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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 12, 1899
Page
4
The ad argues that many elderly people are thin from long wear and tear and weak digestion. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as fully digested oil readily absorbed into the blood, with hypophosphites to steady nerves, asserting the product nourishes while the body rests.
Review notes Boothby tale Dr Nikole a Experiment a modern wizard seeks eternal life with a desert coast laboratory and monastic thieves. Also mentions new readings from John Imrie poems in pocket form priced 26 cents. The edition is the fourth with seven thousand copies in tartan binding.
The piece condemns blasphemous and obscene language among drinkers athletes and on streets. It contrasts disgust with profane talk to punishment for soldiers sailors and civilians who use such language. It notes authorities will deal severely with offenders under existing laws.
A college freshman, told to drop a letter in a red box, searches for an opening and rings twice after reading Ring twice. A blue-uniformed man bursts from a buggy, asks where it is, accepts the letter, and the fire captain then drops it into the box across the street before returning to the station.
A staged melodrama features a stern father testing suitors with a blunt query about supporting a family. A gossiping wife and a comically anxious husband share quips and a dramatic outburst follows. A professor asks which brings more happiness, money or daughters. the punchline favors the man with seven daughters.
Mrs. Richard Rees of Belleville Ontario endured kidney pain and sleeplessness for over two decades before Dean's Kidney Pills relieved her suffering. Her husband states the remedy provided quick and lasting relief and recommends it to all sufferers.
A collection of patent medicine claims touts Dr. Von Stan's Pineapple Tablets for dyspepsia and digestion, Bickle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup for coughs and throat issues, Laxa-Liver Pills for headaches, Scott's Emulsion for starving children, and Parmeleo's Vegetable Pills for pimples and skin cleanliness.
The ad reports scrofula cures by Burdock Blood Bitters with external and internal use. Rev. Wm. Stout of Kirkton Ontario and Mrs. W. Bennet of Crewson's Corners Ontario are said to have recovered after doctors failed. Mr. H H Forest of Windsor Mills PQ adds his testimonial.
A New York agent observed on June 7 and 10 that many adults and children carried buckets of beer and some whisky into a lower Broadway tenement and a better class building. He notes more beer in the poorer home and fewer buckets in the better tenement as a suggested cause of poverty.
A village schoolmaster habitually bought pork from pupils’ parents during pig kills. A boy asked if he would like some pork. The master said yes, but days later asked why no meat arrived. The boy replied the pig had “got better,” ending the tale with the prank.
The Australian steamer Ramie ruka ran aground while sailing from Eden to Sydney. With no rocket on board the captain lowered a life line to pigs from the cargo to reach shore. The pigs swam ashore carrying the lines and enabled rescue communication for all on board.
COOPER and AKINS announce their Spring and Summer goods with latest world novelties and styles seen in New York and London. They invite the public to view fashion plates and guarantee fit and workmanship. They are sole agents in Acton for Bellwarp Serge that does not fade after two years wear or money refunded.
Farmers' Wants are Many as suppliers list heavy cream cans strainer pails milk pails galvanized pails pressed milk pans and other dairy articles. They invite quotations before placing orders for this class of work.
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