01 Apr 1886
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 01, 1886
Page
1
Local notices advertise subscription rates for the Free Press Power Printing House Acton Ontario with yearly rates 91.00 six months 0.50 cents three months 0.25 dollars and arrears policy. Advertising rates on space column and casual ads set by lines with prices, deadlines and contract rules. Also lists dental and medical ads with professionals in Ontario and sales and loan services across Acton Guelph Milton Toronto and nearby towns.
Tickets available at very low rates for travel to Great Britain and the Continent. Send for friends and obtain a bulk deal.
A note on 1886 fashion decor highlights borders and colorings reflecting current stylish preferences. Emphasis on refined patterns and tasteful embellishments for home and print elegance.
Poem fragment from The Acton Free Press recounting crowds, defense of Bobby and Blue Peeler amid street uproar. Mentions Scotland Yard and a wooden image as symbols as crowds surge and plans shift.
Asenith Grey and cousin Jean Witherell debate visiting Aunt Nancy for Thanksgiving in Swamp Hollow. Asenith forms a bond with lawyer Gabriel Throckmorton, while Jean stays behind. Three weeks later Asenith announces their engagement and plans to marry in town, leaving Jean lamenting her own fortune.
MR. SMITH buys the Livery business of MR. H B MCCARTHY and moves operations to his new stables on John Street. He promises first class turnouts on short notice for commercial, pleasure, or corporate rigs and invites patrons seeking best stock and value at Day's Bookstore.
A fragment lists tools and goods including lumber lath staves shingles wash tubs churns butter tubs pork barrels and wood reflecting a rural trade inventory from a historical period.
A large assortment of picture frames in every size and style is offered along with a full line of mouldings and cornices for interior finishing.
Canadian Clover highlights how Canada's clover seed quality has risen alongside cattle and dairy products. Leading European dealers praise Alsike, red clover, and timothy for superior cleanlines and value, with shipments to Britain and New Zealand. Toronto traders shipped 250 carloads worth $500,000 recently.
The piece argues that people with sedentary lives suffer stomach cramps and dyspepsia and recommends Northrop & Lyman's Vegetable Discovery as a safe blood purifier to treat indigestion constipation and impurities of the blood.
A collage of short comic sketches and dialogues features a receptionist reporting a Buffalo trip, a bee line explanation, a doctor billing ten dollars per visit, a morbid life view, a boy’s chatter about churns, a New York Sun excerpt, and a modern educated girl who lacks domestic skill.
A listed guide prescribes gentlemanly conduct in social settings. It covers hats, seating, door etiquette, standing for ladies, eye contact, dining manners, napkin use, pacing meals, excusing oneself, and bedroom privacy. It stresses ritual rules as imperative for grace and propriety.
Walter Stinson of Gorrie Ontario credits Burdock Blood Bitters with curing his obstinate constipation after a near-death spring episode. The ad touts McGregor's Speedy Care as the remedy for dyspepsia liver complaints indigestion and impure blood, sold in 50c and 1 bottles at Dr. McGarvin's Drug Store.
Last Sunday's New York work edition featured a lengthy look at the Canadian Club in New York. It highlights its origins, building at North Washington Square, rapid member growth to about 300, and the leadership of Erastus Wiman and William B. Ellison as key figures in running weekly entertainments and club affairs.
A dialogue shows Tam, over thirty, confessing fifteen years of struggle with intemperance and self-distrust. Dorsey presses him on pledges and vows, urging decisive action, and Tam’s resolve strengthens as he accepts responsibility and prayerful aid. A stray ad promotes worm extermination and a cough remedy at article’s end.
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