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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 13, 1917
Page
3
The Imperial War Office shows no soldiers on site. Metropolitan policemen manage order and verify entrants. A constable asks business, collects an inquiry form, and passes are handed to guards at exits. A young guide in brown overalls with crown insignia guides visitors to needed rooms.
Summer complaints menace young children and require early care. The ad promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a preventive and curative remedy, claiming safety certified by a government analyst and urging households with children to stock them. Available from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario for 25 cents a box.
A Quebec newspaper urges prudent consumption during a present crisis. Citizens are advised to eat and use what is needed to stay healthy, while avoiding waste and unnecessary expenditure. The piece emphasizes restraint and resourcefulness in daily life.
The essay cites Philip Scheidemann after Stockholm as urging sweeping democratization of the German empire to end the war. He argues Germans abroad learn truth that only a democratic empire can end endless killing and secure peace, noting the world’s aim is to remove German autocracy, not destroy Germany.
Advertisement touts Molloway's Corn Cure as a treatment to remove warts, claiming disfigurements disappear after use and skin improves.
A Chronicle summary notes the formation of the confederation name. Initially United Provinces and then Kingdom of Canada were proposed. Lord Derby suggested Dominion to avoid offending the United States while preserving majesty and unity with the allies in the field.
The Farmers' Advocate notes city gardeners paying 4 to 5 dollars per bag of potatoes and 60 cents per pound Paris green, with planting costs of 3 to 4 dollars. They foresee eating seven to ten bags and potential potato prices of 75 cents to 1 dollar next winter, while growing for sale remains hard.
A 19th century advertisement claims catarrhal deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local treatments. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood-borne remedy and offers one hundred dollars for any case it cannot cure, with circulars free and drugs sold for 75 cents by FP Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
The article criticizes egg farmers for neglecting proper egg care and warns that egg quality reflects on the producer. It argues many poultrymen chase quantity over quality, noting egg handling and storage impact on market value and consumer trust.
The article describes a captain’s parlor with Nelson memorabilia, a silver statuette as a mascot, and a tale of the statuette surviving battle. Nelson’s bust, navy portraits, and patches of the First Battle Squadron decorate the room as a tribute to maritime history. The statuette’s fate during maneuvers and at Jutland underscores its symbolic grip on the ship and crew.
An old ad touts a drop solution to remove corns or calluses with quick action and simple application. It claims painless relief and easy use for fingers and feet.
A Cincinnati chemist announces Free Zone a new drug available in small bottles at low cost. A drop on a corn or callus loosens it so it can be removed with no pain or irritation, shrinking the affected tissue without burning or inflaming. If not in stock, ask the druggist to order it from the wholesale house.
Timber Resources of Canada estimates place Canada's timber resources as the third largest globally. The Dominion cites a saw timber supply between 500 and 800 billion feet board measurement across about 250 million acres, excluding pulp wood firewood and poles.
A Quebec doctor writes from St Isidore on August 18 1894 praising Minards Liniment Co Limited product quality and calling it the best all round liniment for patients in his practice.
A Montana rancher buys a biplane to patrol his herds by air and mark missing flocks with smoke drops. He trains in Los Angeles and plans radio link with the pack train. If successful he may deploy five or six aircraft and spur others to follow.
The Christian Guardian reports the Russian finance ministry’s volume on vodka prohibition from July 1914 to April 1915. It notes less drunkenness, more churchgoing, fewer thefts and crimes, improved health, diminished beggary, and reduced fires. Savings rose, Perm wealth surged, and Moscow’s labor efficiency reached 25 percent, with broad public approval and little chance of reversal.
The pills are small yet effective in action. They serve as a stomach trouble corrector and are in constant demand by those who know their value. They are presented as the best preparation on the market for disorders of the stomach.
Britain networks over a hundred factories involved in building and equipping aircraft. Dr Addison reports output rise to over three times May 1916 levels, reaching just over 300 planes. To fill labor needs, special schools have been started nationwide.
A trusted source reports German leaders consider provoking Allied pity with a staged democratic liberalism reform plan. The aim is a temporary change to secure a favorable peace, after which Prussia would revert, leaving Germany saved by illusory concessions. German agents are said to be actively promoting this strategy.
The advertisement promotes Dr Thomas' Electric Oil for chilblains and frostbite. It claims rapid relief from inflammation and pain due to icy winds and cold, with instant action and simple application.
John K Hecken the New York engineer submits to the British cabinet a plan to bore four tunnels beneath the English Channel within 35 days using a machine claimed to cut 100 feet per hour. Hecken says tunnels could be ready in months with a trackway and a driveway for motor lorries linking England to France for supplies.
The Petrolia Advertiser notes Ladies' Home Journal charges eight dollars per line or one hundred four per inch, six thousand dollars for a full page per issue, back cover ten thousand dollars, while Saturday Evening Post ads run five thousand for a full page and twelve thousand five hundred for back color center pages. It asserts advertising always fills the space, proving it pays.
The New York Tribune cites a campaign for prudent purchasing urging shoppers to buy what they need, avoid waste, and value both money and others time in a renewed shopping ethos.
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