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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
4
A reader pleads with the printer to continue the paper uninterrupted and to start timely weekly deliveries. The note stresses the hardship of missing the newspaper, urges payment and renewal, and requests no delays or suspensions that would cause public frustration and a visible frown.
Air, Fred C. Elford argues poultry and eggs could cover Canada’s national war debt. He cites 110 million hens producing 1.1 billion dozen eggs annually, with exports and domestic use totaling up to 400 million dozen, yielding $280 million from eggs and $88.5 million interest relief annually, suggesting a path to wiping out the war debt within years.
An unnamed male voice recalls encounters with women in stores and telephone lines arguing to bend or break rules. He mocks Lealdes and Antoinette Donnelly while endorsing a cure for discomfort, Holloway’s Corn Cure, in a dated, prejudiced reflection.
The piece urges against self centered growth and complacency. It warns against excuses like "my way is best" and stresses continual improvement. It promotes making cheerfulness a daily discipline, keeping busy improving oneself and helping others despite life's challenges.
A reflective piece on being reliable and faithful, arguing that quality lies in dependability over quantity. It discusses handling obligations honestly, seeking extensions when needed, and the virtue of offering grace rather than dodging duties. It ends with an ad for Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a child friendly remedy.
A reflection on seizing minor chances to help others rather than chasing grand deeds. The piece argues that steady, small acts of kindness improve lives and character more reliably than waiting for a grand moment. It uses the berry picker analogy to urge sticking to one task and making the most of every opportunity.
A visit to the laboratory shows a successful remedy for women’s illness. Highly sanitized equipment and pasteurized liquids ensure purity. The Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is praised through letters from women restored to health by the herbal formula.
Daily update notes an ocean port boardwalk repaired with concrete planks instead of a continuous sheet. The planks, reinforced with steel rods, resemble wooden planks in size and are being tested for wear from tide washing. Pedestrians may find them less pleasant than the old boardwalk.
The Nation seeks sturdy men and the proper moment to begin forging manhood during the growing period of childhood. Mothers recall with clear pride the days when discipline, guidance, and steady daily routines shaped character and future strength.
An elderly resident recalls lending her nephew Johnny fifty dollars for college tuition. He died of typhoid before repaying. The tale repeats to visitors, prompting reflection on true charity. The piece also promotes Parmeloes Vegetable Pills as a cure for dyspepsia and related ailments.
The article extols a unique Mombasa street railway likened to Venice gondolas with four wheeled carriages moved by a handler. It notes private tracks to upscale homes, calls it an afromobile, and praises its convenience for calls and shopping. Also mentions Millers Worm Powders as a stomach friendly tonic for children.
Dr Frederick D Pridham a medical student reports that applying double nitrous oxide to bone sections causes diseased marrow absorption and bone healing from within toward the surface. He cites three cases of various bone and joint diseases cured in three weeks to seven months.
A New York Telegram report notes a dusky soldier answering a traveling question with humor about heading to France or Berlin. An advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil claiming forty cures and quick relief for nerve and back pain with topical application.
A call to support the Muskoka Free Hospital for Consumptives highlighting wartime sacrifice and home front duty. The piece cites families stricken by tuberculosis, urges donations to Str William J. Gage and Georges A. Meld in Toronto, stressing that consumption is a foe at home and must be fought with funds.
The Japanese ambassador in Rome sent £62,268 to the Italian Prime Minister for the benefit of wounded and refugees from invaded provinces. The funds were raised by a Japanese society led by Prince Tokugawa, president of the chamber of peers, and other promoters in support of the relief effort.
The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto reports a record year despite wartime handicaps. 26 doctors and 48 nurses served overseas. patients reached 6 068, up 1 208 from last year, with 769 from outside Toronto. Costs rose to 3 21 in 1913 per patient per day, government grants cover only part, and 109 000 in debts accrue. The 43rd Christmas appeal seeks public support to avoid mortgaging land and buildings, under chairman Irving E Robertson. It calls on readers to respond to the Secretary-Treasurer at Collège Street.
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