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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1909
Page
7
A mix of patent medicine touts, household tips, and moral guidance. Advertisements tout Parmeleo’s Vegetable Pills and Paino’s Calery Compound while quips on conduct urge self discipline. Interspersed are snippets about nursing, family gifts, and social manners from a historical page.
A fragmented note exhorts restraint and tact in handling imagined slights within a casual circle. It urges not to assume others whisper about you, to avoid quick offense, and to avoid sacrificing friendships or alliances over perceived grievances.
A Dales Junction woman reports dramatic health gains after using Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills and Milburn's Kort and Nerve Pills. She says weight rose from 125 to 385 pounds, she bore a daughter, and she now performs her own work without trouble. The notice extols quinine wine as a remedy and critiques universal panaceas.
A fragmentary narration describes a newlywed couple moving into a new home after a wartime upheaval. A morning arrival reveals no baker visiting their shop and a conversation with the wife about daily bread needs, ending with a question about quantity.
Owen Bound of Ontario reports relief from cramps after using Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry. He recalls severe stomach trouble and fainting, credits the remedy for quick relief, and notes the product has a 64 year market history. Manufactured by Auburn Co. Limited, Toronto.
A medicinal note extols Parmyloo's Vegetable Pills as a mild yet effective purge. It claims to cleanse stomach and bowels of impurities without painful effects, suitable for delicate constitutions and capable of permanent relief.
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