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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 24, 1898
Page
4
An old craftsman carved a flawless face on a cathedral rafter, unseen in life but revealed in death. The tale urges Christians to craft the image of Christ in their hearts and lives, surpassing mere stonework.
Reader describes building a grinding device using a small sprocket wheels and chain from an old binder or farm machinery. The design aims for two to one gearing, with larger wheels over twenty inches, to achieve fast motion. It should grind mower knives and similar blades, with caveat about safety and gear speed.
The piece explains bees expend great effort to produce wax. Worker bees feed on honey and chew wax until it forms the wax packets. It costs about twenty one pounds of honey to produce one pound of wax, highlighting the energy burden on the colony.
The article recalls an evangelist in Brookville and Fitchburg who credited Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing long standing lime pain and improving health. He says he gained flesh and strength, and would prefer not to speak on appetite, though he endorses the pills publicly.
An old newspaper опic promotes Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil with Hypophosphites for delicate children to build blood, bones, nerves, and digestion. It extols quinine wine from Northrop & Lyman of Toronto as a restorative for frail systems and low spirits, claiming improved appetite and vitality. The text ends with a child's joke between Little Bob and Little Willie.
The fragment touts Norway Pine Syrup as a cure for coughs colds asthma throat and lung troubles and mixes in stray lines about Timmins Hysterical or rhetorical and a misquoted exhortation to take Scott's Massion.
Reported hospital condition notes 4 uzgeths and 25 patients received with some discharged as cured. Weight gains seen in most patients and 20 show 1 to 28 pounds gain over three months. Ontario mortality 7000 yearly. 1590 lives could be saved with funds and early detection. Dr Osler of Baltimore endorses appeal and sends twenty five dollars as annual support.
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