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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 11, 1912
Page
4
A garbled OCR sample outlines various unrelated items including ten dollar bills, apparel tailors, medical ad copy and a commercial writer’s note. It references trade practices, window displays, and a question about sudden drops in dry goods with partial phrases and misread words.
A distorted sign at a dry goods shop advertises assorted colors and items while a misread note promotes a vegetable laxative product. The text resembles garbled ad copy from a period newspaper page.
An investment style ad touts Miburns Laxi Lives Pills at 25 cents per vial or 5 for 1.00 and promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a standard remedy for stomach issues and parasite control sold by The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Gat. The copy emphasizes long standing reputation and mail order option.
NEHOURORPUL inventor Wm V Twonbly claims to be the sole American able to travel land water and air with his own designs. He describes a system using pneumatic springs and a light frame weighing under two hundred pounds. He touts a patent interior boat ratio to horsepower and a safety oriented aviation crest aimed at stable equilibrium.
A damaged excerpt recalls suffering from skin sores and blotches. The writer mentions attempting various ointments without relief and hints at a desire for blood or treatment, with garbled, incomplete phrases and missing context.
An advertisement praises Zam-Buk as a universal healer for wounds and skin disease. It claims rapid pain relief and new healthy skin formation, citing a Montréal man cured after twenty years of eczema and offering 50 cent boxes with a free trial upon request.
The Panama-Pacific International Exposition plans a monumental tower on a San Francisco bluff overlooking the Pacific. A 538 by 538 foot base supports an 830 foot main shaft with passenger elevators and a top frieze depicting North American progress. The total height reaches 685 feet, promising a landmark of world prominence.
A testimonial from Mrs Richard Coutine of White Head Quebec claims salt rheum on her hands vanished after using three bottles of Buntock Blood Bitters. The product, marketed by The T Milburn Co Limited of Toronto, is advertised to boost health by building strong blood and lasting cures.
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