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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 09, 1899
Page
4
An 19th century note highlights local pharmacist A. T. Brown selling Agnew's Catarrbal Powder as a top seller. The piece cites customer praise and the remedy's growing popularity in Peat Livingood and surrounding areas.
An old promotional piece extols Paine's Celery Compound as the universal health restorer trusted by rich and poor alike. It touts its healing virtue for weak nerves and body, claims rapid relief from headaches and fatigue, and urges using Hood's Sarsaparilla for spring blood purity and vigor.
Harold Dix of Rat Portage reports writs for disemee and Prairie Trob after a voyage. He claims he drank three bottles and was allegedly cured. An excited lady on the beach questions a stunt while a coastguard crew is sent ashore, amid formalities and banter.
A collage of faded clippings shows patent remedies and social vignettes. Laxa-Liver Pill claims ease biliousness and constipation with a 23 cent price, while a Jersey servant tale pivots on misheard days and the meaning of every other Thursday.
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