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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 1899
Page
4
A visitor's child disobeyed at table and was moved to a separate seat. After a scene she pleaded for reinstatement, and the grandfather’s aide soon restored Jane. An unrelated ad touts Laxa Liver Pills as a cure for headaches, claiming easy use and no griping.
In a country outpost a recent arrival recalls a society woman who longed to escape trials and anxieties. The dialogue questions why she is ahead, suggesting she finally broke free from social burdens, while musing on what if God foreclosed on what He lent us when interest accrues on our debts.
A Woodgate Ont. woman recounts four months of pain and insomnia from La Grippe. She credits Paine's Celery Compound with rapid improvement, better sleep, restored appetite, and renewed strength, claiming she now walks five miles without fatigue and feels like a new person.
A collage of patent medicine claims and literary excerpts appears, citing Haggard’s Yellow Oil and Dr. Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry as cures, interwoven with classroom dialogue on ancient Greek marriage and a moral about grumbling from February Ladies Home Journal.
An advert claims Burdock Blood Bitters as a permanent cure for chronic diseases and salt rheum, citing Mrs. James Sanderson of Emerson Manitoba who reports complete and lasting recovery from a severe Salt Rheum attack three years earlier with nails regrowing and no recurrence.
Mrs. William A. Psalmes of Ottawa testifies about chronic heart trouble and nerve distress. She credits Miburn's Heart and Nerve Pills with restoring her health after years of suffering, claiming improved vitality and a stopped heart palpitation.
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