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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
4
A jumble of verse and prose reflects Christmas memories and moral reflections. Ella Wheeler’s lines urge patience and kindness, while Frank Keenan’s Christmas train tale portrays sorrow, resilience, and the quest for human warmth on a bleak holiday journey.
A large family faces tragedy as a child dies of consumption and a fifth child remains in distress at Ravenhurst. The Toronto Wrea Hospital for Consumptives and the Muskoka Free Hospital for Ones have contributed, but trustees at Leavy strain to fund care. An appeal seeks funds through the Muskoka Free Hospital, Toronto executive committees, and related charities to provide homes and cures for afflicted children.
The readable text presents a garbled health lure for AG pills claiming kidney and liver cures. It then shifts to a disjointed shop sale scene with a clerk reacting emotionally and a proprietor questioned about a theft-like moment, lacking coherent context.
A reader from Toronto reports improved health after using Milburn Heart Aid Nerve Pill. She describes relief from heart trouble and nerve strain, noting faster work ability and fewer hot flushes. The letter promotes the product price and ordering details.
A garbled Scottish style snippet discusses a fool, inherited estate, and a lack of necessary surgical operations. It mentions names like Mollaway, Gora Susie, and Pha Waitin, and hints at a deliberation at an entrance with a two at the door. The text is fragmentary and enigmatic.
An old advertisement extols Fletcher's Castoria as a remedy for children, claiming fast relief from colds and distress. It emphasizes safe use and speedy recovery, describing the syrup as matching a child’s ailment and aiding peace of mind for caregivers.
An OCR fragment shows a vintage advertisement praising Fletcher's Castoria with claims of cures and warnings of health dangers. It mentions a disclaimer of care, a strong guarantee, and references to kidney issues and rheumatism while promoting the Palninge Oulory Compound and an address in Acton, Ontario.
An Ontario reader reports terrible back pain and kidney trouble improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Three doses provided relief and the user praises the pills highly, recommending them to other sufferers of lame back and kidney problems. Purchase price noted as 50 cents per box with six boxes for $12.
An early 20th century style notice touts a vegetable remedy claimed to calm nerves and heal stomach ailments. It references the stomach and nervous disturbances, appeals to churchgoers, and promotes Worm Exerail as a cure with broad health claims.
The text discusses a historical remedy called Shiioh's Cure with notes on its rationality and therapeutic use. It mentions a medicine found to affect the stomach and alter certain ingredients through the body to act as a purgative and cleanser. It also references religious influence and the social context of sympathy.
A compact guide describes making a decorative doll using an arch or wooden frame, cotton filling, ribbons, elastic loops, and a hanging cord. It outlines attaching cords to ends of a cloth or home-made hoop and adding beads or buttons for a delicate finish.
This fragment advertises medical pain relief with broad claims of neuralgic and rheumatic pain remedies. It references various pains including head, stomach, and ovarian pain and offers prepaid shipping from MIL's Medical Co. in Toronto.
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