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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 04, 1878
Page
4
A garbled narrative describes a crowded scene with a young man guiding an older woman across a street in freezing weather. The text recounts a perilous incident leading to a fatal collapse and a public discussion over a wager and aftermath at a local venue.
The fragment mentions a man Pates in Clarke township who killed a neighbor named Graham, plus a transport and war news section from London Ontario. It also describes a railway incident near Rangoon where an elephant blocked a locomotive, injuring workers and forcing a stop, and a debate about heavy local debt and immigrant figures.
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