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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1899
Page
3
A collage of holiday reminiscences and old remedies, including a New York Sun selection on Thanksgiving, Bibkle’s Syrup and Dr Low’n Worm Syrup ads, a drowning accident in Boyne, and weight-boosting advice for children with Scott’s Emulsion.
An audience member exclaimed the moon could be brought within eighty miles during a talk on the wonders of the telescope. A Confederate humor tale follows with a blue eyed Englishman mimicking officers and dropping a faux field glass, alarming a crowd as he fled shouting I brought those Yanks so cross up with my glues.
Boston yachtsmen recount Lipton’s tale aboard the Shamrock in Southampton water. A bargeman mocks the yacht’s name, calling it the Shamrock, as he and others peer closely at the vessel amid the perilous proximity of their clumsy craft.
A Chicago News brief quotes a Sunday School class where a teacher warns about eternal bliss for the good and a child retorts about everlasting blister. Charlie declares plans to be a preacher, and his mother asks what sparked the idea, to which he replies that churchgoing makes walking and talking more fun than sitting still.
The advertisement touts Paine's Celery Compound as improving kidney function and blood cleansing to relieve drowsiness melancholia and low spirits. It claims to brighten blood color increase arterial volume and quicken circulation aiding restful sleep and overall vigor. It urges readers who failed with other medicines to try this remedy already blessed by tens of thousands in the West.
Samuel Haight of Sparta Ontario reports severe rheumatic pains with swollen joints and near-death despair. A friend recommended a South American Rheumatic Cure, and within 24 hours he rose from bed to chair, continuing use so that at 88 he feels 68 and can golf pain free. His testimony urges others to try it for suffering humanity.
Bootes Emulaion is described as a blood giving and strength producing food. It is claimed to remove the feeling of utter helplessness that overtakes a person with general debility.
A Paris case reports a droasmaker's shop where all young workers shared a lock of hair to identify a thief. The owner planned to submit hair and handwriting to clairvoyants, and a later anonymous parcel returned the lady's puree intact, exposing the culprit.
Advice from Eben E. Rexford on bulb preparation and soil enrichment before planting. Emphasizes digging to a depth of one to one and a half feet, mixing in oil or manure or bonemeal, and lightening heavy soil. Recommends planting tulips and hyacinths six inches deep and bulbs five to six inches apart.
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