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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1911
Page
5
A fragmented 1911 newspaper page blends recipes with prose and ad copy. It includes a long pumpkin pie verse, quotes about character, a hair growth product SALVIA advertisement, and scattered notes on literature and history with names like Marshall Field and Kitchener. The mix reads like a local miscellany page with promotional blurbs and commentary.
A reader from Kenom Ontario recalls illness while working in Hamilton and describes a period of weakness and a belief in secret remedies. He reports seeing a tonic in a store window and trying bottles, with strain on his health over years and limited recovery.
Consulting engineers study methods from top to bottom to improve labor. Brassworking, bricklaying, and layout practices are reexamined to raise efficiency. The bricklayer’s motions are reduced from heavy lifting to taping bricks in bulk, slashing wasted effort and boosting output per day.
An old advertisement touts Booth's Kidney Pills as a guaranteed remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims the product wakes sluggish kidneys, regulates urine, cures and heals weakened kidneys, restores appetite, and offers a free trial. The copy mentions a church anecdote and encourages purchase via mail order and local agent A.T. Brown in Acton.
A fragmentary note hints at guidance for a young man to better himself. The obscure lines suggest a caution against overreliance on others while emphasizing personal effort and discipline.
A fragmented testimonial page touts Milburn’s Yloart and Nerve Pills with claims of curing nervous disorders and insomnia. It also promotes Bala’s Calory Compound and Dr Thomas' Electric Oil, listing prices and distributors in Ontario with generic medical guarantees and patient welfare assurances.
A reader reports using Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry for fifteen years for family stomach and bowel ailments. The letter claims dramatic relief for a baby with Summer Complaint and a husband and wife credit the remedy for cure across multiple family members. The writer urges others to ask for the product and to insist on the genuine article.
The report mixes a dramatic stage accident involving Ellen Terry at a Midsummer Night's Dream role with a oblique obituary fragment for Mary Wligrova, a Sunday school pupil from Wycombe. Readable lines mention a trapdoor accident and a tribute to a long attendance record.
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