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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
4
Fragmentary lines show a mother and children at night with garbled dialect and spelling errors. The passage hints at a nursery scene or verse about affection among siblings, but lacks coherent narrative or identifiable figures.
A report details remarks by Bonar Law and Sir Edward Norton on Newfoundland reconstruction prospects. It cites loans to develop resources and a united empire, notes Ontario’s generous fund support of 250 000 pounds with an additional 60 000 pounds, and highlights Calgary’s rapid growth from a frontier town to a major western city.
The article discusses emergency chlorination using hypochlorite to sanitize small water quantities, with dilution steps to achieve 0.4 to 0.5 parts per million. It notes effectiveness against typhoid and dysentery organisms, references Toronto Bay testing, and outlines storage and two filtration systems Slow Sand and Rapid Sand. It concludes that mechanical filtration is costlier but effective for river water and that slow sand suits lake water.
A devotional study links Jesus first miracle at Cana to Eden and the Lamb’s marriage, exploring temple imagery. It traces Jesus’ temple acts, His Father’s business, and the body as a temple, urging personal cleansing and true belief in him.
A local reader from Hillsboro NB endorses Milburn’s Laxa Liver Pills for sick headaches and biliousness. Ad copy promotes 25 cents per vial, five for one dollar, with mail orders via T Murmer Co Toronto. Minor medical cure claims follow for Dr Thomas Electric Oil and Fibbs ing ba brisk style.
An Irish Nationalist leader and Professor T. Af. Kattle of the Irish National University was killed in action on September 9. Born 1880, he rose from farmer’s son to university professor and popular speaker in Parliament, famed for eloquence wit and fervent anti German and Hoch culture stances.
An old advertisement fragment urges mothers to use Fletcher’s Castoria and other remedies for children. It touts products like King Hollaway’s Corn Cure and a worm exterminator as painless solutions, with moralizing lines about thoughts and actions.
A Sydney Nova Scotia reader credits Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup with curing a severe cold that settled in the lungs. She warns buyers to ensure the product is the genuine yellow wrapped Dr Wood's, priced 26c and 60c, from Tam T Minekein Co Liming Toroste Qat.
Mrs L Melanchon of Plympton New Hampshire reports relief from kidney pain after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She says after trying many remedies she took one box and felt better then continued with five boxes. The pills are sold as Doan's Kidney Pills with Maple Leaf branding and advertised price.
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