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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 18, 1913
Page
3
A fragmented reminiscence of rural play as children mimic grownups and chase tadpoles in a brook. The text evokes family life with grandpa’s tales, stray lines about frogs, hornets, and a playful, improvised world of imagination.
Mrs. Walters of Blair County Pennsylvania bakes a state leading number of pies. In the year ending December she made eight hundred and three pies, then in July set a monthly record with nine hundred and nine pies, aided by farm hands and harvests. Her husband claims daily three pies, and the narrative notes a grand, almost comic scale of pie production and a medical sales pitch attached.
The passage discusses an unusual summer school offering focusing on plants, meadow life, and the vegetable world. It mentions Greek and LATIN not being included and hints at a broad, inclusive curriculum with sections for day and night studies and branches of the school spreading widely.
A farmer famed for summers spent in New England duck ponds impresses a visiting New York man with assurances about a neighbor’s name. The visitor seeks Mr. Smith’s homestead and is bamboozled by a confusion of identities.
An advertisement extols Zam-Buk as a universal healer stopping pain and eczema by forming new tissue after application. It includes testimonials from Mr. Mareh of Montreal and generic claims of permanent cures, plus a promotion of Mother Graves Worm Exterminator and a humorous marriage notice misread.
A dramatic advertisement touts Dr J D Kelly's Asthma Remedy as saving lives and restoring health. It claims wide renown and high regard across the land, presenting asthma sufferers as victims saved by the remedy.
An advertisement fragment touts a miraculous cure for blood turning to water attributed to a product from T. Milburn & Co. Limited with claimed weight gain and restored vigor, priced 50 cents per box or 3 boxes for $1.26. It is followed by unrelated prose on effort, will, and a hypothetical Korean horse starting on a steep hill.
Edmonton and Beatrice residents recount relief after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. A Edmonton woman credits the product with ending years of illness and a near operation, while a Beatrice patient shares similar relief from severe back pain and suggests lifelong use.
A notice promotes Parmeles's Vegetable Pills for rheumatism and gout. It claims the pills regulate liver and kidneys, reduce uric acid and blood buildup, and provide steady relief with regular use according to directions. The language urges sufferers to try the remedy for faster beneficial results.
A reflective line argues that surrendering principles to appease foes betrays core beliefs. True victory comes from steadfast faith within, while many famous triumphs arise when one accepts loss rather than compromise.
A garbled OCR page presents assorted items on constipation remedies, direct and alternating current explanations, printing history, and a humorous domestic snippet about a neighbor’s grand baby. The read adds little coherent narrative but preserves names and topics like Minwusa Laxa-Liven Panis, T. Balars Co, and references to printers in Germany and a pope.
An eccentric collection blends notes on the gaur or wild bovid famed for courage and strength with garbled zoological misnomers and vivid, humorous digressions. It includes odd descriptions of habitat, diet, and behavior, plus comic asides on coastal defenses and unrelated anecdotes.
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