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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 26, 1918
Page
3
A vintage advertisement promises drooping feeling can be reversed with Dr Hamilton's Pills. It claims quick system energization, restored appetite, and a youthful complexion, urging readers to buy a 25 cent box from any dealer.
In Castleming Hall a mysterious burglary ends in a fire killing Miss de Rochefort and her sister as a man escapes, leaving a life preserver as a clue. Marie, in London, acts on a urgent motive choosing rapid travel and secretive visits to a contact at a museum.
Pie dramatic speech thrills reporters while coroner halts proceedings for two key witnesses. Marie and Miss de Rochefort expected to testify within days, inquest adjourned for one week.
The United States holds over 77 million acres of reclaimable swamp land, about one sixth of cultivated territory, mostly east of the Mississippi. New Zealand States report over 500,000 acres of swamp land, enough to feed soldiers, with potential food product sales around 50 million dollars.
The Heyden Chemical Works at Garfield New Jersey, the nation’s second largest of its kind, with exclusive rights to German patents and processes for soda salicylate and related acids, was seized and will be operated for the government as patents and formulas are Americanized.
The article recounts a vanished identity mystery from World War I after a six week battle in No Man's Land. A body found in a shell hole showed no identifying marks, leaving questions about its origin, unit, and how he survived on rations and water.
The sale of fifty seven Shorthorn bulls in Birmingham Alabama raised 74000 for the Red Cross. Breeders from the corn belt contributed the bulls which were judged after a show. A parade featured each bull wearing a Red Cross banner, led by a lady in Red Cross attire and a uniformed soldier, with martial music through downtown.
The article describes Dippy the Loon, a Great Northern Diver fond of solitude in Green Forest lakes. It notes its long three foot body, backward legs for swimming, limited land mobility, and swift flight after water-assisted takeoff. It also highlights plumage, size, and keen sight for fish.
A South Sea Islander enters church wearing squeaky European shoes and, to amuse his wife, removes them and drops the shoes out the window so she may also enter with talking shoes.
Professor McLaurin of the University of Saskatchewan reports success converting wheat straw to gas using a 300 cubic foot gas bag. He claims a ton of straw yields 11 000 to 12 900 cubic feet of gas and that 300 cubic feet equals a gallon of gasoline, enough to run his McLaughlin automobile several miles.
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