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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
3
A London Ontario woman praises Peruna for curing a severe cold and breathing trouble after last January. A Nashville Tennessee woman claims Peruna ended her lifelong cough after trying many medicines. Both letters express strong belief in Peruna’s effectiveness and urge others to try it.
Mrs Hicks recounts a scare to friends from a burglarity night incident. She heard a noise and found under the bed a leg, then realized it was her husband’s legs upon investigation. The ladies react with astonishment as the tale unfolds.
An 1870s style ad offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo and testimonials from Walding Kinnan Marvin, wholesale druggists. The cure is taken internally and targets blood and mucous surfaces. price 75 cents per bottle. readers are urged to purchase Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A courtroom exchange turns humorous as the judge questions a witness who claims to be a poet. the judge retorts that poetry is not a profession, framing it as a disease in a sharp line. The moment highlights courtroom banter and rhetorical clash.
A cautious recount by a wealthy merchant recalls selling old age spectacles on a seashore boardwalk. He describes targeting couples and a young woman with a grandpa, only to be met with laughter, rebukes, and a stark rebuff as the scene underscores the social sting of the trade.
A fragment notes a Samson like figure whose strength came from hair and a proverb about nine tailors needed to make a man but one dressmaker to break him. The lines mix a biblical allusion with a proverb from Lippincott's Magazine as printed in a Baltimore American page segment.
In London Punch a scene shows Mrs Giles anxiously urging the rector’s health and remarking on “bad doers” who mock virtue. She vows to help by giving the best of vitters, while condemning such behavior as harmful.
A teacher asks how to define a serving nerd and the rhetoric closes with a witty reply from a sharp eyed student. The exchange turns on wordplay, revealing playful jab at terminology and perceptions in class.
Drugstore items and home remedies are touted with humor and old time wit. An ad urges readers to buy Wil sons Fly Pads from merchants and to trust Kellogg s Cordial for summer illnesses while a brief joke about a wedding adds social flavor to the page.
A testimonial claims Dr A W Chase's Kidney Liver Pills can cure kidney disease. The letter from Capt W Smith of Revelstoke BC says chronic kidney disease was cured after using the pills, with a one pill dose priced at 25 cents and sold by Edmanson Bates & Co Toronto.
An ad style clipping reviews Dr A W Chase's Kidney Liver Pills as faultless and well studied in vegetable compounds to regulate stomach functions. It touts long use and high reputation, claiming the pills remain a leading standard preparation despite brief asides from a Boston Transcript cartoon quote.
A fragmented passage touts the best of Ceylon teas in Salada. It also includes a garbled quote about a butcher and a chopping scene through a quip by a cheerful idiot and a question by an old boarder, attributed to Judge.
A 1904 letter from St Isidore praising Minard's Liniment Co Limited notes frequent use and prescription for patients with gratifying results, calling it the best all round liniment extant.
A brief note mentions Dr Thomas Electric Oil and its renowned reputation beyond Canada. It notes the product’s good name spreading to Central and South America, the West Indies, Australia, and New Zealand, where it remains on sale and in demand.
An old advertisement touts Wilson's Fly Pads as the best fly killer with sensational lines. It mentions characters Mr Stubbs Lucy Mary Ann and Mrs Stubbs reacting to a supposed explosion from guncotton as a dramatic boast for the product.
The Hickory is America’s sole native tree family with nine varieties on the continent. Its name comes from an Indian liquor made by pounding kernels. Indians valued hickory for nuts and wood used for axe handles, while early settlers praised its tough, close grain.
Ex-sailorman Jim Squid allegedly tattoos indelible designs on the arms of several bathing maids at Atlantic City surfside. Parents search for the artist after seeing anchors and hearts with arrows on arms. Meanwhile Nicaragua’s minister to Spain sails with a secretary who experiences homesickness and returns home.
SPECIAL TO GRAIN SHIPPERS. It takes years to learn the best methods of handling grain. We have had thirty years' experience handling grain in this country, have a branch office at Fort William and close business connection at all grain centres. Ship your grain through us for prompt returns and good services. References, Union Bank of Canada, Manitoba Commission Co., Grain Exchange, Winnipeg, Man.
A brief humorous exchange depicting a cabman urging his horse to go faster and a witty reply about belonging to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The scene ends with a light-hearted jab about a pourboire and bourgeois manners.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press shows Towne discussing his wife’s modest clothing budget and Browne urging action. The dialogue highlights a consumer exchange about cost, value, and what the wife should receive, framed by an era tone.
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