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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 10, 1876
Page
4
The piece reflects on helping one another to ease sorrow and bring light to gloomy places. It questions whether loving action can make life less dreary and future hopes brighter, ending with a plea for gentle, friendly deeds.
A historical advisory column outlines face care for pimples using borax camphor lotion and typhoid-like tonics. It also prescribes ringworm treatment with yellow dock root or copper pennies in cider vinegar and offers ammonia-soaked wool for toothache relief with a startling instant smile.
Professor Ferrier of King's College Aeodon discusses sleep science. He explains blood flow shifts from brain to muscles stomach during rest and suggests avoiding worry and increasing physical exertion to induce sleep. He notes the heart rests about eight hours in a 24 hour cycle and eight hours suffices for adults.
The article argues cabbages yield more nutritive value per acre than most crops, rivaling Indian corn for fodder. It notes cows fed cabbage with modest supplementary feed have reduced milk flow spikes, praises ease of growth and high-profit sale of surplus leaves, and mentions nitrogen-rich manure value.
A collage of quips and dialect humor. Segments include jokes about nothing and a legless stocking, notes on a Western settler, and a six shooter. Humorous lines touch on doctors, moon cheese, laziness, a loan of five dollars, and a colored preacher translating harvest scenes.
A Newark item recounts a youths tale told amid young ladies about a Sunday evening visit that ends with a playful but sharp rebuke. The tale features a sudden interruption by an elder and a staged apology scene in Bedford Street Church setting.
A London journal notes fruit harms arise from improper timing and quantities A physician suggests eating two oranges before breakfast from February to June could dispel his patients habits The piece urges using pure fruit for medicinal action and cooling effects rather than sugar or cream.
A reflective passage discusses forgiving others but not oneself, noting how people exaggerate both misfortune and happiness. It critiques indiscretion, comparing it to a public letter read by all and dismissed as unreadable.
A humorous vignette features a Scotch lawyer and an old farmer debating how cases and circumstances influence outcomes. The farmer quips about past years when the lawyer had fewer cases and simpler circumstances.
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