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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 29, 1909
Page
4
A passage recounts a mother praising Zam-Duk as a home remedy after her child burned a hand on a hot stove. The text extols Zam-Duk's healing, claims it fights infection and promotes skin repair, and notes its wide sales and claimed child-safe benefits. Additional cartoonish dialogue appears.
A man at an afternoon tea with his wife and an em ul daughter causes a comic disruption as a blade of grass and a lawn mower scene emerge. A correction ad for Holloway's Corn Remedy follows, describing wartime humor and a parish tone.
A fragmentary dialogue discusses quinine as a supposed universal remedy and cautions against simple panaceas. It extols quinine's restorative effects in toning nerves and boosting appetite, while noting the limits of medical claims and the quirks of public gullibility.
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