. It claims to remove freckles sallowness and tan, soften and brighten skin, and advises straining pulp and storing for months while applying daily to face neck arms and hands.
A fragment hints at a literary or workplace scene where a pen outplays a sword in wit as a pretty typist plays a pivotal role. The tone suggests humor or innuendo in a dated newspaper column or caption about office life.
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