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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 08, 1898
Page
4
A rustic collection of phrases comments on women and national virtue. It bemoans lack of respect for women and uses vivid imagery such as daughters, a mother, and a father to critique household and societal dynamics. The sayings evoke gendered expectations and moral judgments within the family.
A London letter writer offered a shilling for a Kipling word from his new book. Kipling kept the postal order and sent back the single word Thanks. The exchange highlights a true friend who never throws a taunt. The article notes a child and Ironaera in a family scene.
Uncle John tests Harry Bob and Joe on spelling a word and confesses the boys learned mans meanings beyond letters. Joe wins the prize after a pond day dispute with the girls ending in a thoughtful moral about language. A new story of Sir Walter Scott.
In a period voice the piece extols Paine's Celery Compound as a universal cure for nervous diseases, blood troubles, liver and kidney complaints, rheumatism, neuralgia and dyspepsia. It claims the remedy strengthens the aged and infirm, prevents decay, and ensures vigor and a happy old age.
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