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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1909
Page
3
Magistrate questions a prisoner as a buxom mother-in-law testifies at Central police station court. The piece humorously notes a judge’s remark about post release life and advertises Parmelee’s vegetable pills for digestive relief.
A fragment mentions Wilsons Fly Pada sold by Canadian druggists and general dealers plus a comic exchange where a crab and lobster discuss a baby name. Lifebuoy Soap is promoted as refreshing for bath and laundry use.
A Washington public school recitation prompts a boy to answer Rome was built at night. He explains his dad said Rome wasn’t built in a day. The exchange amuses the class and mirrors a common saying.
The unnamed vessel will be a 20,259 ton displacement fireship, larger and longer than the Dreadnought. Built with heavier water-line armor, wider protection against submarines, and ten 12 inch guns of the 50-calibre pattern plus four 4 inch guns.
Britain takes steps toward polar annexation after Colonel Seley states Canada claims land from the American border to the North Pole. Colonel Seeley responds to prior interpellations raised by Sir Gilbert Parker.
Cody plans the London to Manchester flight with two en route stops allowed. The Daily Mail offers a £10,000 prize to the first aviator to complete the 166 mile journey from London to Manchester at an early date.
The Glasgow Herald notes with satisfaction that Allan line business offices will remain in Glasgow. It predicts broader shifts as railway and shipping concerns may soon be largely directed from the Dominion, which serves as the base of their operations.
Experiments near to establishing a direct wireless telegraphic service from England to South Africa are proposed. Plans include lifting kites to 11 000 feet or, if necessary, building a station at Gibraltar. A yearly subsidy of £10 000 would enable penny words.
An ad from Windsor Ontario promotes a home cure for leucorrhoea, ulceration, displacements, and uterine and ovarian growths with a low weekly cost. Mrs. M Summers promises full instructions and a free book "Woman's Own Medical Adviser" on request, with address Box H.77. Also includes a comic aside from Uncle Eben.
A Boston Transcript quotation notes Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial as a potent cure for summer complaints and inflammation of the bowels, praised as the best medicine for all ages. The item mentions its exceptional reputation among cordials for relieving these ailments.
An old collage of advertisements and snippets includes a cure claim for catarrh with Hall's remedy and a note about F J Deering Tranmactions. It also mentions Mrs Church and Mrs Gotham with a wartime rumor, Wilson's Fly Pads sold by druggists, and a humorous job interview anecdote from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A fragment from Chicago News features a dialogue between a would be humorist and a Silene person. The humorist asks about a place Atoms and people being blown to while the Silene figure responds with a sharp retort.
A health advertisement warns of early nervous disorder symptoms such as tremor fatigue and irritability. It claims Dr Williams Pink Pills restore blood and nerves and cites Mrs. Jas H Ward of Lord's Cove NB reporting recovery after two weeks. Pills sold for 50 cents a box by Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
A humorous fragment recalls Lola asking her grandpa if he was in the ark and why he wasn’t drowned prompting a surprised reply. The note continues with a satirical snapshot referencing a worm exterminator, a family reunion, and a ticket seller on excursion rates amid a dispute over discrimination claims by the Johnsons.
A parade of satirical lines from editors mocks state sizes and migration trends with references to Rhode Island, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, and Texas. The musings touch on banking, French stock markets, and marriage as social clichés, looping back to a note on work as success.
Winnipeg Business College advertises second year individual instruction with good positions awaiting graduates. It invites readers to write for an illustrated catalogue and address The Secretary, Winnipeg Business College, Corner Portage Ave and Fort. Winnipeg, Man.
A Canton shore view depicts tankia or boat dwellers who live in floating homes along the river to Hong Kong. These families endure extreme poverty with free rent and taxes, working as porters and factory laborers. boats range from 15 to 60 feet, with a family boat costing about $20 and free anchorage making shore life near impossible.
The 13 year old Toronto singer Wilfred Morrison is booked for a year long tour across the United States and Australia with a New York concert company earning 500 dollars weekly. He recently performed at the Julian Walker testimonial benefit in Carnegie Hall among fifty high ranking artists. His future with such a rare soprano voice is uncertain as youth may not sustain such power. Morrison is noted for a youthful, childlike face and eyes with a hint of spirituality.
Senator W C Edwards reports a new spruce timber pest found in the Gatineau area. An entomologist identifies it as tortrix fumiferana or spruce bud worm, with warning to rangers to monitor any timber damage and report findings.
Edith J. Lyttleton of Canterbury New Zealand writes under G B Lankester for her Canadian novel materials. She is described as a gentle shy woman with soft English voice and is hailed as a Kipling of New Zealand. Her pen name arose after a prize winning short story featured a male hero named Lankester.
The congress will wield greater authority for the business element across the British Empire. It consists mainly of picked representatives from porte and business centers, not public figures. Its commercial and financial viewpoint will shape imperial legislation with less influence from tradition and politics.
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