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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Dec 31, 1914

Page

4

New Year s Advice Book Promotes Health Knowledge

The Acton Free Press discusses a suggested book titled Hy glove de Young Pople by Knight from Queen's University Kingston, praising health care guidance for the young and the elderly. It recounts a crude canine alcohol experiment and argues against moderate alcohol use, citing health risks and worker performance impacts.

Ibla Knight Vroleamar Queen's University Kingston Hodge Clark University Worreter Mane Diestad

Untitled Advertisement Fragment About Broadway Cure

Fragmentary and dated advertisement style text discussing "Dr. Moms Indian Root Pills" and various claims. Language is distorted with misspellings and obscured names, mentioning liver cleansing and tongue coating remedies, framed as a moralizing sales pitch from a period newspaper page.

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Lost in Catacombs Adventure of Parle Qeo logteal

A male student from Parle hospital enters the catacombs during an excavation. He descends about 60 feet, marks galleries with chalk, searches for an exit, and spends hours in fear and darkness. Rescued after workmen pull him to the surface, he exits at 3 30 p.m. nearly a mile from entry.

Parle Pra Vinppard Woo Ogy Parla Truxtina Minora V Grace Weaphal

Fragmented Tales and Odd Schoolroom Episodes Across Regions

A jumble of vignettes from a newspaper page includes a domestic accident at a table scene where a child awakens after a fall, a council delaying lunch, Medina described as a city with “big Oo,” classroom discipline about handwashing, a lecture miscue about intellect, and a Canadian government war declaration against wild horses in Alberta, all presented in a disconnected, era‑style recitation.

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Lame back cure advertised by The T. B Milburn Co

An advertisement offers a back cure by The T. B Milburn Co of Toronto Ont. The copy claims relief from chronic backache and promises a speedy cure for sufferers upon payment of 31.25 and direct order using the product Doun'e. The text asserts personal testimonials and urges readers to send money for a trial.

T. B Milburn Co., Limited Toronto

Untitled fragmented text from historical paper page

Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled phrases and misread words. Readable elements reference a local area, health and road themes, and scattered quoted lines. No clear event, person, or organization can be reliably identified from the available readable fragments.

Coughs Colds and Potent Remedies Warned of in Plain Style

A garbled ad style text warns readers to fear coughs and colds, urging Wood's Norway Pine Syrup as a cure and preventive. It references multiple claims about remedies and includes scattered product mentions, with stray lines about various tonics and pills.

Demic 5 Wood Norway Dr. Wood Abe Pisa Tha T. Mw

Sheriff O B Murphy of Moosomin’s long service noted

The article honors O B Murphy sheriff of Moosomin who completed a quarter century in office and details his Ontario origin, early business life at Qu Appelle, and role during the North West Territories governance era. It recalls his diary and a broader sketch of Mandate era justice and frontier travel.

Sherif Murphy Mocsouth O. UD. Murphy Moosomin Be Hewan Tidfatay Asalalbore Yohn A. Macdonald Old North Weat Assleibola Kingdon Nouth Athabasia North Pole Manitoba Qu’ Appelle Watmora Aheriff Buckboand C. P Asalaibola Yorkton Gar Thale Plafam Tha Glatea Ur. O. B. Murphy Maskatchewal

Fortunes in Songs and Old Ballads Feature Royalties

A column surveys how composers like Maybrick and Sullivan earned vast sums from popular tunes such as The Last Chord and Kathleen Mavourneen. It notes royalties of hundreds of thousands and even millions, with examples and anecdotes about publishers refusing or paying high sums, alongside miscellany on asparagus and a joke about patent attorneys.

Publivters Adaiau Mcchael Muybrick Bolt Leo Holy City Jack Thor Nancy Lee Hourlie el Jamon Hall Maytrick Arthur Hullivan En Oh Madrid Taey Mubetan Lalbum al Eternity Wong Alice Kathleen Mavourneen Mulfe Maud Compouer Che Moye Henry Muss

Fragmentary medical note about improving health medicine

Fragmented text references feelings of weakness and need for building up strength before feeling better. Mentions praise for a medicine and personal health improvements amid garbled phrases. No clear names, dates, places, or concrete events are discernible.

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