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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1917
Page
3
The author denounces high food costs due to shortage, waste, market manipulation, and speculation. It claims farmers sold wheat last fall at 1.40 and questions who earned the 1.40 to 2.80 spread. It calls for a food controller and confiscation of abnormal profits to calm restive people.
Relief for low spirits links to stomach and liver function. The ad claims Parmelee's Vegetable Pills improve digestion, benefit nerves, and restore spirits with lasting, cheap, simple relief.
A humorous fragment shows a grocer asked if eggs are fresh. The grocer replies that they would not be laid until tomorrow if a calendar page had not been torn by mistake.
A large portion of archival records in Northern France has vanished or been damaged. After the Somme evacuation, Allied forces sought official registers and archives in ruined areas. Some documents survived in fragments from ruins, but historians fear irreplaceable data have been lost.
A nationwide ban restricts veal meat from hotel dining rooms across the United States affecting menus in major hotels. The move draws criticism from chefs and advocates for animal welfare who argue dietary options should remain varied.
Mrs. Roar of Sage Avenue Stormt claims four children and nervous spells, backache, and blues improved after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She says worries haven’t dulled her youthful looks and thanks the remedies for restoring health. Free mass information offered.
Enormous quantities of perishable food are discarded daily by stores. The proposal suggests that women in various cities arrange collection of this waste food from stores each day to distribute where needed or sell at chea prices for war relief.
The piece urges strict economy in food use by every household to conserve supplies. It calls for sharing scarce foods, cutting luxuries, and using Canada’s corn, peas, bears, oats and barley more efficiently. Perishables should be canned and gardens properly tended with winter storage of rhubarb and tomatoes.
A Cincinnati authority promotes Freezone as a cheap ether compound that instantly dries on application and removes corns and calluses without pain or infection risk. Consumers are advised to ask a druggist or order from a wholesale drug house if local stock is unavailable.
German forces in Alsace Lorraine tighten requisitions starving civilians. Farmers lose milking rights and eggs, livestock and foods including wheat and flour are seized. Bells from Strassburg cathedral and other metal items have been taken to fuel war production. Military penalties deter any food production or distribution.
5 R Henderson president of the Manitoba good roads association states good roads hold vast monetary value beyond common understanding. He argues bad roads hinder development and progress, cause abandoned farms, crowded cities, and higher prices. Good roads boost farming, reduce food costs, improve transport and communication, and increase national wealth and greatness for all.
An advertising notice warns that infants face high danger in hot weather from diarrheal illnesses and urges keeping Baby's Own Tablets at home. It claims prompt dosing prevents or cures stomach and bowel troubles, with a testimonial from Mrs. Chas. Anderson of Minda, Alta. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams' Medicine Co.
A French ace Captain Guynemer reportedly photographs each enemy airman he shoots at using a camera attached to his machine gun. The system, believed his idea, is praised as a novel method for war pictures and is expected to be adopted by the Lafayette Escadrille.
Dr Thomas Electric Oil has served for over thirty years and gained wide favor in Canada and abroad. The product is praised as a superior liniment with no equal in its category, valued even at double its price.
The 1916 Scientific American cited 1149 deaths from high heel accidents and 4000 cripplings from falls and injuries. The passage condemns fashionable heels as dangerous and urges restraint to protect wearers.
A letter from Jos. Dubes of St Joseph Levis dated July 14 1603 praises Minard's Liniment Co for curing a severe leg injury from a horse kick last May after other preparations failed. The writer states his leg was black and he was bedridden for a fort night before using three bottles of the liniment and recovering enough to resume travel.
A Baltimore American excerpt captures a rural dialect exchange about family funerals. A speaker laments being denied time off to attend a grandmother's funeral while another says a cousin has attended four such funerals that summer.
A partial OCR fragment explores how laughter reveals character, noting that serious reflection often contrasts with humorous outward behavior. The piece hints at the idea that true disposition emerges from responses to humor and social cues.
The Kaiser lauded his Dragoon Regiment of Bayreuth, famed for Hohenfriedberg, saying it fulfilled the Supreme War Lord’s expectations and achieved deeds that would please Fritz in the Elysian fields. The Westminster Gazette notes a desire for a full account of his emotions on the war’s course.
No surgical operation is necessary in removing corns if Holloway's Corn Cure is used. The formula promises painless relief and quick results for affected individuals seeking treatment.
The Berliner Tageblatt quotes Capt. Persius arguing Britain can control the sea and the German faction is unable to counter this force. He acknowledges that submarine warfare is seen by many Germans as the only way to deter Britain, though it remains debatable.
Betty calmly continued milking while a mad bull charged from the meadow. The beast stopped within a few yards, turned away, and fled after onlookers asked why it ran. Betty replied the cow is its mother-in-law, a quip that left observers amused.
A historical ad style item touts Minard's Liniment as a cure for burns and pains with temperance messaging and sensational quotes claiming moral and domestic remedies.
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