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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
4
A folksy warning tale urges families to eat properly and avoid excess calories. It emphasizes clean plates, avoiding waste, and minding dietary fats to keep peace and health. Key lines mock dangers of butter and overindulgence while urging vigilance over children’s eating habits.
Historic note traces the Red Cross origin to St Camillus founded in 1686 after a Naples born priest resolved to aid the plague struck and sick at home and abroad. It recalls the invocation of red cross symbol and its use from India to France. Also a promotion of Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for family and veterinary use.
A garbled OCR collage presents ad style lines for Fletcher's Gastoria and Holloway's Corn Cure, with mock heroic pipe dream statements, reminders of Habit forming lists, a whimsical anecdote about a wife milking cows, and unrelated mock quotes from Everybodys Magazine.
An old lady asks a railway porter about what is happening as a train stops. A playful back-and-forth suggests whether water or port wine is being served. The piece shifts to a medical ad praising Parmeleo's Vegetation, promoting it as a corrective for weak digestion and run-down health.
A Welsh passenger jokes with a fellow traveler during a voyage aboard a channel steamer. The waggingly cautious exchange centers on marital status and identity, ending with the Welshman stating he is only seanick, a quip about appearance.
The fragment shows a shopkeeper and childlike dialogue about a toy earth and a red fence for a penny. It also touts Millers Worm Powder as a complete remedy for worms and a medicine for children, claiming digestion aid and strengthened growth, with casual moral lines about alimony.
A terse notice describes a woman shopping in cold weather for her husband, purchasing a maker and woollen socks before he goes to work, reflecting daily frugal routines in a winter setting.
An advertisement extols Nature's Remedy NR Tablets as a vegetable compound that aids digestion and elimination. It claims rapid, mild action against bilious attacks constipation and headaches, promising better health with daily use and lower costs than frequent medicines.
Quoted quip about wasted time appears as a wry note while a sentimental girl is lost at a wedding without a handkerchief. A playful reminder touts Mother Graves Worn Exterminator as a cure for worms in children, described as a pleasant medicine.
The Wisconsin reports a shift from heavy rigid posts to a fiddle string principle for fence support. New fences use a wire stretched tightly between terminals forty rods apart with flexible steel supports anchored eighteen inches underground to bend under strain and protect terminals during shocks like a bull charge.
Fragmentary reflections discuss doing great good through daily work and wise action. The speaker contemplates purpose, moral duty, and personal resolve, citing a call to service and a belief that steady effort yields meaningful impact despite confusion.
A wartime anecdote recalls a boy who warned a commanding general that a false statement would expose a plot. A corporal vouched for the boy, noting he knew him well enough to doubt deceit, and the general’s plan shifted toward a larger outcome. The passage argues people are better known than they think and urges self improvement to guide others’ trust.
A collage of humorous quips from Punch and 19th century press. It contrasts doctors mispronunciations, a British soldier’s evasive British humor, and a minister’s daughter Mabel noting her father’s sermons differ in delivery but not in substance, reflecting period wit and social textures.
Cleaning windows is hard work and weather can ruin results. Moisten a cloth with denatured alcohol and wipe quickly, then polish with a dry cloth for brilliantly clear panes that stay clear longer.
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