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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1910
Page
4
A collage of odd verse fragments, social observations, and brief anecdotes appears, including a mock editorial on gallantry and a humorous exchange about a gentleman versus a "gant" figure. Bits touch on trains, etiquette, and episodic cartoons, ending with an advertisement for Bearine hair pomade claiming to prevent baldness.
An old advertisement touts Dr Miles Nervine and Restorative Nervine as cures for headaches eye pain and nerve weakness after bouts of influenza known as La Grippe. Claims include sleep restoration and pulse relief with a price of one dollar. Also promotes Thorpe Elecrtolis Oil for general wellness.
From Crystal Ont a writer reports severe liver pains ended after using Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills. He claims lasting relief for six months with no recurrence and urges others with similar troubles to try the remedy. Pills priced 1.00 per vial, 240 per dose, sold by The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ont.
An old style medical ad promotes Paine's Calery Compound as a remedy for kidney bladder and nerve issues. It asserts full strength and safety, claims purity, and encourages readers to buy from a specific distributor. Ends with praise of health benefits and builder-like vitality.
An ad by The T. Milburn Co. of Toronto touts Heart and Nerve Pills as a permanent heart and nerve remedy. The copy claims rapid relief, claims long track record, and offers mail order purchase at 81.25 per bottle, with direct mailing from Toronto.
A garbled OCR piece presents scattered claims about quick reliefs, home remedies, and warnings. It mentions a Core Card, pills, salves, shoots, and names like Charles Kingston, with incoherent dialogue about healing, orders, and work. The passage reads as a jumble of fragments without a clear narrative or verifiable facts.
Mrs. John Firth of Craighurat Ontario testifies that after six pregnancies she found relief from diarrhoea and spinal discomfort using Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry. She praises the remedy as effective for long standing abdominal issues and credits it with helping her last child now eight years old. The product is advertised as sixty five years on the market, manufactured by The T Ashsbury Co Limited Toronto Ontario.
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