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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1916
Page
5
A Wellsville Kansas note reports a farm example showing geese appear to communicate during a nest dispute. When a turkey hen drove off two guards, the flock reunited led by a protective gander who lifted the hen from the nest and recovered the eggs.
An old advertisement proclaims Castoria as a remedy for children’s ailments claiming to strengthen vitality and drive out parasites with maternal care in a paternalistic tone.
An advertisement extols Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry as a proven treatment for cholera infantum in infants. It claims quick relief from profuse diarrhea and dehydration, cites a testimonial from Mrs A Corwell of Rossway, and notes the product is produced by T Milburn Co. in Toronto at 35 cents.
A garbled OCR passage centers on Fletcher's Castoria and a family scene with a wife and child. It weaves dubious dialogue about a reception and a joking prank, then pivots to a moral about a man doing his work well. The text is fragmentary and unclear.
A reader from Orrville Ontario endorses Busdock Blood Bitters claiming they cleared facial pimples and body sores, saying the product made her pale appearance fade and health improve after finishing the bottle, and urges others with similar trouble to try it.
Typhoid fever spreads via contaminated food and water. The text links outbreaks to polluted water, cites the Plymouth Pa outbreak of 1806 with thousands affected, and urges protecting wells, using boiled water, and seeking doctors for severe cases. It highlights Typhoid Mary as a carrier and notes immune carriers can transmit disease through discharges.
Reports from the front, ship launches, and political notes mix with local items in a bustling issue. King George's cable, Italian front updates, and convoy news sit alongside Ontario Liberal meetings, hospitalizations, and obituaries.
A skeleton found near Savona, BC, spurred talk of very early human presence in North America. Geological Survey and Anthropological Division reviews concluded the alluvium is recent, with the skeleton likely a five foot Indioid woman from a later period, probably drowned in Kamloopa Lake. Canadian science and policy debates followed, touching on cultural understanding between Ontario and Quebec and broader national unity.
Buffalo readers are urged by the Women’s Aid Society to consider a vegetable tonic claimed to ease monthly pains backache and irregularities. A letter-writer touts Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as restoring health and liver kidney balance, urging mothers to advise young women and to write for details on the treatment’s purported benefits.
Thomas Rareents Néthelay reports using Liver Pills called Bathuns Land Liver Pills for stomach and liver trouble with relief. The ad promotes the product as having 25 years on the market, sold at 25 cents per vial or five for $1.00, available through dealers or direct.
A fragmentary and phonetic style passage describes a speaker named Varraer Comtessal praising a worker, while Joab is noted as the sole local man capable of beating his play. The text mentions a powerful owl and a line about a prize, with references to discipline and trouble in a rural setting.
Ontario headlines report prohibition trends with 11,000 liquor sales in Toronto, a provincial election note with no candidate, and remarks on voters. Brigadier General Lord Brooke wounded at the front. Canadian war loan plans seek $6,000,000. Descriptions cover Syrian front rumors, police actions, and local industrial plant disruptions from dehydration orders and wartime logistics.
An Ontario ad promotes Milburn Heart and Nerve Pills for heart trouble and nerve support. It claims rapid relief and urges purchase by mail from The Milburn Co. Limited in Toronto. Boxes priced at 60 cents each or six for 3 dollars 25 cents.
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