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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1897
Page
5
A veteran recounts losing his grandson Joe and the woolly lamb bought for him. He recalls comforting Joe after his mother died and the moment he learned Joe had drowned. The speech turns to a broader plea for temperance and the saloon as a danger to society.
A reader asks why the doctor was dismissed citing five prescriptions and a misfit item while asserting rheumatism can be cured. The remark implies dissatisfaction with medical guidance and hints at unconventional cures.
An old advertisement claims Mother Grave’s Worm Exterminator is a safe effective remedy for children’s worm issues. It urges mothers to try the product and observe improvements in their sick child.
A reader from Toeterville Ontario credits Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry with saving her child's life during a violent diarrhoea. She endorses the medicine and urges others to seek it through Dr Fowler.
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