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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
6
A Pittsburgh Leader fragment recounts a humorous New York moment. A newlywed in Harlem visits a butcher shop on the eve of a large house party and asks for six chickens that are tough for a special reason. The butcher sets aside seven, then confirms all are tough. She instructs sending the remaining five to her house, leaving the butcher to ponder the odd request.
Impurities in the blood arise from liver defects and show as pimples and blotches on the skin. The ad promotes ParsheeLee's Vegetable Pills as the most effective inward remedy, claiming they act on the liver to trigger healthy processes and eliminate impurities.
A Brooklyn teacher asks a boy to define a multitude. The boy replies that a multitude is what we get when we multiply. Quip appears in August Lippincott's.
An advertising pitch claims Baby's Own Tablets prevent stomach and bowel troubles in hot weather, reducing risks of diarrhoea and cholera infantum. It urges mothers to keep a box, promises safety with no opiate, and notes 25 cents per box or mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
St James Man John Stoney aged 63 recovered quickly after tumor surgery performed by Dr F W Burnham of Winnipeg last week. The report notes his age makes the recovery remarkable. A reader's anecdote from The Delineator recalls a five year old Helen asking about offerings at Sunday school, reflecting curiosity about totals and giving.
An Irish landlord asserts ownership of extensive lands around Kerry, including lakes fisheries soil and bottom, surrounding mountains, village properties, and the railway station site. A steward reportedly says the holdings total 906000 acres, with hotels, an insane asylum, and a county poorhouse all on his soil housing hundreds of destitute residents.
A teacher questions Tommy on Sunday about the wages of sin. Tommy asks if it is a sin, and answers he would accept only tan for his act. The scene appears in Illustrated Bits as a humorous exchange about morals and compensation.
An office boy explains the editor cannot use drawings, noting the editor’s remark that they “make me sick.” The exchange satirizes drawing submissions and the editor’s indifference, as depicted in Harper's Weekly.
A short advertisement promoting Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a prompt relief for children suffering worms. It claims effectiveness and urges guardians to use the remedy to prevent long discomfort.
Fragmentary Philadelphia Ledger snippet shows a quarrel over in environment threats with a husband pressed to quit or die. Wife questions what is going on as a member of a court in Jersey stands by. Mrs B. remarks no one sang so badly.
Dr Jackson, former Health Officer of New York City, reports to Governor Hughes that house fires are blamed for thousands of typhoid and related deaths. He notes Wilsons Fly Pads in all the cities and disease germs too.
An Irishman enters a country inn and asks for the best whiskey. After drinking, the landlord accuses him of not paying. The Irishman asks if he paid, and the landlord says yes. The exchange ends with the Irishman noting they both paid for it would be pointless.
In a brief, humorous exchange Nell teases about marrying an old man while Bell jokes that his shoes are bought in pairs as the old man lingers. The dialogue pivots on age, mortality, and a quip about the value of Wilson Fly Pads versus sheets of paper. The tone is comic and observational.
A Yonkers Statesman snippet captures a humorous dialogue where a man asks about sawing wood and women’s roles. The exchange plays on dressing up a product claim for Minard’s Linirant while framing social norms, ending with a light remark about gendered labor.
A London despatch announces J. H. Greene traveling representative for Curzon Bros of London will start a business tour in Victoria B C on August 29 visiting eastern cities thereafter. He carries a full range of latest designs in spitings over coatings and trouserings and can take measurements and orders for all men s clothing mailed from Curzon s warehouse in London, England.
A Paris newspaper reports that plumage demand for hats drives the slaughter of about three hundred million birds yearly. Paris milliners take in forty thousand sea gulls each year while a London house supplied thirty two thousand humming birds and eighty thousand sea birds last year. The piece notes loss to agriculture from indiscriminate destruction and lists species nearing extinction.
Country editor learns names of subscribers Jonas Perkinbine and Wrecks from a loaf er at the village store. A motor car accident leaves one man injured and suing for £300 damages. The other man reportedly spent the money on a car.
A Penny Pictorial caption presents a domestic vignette where a daughter praises a piano as her own and asks about taking it when she marries. The father humorously cautions secrecy to protect her chances, highlighting everyday family life and product branding.
Quoted snippets show domestic strains with a meek wife and peevish husband over a mistaken baby. The ad-like lines mention Holloway’s Corn Cure root-kill claims and the evolving social reception of new tech like the telephone. A brief rural scene closes with a request for cod liver oil.
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