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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 25, 1912
Page
4
A garbled miscellany of quips warnings and oddities bleeds through: observations on fashion misprints moralizing tips and a wry joke about misread inscriptions. Readers encounter scattered bits on digestion sales and social foibles amid fragmented captions and stray lines.
A long ago banquet hosted by physicians during a medical convention turned awkward when the toastmaster missed the politician and Mr Blank invited a toast. The politician rose and toasted the doctors then derisively proposed the health of the sick, shocking attendees.
Mrs Wilson of Toronto reports four years of a painful facial sore resisted doctors. After using Zam-Buk, the sore healed within three weeks, with other uses in the city and beyond also yielding relief. Zam-Buk is promoted as a universal healing balm for eczema ulcers injuries and related skin conditions.
An advertisement promotes Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup as a cure for coughs colds bronchitis hoarseness sore throat and throat troubles. A Charlottetown reader testifies to a heavy cold and lung recovery after using three bottles. The copy warns against imitations and notes price 24 cents in Toronto.
A school and farm teaching explains three key dairy steps from cow milk to butter and cheese. The article describes soaking beans to extract bean milk, then producing cheese, butter, condensed milk, and casein. It notes vegetable milks and soy products gaining popularity in China India and Japan.
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