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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 23, 1897
Page
5
Unclear OCR text suggests a holiday gift list mentioning a patent doll that dances, a five pound box of caramels, and a wet of reins with a silver ballad. Names of people or places are not readable.
A Christian Advocate meditation invites readers to reflect on the past year marking mercy and renewal through divine care. It urges renewing grace, self denial, cheerful giving, prayer, and support for the pastor, stressing faith, discipline, and church involvement as the new year begins.
An old promotional piece touts Paine's Celery Compound as a life giver for rheumatism neuralgia stomach kidney disease and general weakness. Mrs Page of Armprior Ontario credits a cure to the formula noting renewed mobility energy and health. The copy urges readers to use the product and mentions Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as well.
An Ontario reader recounts improvement after using Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills for chronic dysentery and dyspepsia claim. A Wiarton man reports vitality gain after half a bottle and his wife also cites relief. Mrs Gladys McMillan of Toronto praises relief from nervousness and palpitations.
In lighthearted chatter some speak of neighbors while others discuss cures. Dr Low's Worm Byrup is praised by anxious mothers as the simplest medicine to expel worms, with children liking it and worms reportedly disliked.
An old advertisement touts Laxa liver Pille as nature's medicine for constipation, liver complaints, headache, biliotanea, jaundice, and sallow complexion. It promises a perfect laxative power with nightly doses for thirty days to cure constipation.
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