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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1890
Page
8
A provocative comic poem recounts a Black farmhand Ab’m Lincoln Jones outsmarting guards to steal a giant watermelon. The narrative blends dialect humor with a high fence, a riverbank patch, a tunnel, and a final bite that leaves the boss with an empty shell.
A historical piece in verse inviting readers to buy the Carriers' Tales during New Year. It imagines carrier boys with families to support and describes elves, gnomes, and fairyland scenes interrupted by the clank of wheels as carriers’ daily toil begins.
A playful tale describes a skirmish at Simpson's Field. Captain Jim and Captain Jack lead larger forces to rout a rival group. The final charge occurs on New Year's day as snowballs from the foe’s stalls doom the attack.
A New York Tribune reader describes her frugal, inventive household. She treats hens geese hogs and cows as profit sources like church funds poor relief theatre costumes and children’s shoe money. She handles all income herself while her husband works in the city for a modest wage.
A discussion of a fashion in writing paper called lover's stationery. Delicately tinted notepaper with a water mark of two hearts pierced by an arrow and a kissing spot on each sheet. The spot is scented and designed to be pressed by the correspondent, a sentimental flourish of the era.
The Skin warns that neglect of the skin leads to degeneration and vulnerability to pneumonia or chronic bronchitis. It advises hardening through shrine or cold air bath and frequent underclothing, plus active candarene to protect tissues. Early treatment before a cold is crucial.
A fragmentary passage recalls Lincoln and his circle applying expressions, noting that many phrases attributed to him were likely invented by tellers. The text hints at intimate friends and the subtle use of language in memorial anecdotes.
The Consol Policy announced by The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York combines more advantages with fewer restrictions than any investment insurance contract. It offers life options at maturity and survivorship accumulation of surplus for policy-holders.
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