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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
11
The text promotes a worm bandage cure claiming to purify a child’s digestion and restore health. It asserts it clears intestinal worth and fosters growth, urging use by parents troubled by their children.
An Ottawa dairy notice describes a cow eight years old near Woeodatook producing 13092 pounds of milk and over 2.3. it offers mile records and asks dairy firms to return for details. It notes owners weigh every cow yet questions herd performance and invites entries to obtain true production figures.
New York architect Frederick L. Ackerman discusses Britain's wartime housing study and measures to improve living conditions for workers. He notes land seizures, provision of schools and amenities, and a push to build adequate homes. Public housing stands as a testament to thorough planning and anticipated postwar shortages.
The fragmentary text advertises Fletcher's Gastoria with odd wording and references to an exterminator product. It reads like an old timey drug ad or pseudo medical remedy claiming relief, with scattered phrases about infants and worm extermination.
Many authors argue that cheap hydro power will drive a commercial revolution by making iron and energy-intensive industries relocate to water rich nations. They believe Canada stands to gain greatly as this shift unfolds.
Readers are shown study timing tips and mental discipline advice alongside brief notes on asthma remedies and wartime analysis. The piece blends guidance on efficient learning with advertisements and a satirical look at war rhetoric from the Philadelphia Public Ledger and Chicago Herald.
The piece mixes moral reflections on guiding children with a minister’s reply about training a boy in the right path. It recounts a story of a father climbing a steep mountain and a child calling to stay safe, urging careful living to set a proper example for offspring.
A fragment describes a 19th century byproduct process turning sawdust into knotless boards using wood waste. It mentions Maine wood dates and paper board production, noting industrial aims and evolving use of residues, with unclear attributions to specific firms or dates.
An historic discussion outlines that electrifying railways could boost existing track capacity by about 60 percent, cut coal use and improve efficiency, with electric traction offering far greater fuel savings than steam. It notes Canada’s railway coal consumption and winter efficiency issues, suggesting electricity as a superior power source for trains.
A passage on coal consumption for battleships contrasts at cruising speed with higher power, then shifts to fathers reacting to sons going to war. It reflects pride, dread, and hope as fathers see their sons as living extensions of themselves and their future.
Difficult farm guide notes crop rotation with manuring to boost cabbage and root crops. It explains how nitrogen helps leaves while potash feeds roots, and mentions legumes like peas beans clover and lucerne enriching soil for subsequent crops.
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