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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 12, 1917
Page
4
A quirky fragment recounts frog peers in a pond school scene. Master frog teaches songs and leaps as the class learns to swim and croak in order. The tale ends with frogs sharing lessons and sitting on logs as new pupils listen and imitate.
An eastern traveler braves a front engine ride through the Rocky Mountains after a permit chase. A hand car on the rails triggers a near disaster as a worker lunges to clear the track while the locomotive tears past. The crash ends the risky pilot trips for good, with all aboard unharmed.
A Newfoundland style testimonial from Mrs L Melanson of Plympton Nova Scotia praising Dean's Kidney Pills as a kidney remedy. The ad notes the pills are not a universal cure but target kidneys and claims significant relief after trying other medicines. Price 50c per box, 3 for $1.25, mailed from Toronto Ontario by Tus T. Miturn Co. Include directive to specify Dean's when ordering. Also an aside about Mother Graves Worm Exterminator for sickly children.
Advert says Biller's Worm Powders not only kill worms but improve digestion and appetite, correcting biliousness and related disorders in children. It claims rapid improvement once treatment starts and urges town residents to aid sanitary efforts.
Clara Ward, born in Toronto to Captain Eber Brock Ward’s widow, rose from a privileged upbringing to marry Prince Joseph de Chimay in Paris at age about ten. She later left him, sparking a continental scandal, while her former lover Jancary Rigo, a violinist, claims a fortune tied to her gifts and alleged wealth.
A Newmarket firm plans to devote its entire plant to lead pencil production, ending 70 years of wooden ware manufacture. The Heraldfare line previously imported from Austria England and the US. Orders pour in as the mill gears up for a new era. In related news Captain A J Davies of the Prince John rescued the crew of the derelict barge Ronald D in Queen Charlotte Sound after a severe gale.
Mrs J. Nicholls of Listowel Ontario writes of recovery from heart weakness after taking Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. She says the medicine strengthened her heart quickly and claims her husband with childhood heart trouble also found relief. The notice promotes Milburn's pills as a trusted remedy for twenty five years and lists price at 50 cents per box or three boxes for $1.35, available from Tas T. Muyusw Co. Enorap.
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