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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 07, 1898
Page
5
The piece argues the saloon draws men for sociability and escape after work, offering warmth, music, free lunches, and friendly company. It cites psychology from the American Journal of Sociology and Dr Kerr on alcohol’s stimulating effects, noting the venue’s appeal beyond drunkenness.
Five weeks of instructions from the Ontario Department of Agriculture urge spraying fruit trees to combat fangan on apple and pear crops. Reports to superintendent Mr. Orr note rising insect pressure, with apples generally doing poorly except where well cared for. Bordeaux mixture recipe provided: copper sulfate, lime, water, with preparation steps and cautions.
A rustic exchange unfolds as one character jokes about world oddities and reflects on plans to confront prejudice. Another character recalls talk of uniting to “plow through” tyranny and civilize, while debating personal responsibility and past grudges amid a chilly domestic scene.
A passerby consoles a lame boy named Limpy by buying two papers from him after hearing of the boy’s predicament. The tale highlights a street scene where local children form a protective circle and aid a vulnerable peer, while the gentleman observes how many merchants would deny a sale to help a weaker neighbor.
The article reports that slow progress in raising the volunteer army is largely due to high rejection rates tied to cigarette use. Physicians note that among habitually smoking conscripts rejection rises to about ninety percent, with weaker heart and vitality profiting the cause.
An impatient captain confronts a passenger on a Mersey steamboat arriving at Birkenhead over misplaced luggage. The man counts bundles including two ban boxes and a tea kettle, muttering he may have forgotten something as he prepares to depart.
Advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil with hypophosphites as strengthening digestion, nerves, and blood while promising wealth and happiness. Included is a testimonial from Mrs. Joe Doty about Dr Low's Pleasant Worm Syrup for a child with nighttime teeth grinding and stomach pain.
A reader from Belleville Ontario reports years of kidney trouble back pain dizziness and sleeplessness and says Dean's Kidney Pills taken for two months have made him well An advertiser boasts a Laxa Liver pill cures biliousness and constipation for 25 cents per bottle.
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