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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 26, 1911
Page
7
A nostalgic piece celebrates Thanksgiving through a childlike voice listing thanks for family, a cat, the outdoors, pumpkins, a jack o lantern, and a turkey feast. It evokes homey scenes of pumpkins, apples, grapes, chickens, and joyful gatherings with relatives while urging readers to forget work and rejoice in gratitude.
A torn reading of a drug advertisement touts instant relief from severe itch using D D D with wintergreen and other ingredients. The piece also recounts a doctor’s thermometer theft linked to a patient’s temperature, aiding police in locating the assailants.
A Nevada newspaper editor Mark Twain received a turkey without a card. He ate it. The next day a letter asked what the turkey died of and noted a bet on the outcome.
A London Tit-Bits summary recalls a controversial Lancashire tale about a male henpecked society. Members parade with household items, sing verses ridiculing a targeted man, and threaten social shaming. Demonstrations end in police court or wife reprisals, reflecting tensions of domestic authority.
While addressing rheumatism and related pains these pills are praised for regulating liver and kidneys. They aim to prevent uric acid buildup in blood, acting as an aftermaltive remedy. Taken per directions they will quickly show beneficial effects.
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