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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
3
A comic vignette contrasts a physiologist scolding an Irish worker about sun exposure with a retort about brains. It mentions Success Magazine and promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as child medicine. A joke ad about a lost mangy lapdog named Fido follows with a reward offer.
One hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cure that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Walding Kinnan Marvin druggists endorse the firm. Cure taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Briggs joke about wife a socialist in Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The ad copy touts Wilson's Fly Pads as killing houseflies and disease germs including typhoid scarlet fever smallpox and a mysterious veotbdanation. The piece also parodies social aims and a medical scene with a doctor agreeing to immediate operation despite patient expense.
An essay contrasts diverse notions of rest from starch to sleeping in cemeteries. Vignettes include a stage driver watching others work, a girl liking old clothes and sticky candy, a man enjoying crowds, and a note on sleeping on a moving train car. The piece urges readers to discover and practice their own relaxation method.
The guide advises washing potatoes thoroughly and steaming them in jackets to maximize nutrition. For baked potatoes, wash scrub dry, bake 1.5 to 2 hours in a hot oven, turning once or twice, and test with a soft yield. A small notch with butter and seasonings is optional and mint can improve boiling flavor.
The Washington Star notes that as campaigns restart, familiar arguments resurface though new candidates enter the fray. The piece emphasizes recurring themes and the cyclical nature of political discourse.
A fragmented reminiscence describes a plaisir filled day with Willie and a friend. The speaker muses about dreaming of a job as a demonstrator for breezy products, recalling a lighthearted moment and shared smiles.
Rheumatic pains vanish by Dr A W Chase's Nerve Food. The ad claims rheumatism stems from impure blood and promises blood restoration and relief. A Toronto distributor and a testimonial from Mrs M A Clock of Meaford Ontario are cited along with a portrait of A W Chase M D on each box.
Dialogue from Harper's Weekly introduces a home coded signaling system between Emily and Angelina after Papa bans Tom from the house. The five handkerchief waves signal love while replies confirm. The piece presents a light domestic vignette with no further questions or messages.
The farmer and his wife discuss Joshua seeking a real opportunity to show his abilities. The farmer notes that Joshua often faces tasks he cannot complete, suggesting a frustrating pattern in his efforts.
One room and kitchen stay free from flies by using Wilson's Fly Pads as directed on each package. Get the genuine Wilson's. no other killers compare with them.
In a Chicago Tribune item a student admits naming all domestic animals except one. The creature with bristly hair likes mud and dirt, and the exchange features a shy confession by Tom.
The advertisement touts choicest hill-grown tea leaves for Salada Tea with a delicate fragrance and refined flavor. A courtroom exchange features a suspicious character description and a playful Scots dialect denial from a prisoner.
A testimonial from David Henderson of Belleisle Station New Brunswick dated September 17 1904 reports a bleeding facial tumor healed after using several bottles of Minard's Liniment. He says the remedy produced a complete cure and disappearance of the tumor.
A Chicago Journal item notes a suspect pleads guilty to describing a woman with a marble brow arch eyebrows eyes like diamonds and lips like rubies in a stylized exchange. The line conveys a literary portrayal within the report.
Excerpt urges that confidence is essential to achievement. It warns that admitting inferiority to emergencies invites defeat and that belief in one's power to overcome tasks sustains progress and purpose. The passage emphasizes self reliance and perseverance.
The Metropolitan Asylums Board reports a brass band formed for feeble minded boys at Witham Home near Fasex has accelerated mental improvements. Superintendent T C Gibbs notes marked progress and some cases once deemed hopeless now show sanity. The committee plans uniforms and a full-time bandmaster as support grows.
Consul Edward I. Nathan of Patris Greece outlines how hasheesh is grown in southern Greece near Tripolitza the processing method drying and grinding the plant to produce the drug. He notes its sleep inducing effects and the mental and physical wreckage from continued use and Egyptian efforts to halt export to Egypt and beyond to Europe.
The famed Charlemagne rose tree near the ancient Hildesheim church in Germany is described as the oldest rose tree, planted by Charlemagne. Its trunk is nearly human size, with five main limbs trained on the church wall, protected by iron railings over a twenty six square foot area. Historic rulers and troops from Turenne to Napoleon are said to have tended or restrained it, shaping its encasement and protection.
A discussion on how bed conditions and surroundings spark dreams and nightmares. Dr. G. Stanley Hall’s Clark University lab reports suggest children favor animals in dreams while adults fear burglars and jailers, with nocturnal factors shaping perceptions.
A clipped exchange shows Briggs being quoted as extravagantly spendthrift and reluctant to lend credit. The speaker jokes about attempting to borrow while asserting Briggs’s perceived lavishness and stinginess.
The piece extols Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a superior remedy for dyspepsia caused by stomach and liver inefficiency, praising years of effective use and contrasting them with rival advertisements while noting the sufferer deserves pity.
A brief Chicago News quip portrays money as persuasive, with the line about a dollar saying goodbye once in hand. The exchange humorously frames finance as a talking force.
A short Philadelphia Inquirer comic strip item notes Bertie hearing his neighbor's mother calling, while Bertie remarks about not being summoned as often as Albert. The gag centers on a family scene and a medical product tease.
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