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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1905
Page
3
The Banner recounts a brief anecdote involving a driver who learns a man’s full name Abraham Lincoln Backus and guesses his twin brother’s possible name Benjamin F. Butler Backus. The General reacts with amusement as the driver jokes about being born first and ponders the compliment.
The sick man pines for relief yet avoids medicines. Wisdom directs attention to Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as a specific for indigestion and digestive disorders, claimed to be unequal.
During President Harriman's Cheyenne visit Frank Jones, son of Master Mechanic's chief clerk D A Jones, rode to a private car with a telegram. Harriman asks what he does. the boy replies he directs envelopes to the master mechanic's office for the Union Pacific.
In the northern district a Georgia representative recalls a young lawyer asking for a postponement in a moonshining case. The judge remarks he will need eight hours to hear the argument, while the lawyer predicts the prisoner will need about three years to explain why he hired him.
A letter from Carterhall Illinois dated January 8 1898 describes a traveler bitten by mosquitoes seeking relief from irritation using Richards & Co Yarmouth Maine endorsed Minard's Liniment. The writer notes hoped for curing irritation and preventing soreness as a key benefit.
The dialogue features two personified figures, DeLay boasting of a baseball record while Miss Tiredout expresses eagerness to witness a home run. The excerpt centers on competitive banter and playful challenge between the two characters.
Advertises Holloway's Corn Cure as the remedy for painful corns, claiming relief for wearers of boots and barefoot alike, promising cure for persistent torment.
The magistrate questioned an Italian organ grinder who appeared charged with breaking a fellow musician's something. The brief hearing ended without a clear resolution as details remain unclear in the fragment.
Public notice notes a location at 138 Osborne Street in Fort Rouge Winnipeg Manitoba. The entry lists the street address without further context or action.
Assistant Attorney General Charles H. Robb, famed for pursuing postal grafters, began law in a Vermont village where he knew residents well. A lank Yankee once entered his office claiming a cow trading dispute led to a legal fight, insisting the animal merely looked unwell though it was blind.
An ad asserts skin blemishes and eruptions stem from impure blood due to faulty liver and kidney action. It promises restoration of organ function and blood cleansing, with blotches disappearing without trace.
A country man marvels at the sea and asks a fisherman for a gallon of water to take home. The fisher sells a jar for fifty cents, claims ownership, and the man later finds the tide has receded, exclaiming for a joke about trading.
A comic exchange jokes about distinguishing wild and tame ducks. Ethel questions telling a wild duck from a tame one, and Cholly responds that if you can get near enough to shoot it, it’s tame.
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for a cure of catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. and endorses the medicine's bloodstream action. A Toledo druggist signoff and a brief political chat note a voter asking for two dollars.
An advertisement touts Psycuine as the best remedy to rebuild a run down system. It claims the tonic strengthens nerves, repairs liver function, cures dizziness and headache, and boosts appetite, suitable for men women and children across the Dominion. It urges consulting a physician or asking a druggist about the product.
The dialogue shows a magistrate reacting to a claim of twenty five dollars a week for grinding an organ. The respondent dismisses the idea, insisting the remark is not acceptable and telling the magistrate to be quiet and go away.
A vintage ad claims Wolford's Sanitary Lotion cures Itch Mange Prairie Scratches on humans or animals in 30 minutes and is sold at all druggists.
While hungry in a remote New York area, Oliver Herford dines in a doubtful restaurant. He asks for a chop but receives a small overdone piece with a long rib. The waiter rushes away. Herford protests and then realizes the plate's crack fooled him into misseeing the meal.
Deacon Ironside suggests summoning Brother Hardesty before the church board. Elder Keep asks what troubles him, noting Hardesty finds fault with the use of carp dogfish and complains there are too few black bass.
A patient testimonial from Lena Hiebert describes relief from dizzy spells back pain nervousness and exhaustion after using Dr Chase's Nerve Food. The ad claims the product rebuilds nerve cells and energy and lists prices 50 cents per box or six for $2.50 from Edmonson Bates & Co Toronto with Dr A W Chase portrait on each box.
A tavern scene shows a customer asking for lamb that “gamboled on the green” but the waitress notes none such exists. She offers plain mbs as the available choice while teasing the request with rustic humor. The dialogue captures a rural, old fashioned dining exchange.
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