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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 21, 1916
Page
3
A fragmented text offers household advice on cleaning, cooking and care. It mentions lemon rind juice with tea to tenderize meat, salt and water for boiling, and careful handling of glassware. It lacks coherent structure but preserves the sense of a dated domestic guide with various ingredients and methods.
Fragmented ad style notice recounts Doan's Kidney Pills price and supplier details, praising kidney relief claims. Also mentions Dr Kellogg's remedy, Hallaway’s Corn Cure, and Mother Graves Worm Exterminator with vague health benefits and cautions.
An advertisement from Milburns Co. Limited of Toronto promotes Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills as a remedy for sleeplessness and nervous disorders. It claims reduced symptoms after use and encourages purchase by mail, noting prices at 50 cents per box or 1.25 for a boxed set, with distribution through dealers or direct from the company.
A dense patch of early 20th century items notes traffic progress on the Toronto Hamilton highway, wartime official moves, ministerial resignations, and various international updates. Reports include naval actions, a Romanian factory fire, and deaths of notable figures. multiple dispatches describe military and political activity across Britain, Bulgaria, Germany, and Canada with brief, non-graphic phrasing.
A broad late wartime digest notes political moves in Montreal's Quele Provingt court, injuries from accidents in Toronto and Walkerton, trials for treason in South Africa, treaties on bread prices and labor, large Canadian National Exhibition attendance, a somber funeral in Toronto, and military dispatches. It cites the Ducbsen of Connaught fund, a Italian decree on luxury apparel, a Canadian war loan, wounded Canadians returning, and naval incidents including the Lexie sinking. It also covers NATO and imperial news, with analyses of war morale and a forecast of a hard winter.
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