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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 07, 1898
Page
2
Deposit receipts issued for large sums deposited. Advances made to responsible armors on their own names. Seconds Agate Wares selling at less than cost in the ordinary way. As good as Firsts for wear and service. women seek value and utility. Don’t miss the sale for splendid kitchen bargains.
The busy housewife faces a hectic season as household chaos and financial pressures rise. She navigates chores, budgeting, and time management while aiming to keep home life balanced during a demanding period.
A study scene yields a unique Easter sermon as a weary pastor, blocked by words, finds inspiration in a child's plea. A baby’s question about a father’s love unlocks a moving sermon on Christ’s lowly birth, heavenward search, and the message of Easter for a crowded audience.
In a Paris dining room Bourgueil clashes with his son Edward who wed a woman from the Latin quarter against his parents wishes. The couple’s absence of support, Edward’s dropped studies, and the parents’ ruined plans fuel a bitter, ongoing dispute.
I carry the largest and best assortment of seed corn seed oats pure and clean as money can buy. Also Timothy Clover Rape etc. Get prices on my Permanent Pasture Mixture Field Flower and Garden Seeds.
Robt. Noble reports top prices at the Acton Station warehouse for wheat peas oats barley and flour. Also advertised are bran shorts flour sheds and all feed kinds at the feed store.
An advertisement invites readers to have a portrait taken by artist Ramshaw with a sitting offered today. It promises courteous attention, satisfactory photographs, and reasonable prices, noting the current favorable weather as an inducement.
A quarrel wearying thirty years between Bourgueil the mason and his wife reaches a turning point on Easter morning. The scent of box plants stirs memories of happier days and, moved by mercy, the couple decides to seek reconciliation with their son Edward and his wife, ending in a quiet pledge to invite them home.
Judge Winfrey of Mivitus ville Maryland devised a plan to curb disorderly conduct by detaining unruly youths in a prison cell and having their fathers deliver floggings in the presence of court officials. Fathers willingly carried out the sentence, the Lumano society pressed for relief, but the court defended the policy as humane compared with driving a father to borrow wages to post fines.
Edward W. Bok cites flowers as silent messengers guiding growth and resilience. The piece praises flowers for teaching adaptation, patience, and love, noting their universal language and divine handiwork through changing seasons.
A poem-like scene depicts Easter bells, spring warmth, and village joy. Aaron Manon voices renewal as nature awakens, lambs and streams return, lovers walk hand in hand, and the town greets the new season with hopeful chorus.
Descriptive passage depicts a coke oven complex along the Youghiogheny by Chestnut Ridge. Flames, workers, ore cars, and coke trains illuminate a stark industrial landscape as ovens discharge red glow and coke is moved to siding for shipment toward Ohio or Lake Erie.
The piece argues twin screw steamers offer superior safety and maneuverability, easing repairs and salvage risks if one screw fails. It contrasts with single screw ships that must slow to reach harbor, while noting the prevalence of double screws in larger vessels for reliability and seaworthiness. Eggs Should Be Sold by Weight. Eggs vary in size affecting fairness to producers and consumers as well as double yolk occurrences.
A passage extols Frances Willard as the most womanly of women, praising her focus on knowledge purity and the empowerment of women to shape homes and society. It contrasts her with Joan of Arc and Florence Nightingale and highlights her speech, idealism, and will as elevating both women and society. It ends with a dated testimonial for Hood's Sarsaparilla.
A dramatic Easter pageant depicts lords and peasants entering a church. An ornate altar scene shows a noble offering a priceless Indian pearl while a repentant harlot, symbolizing sin and sorrow, lays her heart beside the price. The priest blesses the donor, yet the act reveals true piety lies in mercy and sacrifice.
The piece describes Russian Easter customs with midnight openings of the Holy of Holies, proclamations of Christ is risen, illuminated churches and streets, bell-ringing, processions, and public displays. It notes universal greetings from emperors to workers, likening it to a national Merry Christmas style.
The article traces Easter dating from early disputes over follows the Nicean council rule to place Easter on the Sunday after the first full moon after March 21. It notes Roman and Gregorian calendar developments and England's 1589 to 1722 adjustments resolving date variations. The final rule states Easter is on the first Sunday after the full moon post March 21.
A quotation from George William Curtis argues that those living with misery and dull restraint deserve further opportunity and fuller expression. He suggests the day holds significance only if conditions allow cramped powers to expand and offer hope for growth.
A garbled ad style passage promotes Hull's Hair Renewer claiming cures for scalp ailments and baldness. It also touts Dr Agnew's Cure for the Heart as peerless and instantly effective for heart trouble with urgent warnings about delays. Ends with sales note for Browns.
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