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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 06, 1899
Page
4
In Newbury an elderly pork butcher, famed for shrewd business sense, was targeted by young men who asked about a yard of pork. He demanded payment and then paid them back with a witty calculation, declaring three feet make one yard as he pocketed five shillings.
A Dumbarton cemetery obelisk now marks Architeld McDiarmid’s memory. He eigth forty two years as head foreman carpenter at Archibald McMilan and Bon shipbuilders Dumbarton. The Aberdeen granite monument stands about fifteen feet high, erected by his grateful employers who esteemed him highly.
A family travelling on the New York Central to a Boston conclave faced a moment of fright when a five year old, seated at a window, started by a passing train and fell back in fear before recovering. The report notes the limited train’s pace of about sixty miles per hour and describes the child’s quick recovery as he looked to his father.
An advertisement extols Paine's Celery Compound as a cure for nervous disorders and digestive issues. It claims quick appetite restoration and systemic cleansing, urging spring use to renew health and promising faster relief than other medicines. The tone emphasizes medical authority and dramatic patient benefit.
Local congregations in Indiana promote a three tier fundraising plan labeled ontendur aimed at building two $35,000 auditoriums. The system resembles a chain scheme with members paying deposits and recruiting others, promising weekly payouts and daily hour based returns. The article notes concerns about the method echoing endless letter chains and canvassing risks.
A story from Awan in Tolan Conn describes a boy growing a large potato crop by careful seasonal planting and harvesting over years. The tale ends with a moral about small beginnings and abundance, while adjacent lines promote Dr Agnew ointment and Laxa-Liver Pills as cures.
A heated scene at a cladding meeting sees an elderly man with liver trouble claim a resolution is out of order. The chairman and opponent spar as the man concedes he cannot offer the resolution while claiming to support a constitutional provision. Laughter erupts as the old man remains perplexed.
A fragment from a Devon seaside tale features a visitor in Lynton asking an elderly man about ages and deaths. The man’s reply about his father and upstairs miscommunication evokes small town humor and village life.
A London literary gathering humorously debates the American healer poet Riley. A woman mispronounces Hoosier, joking that Riley is a post laureate, while an American tries to explain that his poetry like When the Frost is on the Pampkin is by Riley the Hoosier.
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