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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 07, 1912
Page
4
An elderly deer tale opens with a hunter who, after a long trek, lights a pipe and discovers a deer moving in. In fright he drops his gun and bites the pipe. the deer passes, leaving him relieved yet humiliated as the hunter fears he was the hunted. Secondary vignettes describe a returning settler’s strained help, a remarried household, and a family letter about naming a baby Laura.
An OCR fragment describes a scene with Fletcher's brand and a clock related cottage dialogue. It mentions Mrs Brand and Mr O Flaherty in a nonsensical transcription about a clock cuckoo and wooden birds, reflecting garbled text from a historical newspaper fragment.
An elderly splueter recalls a summer in town twenty years ago when a man believed his knack for warm words could delight the oldest heart. The scene unfolds as Tas Mlen Masre confronts the peculiar revival of that episode.
A Saskatchewan reader Miss Maury Lebeau from Edison outlines a two year battle with heart disease and nervousness. After trying several doctors she used Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills, completing three boxes and reporting full recovery. The ad promotes pills at 50 cents per box or 3 boxes for $1.98 via mail order.
A fragmented ad-like clipping touts Parmelee’s Vegetable Pills for liver action and blood purification, claiming impurity removal in the blood and bodily health benefits. It also references a quote on reward and devotion and mentions a worm expelling remedy for children.
A thrifty housemaid sought dental relief for a troublesome tooth. After learning the price to extract it, she planned to wait until daylight to avoid immediate cost, reflecting financial caution in a daily care dilemma.
An old advertisement lists multiple patent medicines and tonics. It promotes Palno's Celory Compound and Bickle's Anti-Consumptive Eyropia as cures for kidney disease neuralgia and throat lung ailments plus general tonics claiming long use and effectiveness. It berates educated men as over-tod and touts digestive intelligence.
A collage of old ad copy and a university joke. Mentions Fletcher's Castoria and Dr Thomas Koleatha Oil, Holloway's Corn Cure, and a student quip about obesity. A professor’s quip leads to a light, punny exchange about feeding and teaching.
A reader from College Grant, N.S. touts bronchitis dangers and urges early use of Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. The letter claims a seven year old girl's cold progressed to bronchitis, then fully cured after using the syrup, praising its effects and endorsing the product widely.
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