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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 11, 1878
Page
4
Teaws Fare and Publishing Rates Listed by Publisher
The Free Press Building announces a yearly rate plan with a three month fare and a ten cent copy price. It outlines unpaid year terms and various ad rates including discounts for extended insertions and business care charges.
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Pal
Seaside and Lakeside Library Listings Highlighted
A fragmented local item lists multiple libraries including Seaside Lakeside Fireside and Boy's libraries with mentions of Mildred and a cave jewel as well as several misspelled titles and antique references. The readable snippets suggest a catalog or advertisement for assorted books and literary offerings.
Advice on Speaking Well of Women in Verse
A rhymed admonition against slander and improper use of a woman’s name. It warns to avoid falsehoods and gossip that harms women, urging men to honor and protect women, refrain from cowardly acts, and respect mothers and sisters. The piece emphasizes restraint in speech and moral conduct.
Der drummer and the misread world of Hans Preiffer
A playful mock old dialect poem about a drummer who controls goods in a shop. The speaker questions who sells to customers, blames the drummer for crooked prices and shady deals, while contrasting rude behavior and a comic exchange about who will pay the bottom price. The piece repeats the refrain Der drammer and parodies customer dealings.
Deaf Smith's Famous Duel
About two years after Texas independence a clash arose between the new government and the people over moving archival records. President Houston attempted to transfer state records to Austin, prompting mass mobilization led by Col. Morton to defend the capital. San Jacinto hero Sam Houston warned Morton that he would retrieve the archives, prompting doubled guard and vigilant sentries around the State House.
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Austin
State House
Col
Morton
Houston
San Jacinto
Col. Morton
Sam Hornstox
Venturia
Deaf Smith
Smith
Funeral furnishings offered by John Speight of Acton
The undersigned informs Acton and surrounding neighbors that he has procured four magnificent anarse and is prepared to attend and conduct funerals on short notice and moderate terms. Caskets coffins burial robes and all funeral furnishings kept in stock. Hat bands and gloves supplied when required. Acton February 19 1877.
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Acton
Daniel F. Beatty Pianos Offer Cash Only Prices
Washington New Jersey piano maker Daniel F. Beatty advertises first class pianos cheaper than rivals by selling for cash, offering six year warranties, along with 5 to 15 days test trial and freight both ways refunded if not satisfied. Catalog and testimonials available on request.
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Daniel EF. Beatty
Washington
New Jersey
Seatport
United States
Capsada
Daniel
Realty
Daniel F. Beatty
Washington, New Jersey
Deaf Smith and Morton Duel in Austin Calamity
A stranger storms into a private Austin meeting with buckskin and a long rifle. Col Morton and Deaf Smith agree to a duel on the left bank of the Colorado. Smith kills Morton. Houston later appears in Austin with allies and seizes state papers amid a tale of Deaf Smith’s true fate.
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Col. Norton
Morton
Where Me was Stabbed In Court Testimony
A Tuscarora lawyer questions a physician's sworn testimony about the stab wound. The witness states the injury was about an inch and a half left of the midline and above the umbilicus, while three witnesses testified he was stabbed below the Young America hoisting works.
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Tuscarora
Young America
Stock Feeding at the Ontario Model Farm
A student reports on feeding twelve cattle at the Ontario Model Farm from November to March. They describe daily rations of pulped turnips straw and Indian corn, cost calculations, and projected outcomes including weight gains and sale value per head.
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Ontario
Butter Fool: Giant Goat Attacks Firm After Poetic Promise
A farmer named Mr Atkinson promised the finest butter and split proceeds with a Boston firm. The butter arrived as a giant ferocious goat that attacked partners, knocked a senior partner into a corner, bruised others, and finally was captured and sent to the city pound.
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Atkinson
Boston
Butfer
Frm
Blessed is the Paying Sub scriber
A satirical verse parodies subscription loyalty for newspapers, praising a subscriber who pays promptly and endures various imagined tribulations. It humorously contrasts benefits of subscribing with the woes of non subscribers, weaving archaic phrasing and biblical cadence.
I Can Drink or Let It Alone Warns Youth
A Hawkeye writer recalls a boastful young man who claimed he could drink or abstain at will. After bragging he faced the bar with no cash and realized the danger of temptation, with the bar-keeper demanding payment and a cautionary close.
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Haukeye
Modern Definition of Commercial Terms
A humorous rundown redefining common business terms. It satirically reinterprets terms like assignee bank deposit president director cashiers and others with playful misreadings. The piece lampoons greed risk and ignorance in finances through comic definitions.
Ward Times the best for Young Men Just Starting
A commentary on startups during hard times urges young men to begin businesses now. It argues inflation and high prices favor those who build management habits and rigid economy, claiming those who start in tough times adapt better and endure, making bad times the best for new ventures.
Bead Horse Comes to Life Again on West Branch road
A teamster on the West Branch in Denning reported a trapped horse dropped dead under its harness. Other teams helped drag the corpse a quarter mile and roll it down a bank. Next day the horse reappeared in the barn alive, nibbling hay, with a neck wound from the drag and no other signs of life.
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Ellengie
Pressi
West Branch
Denning
Eberton
Syracuse firm builds cheaper durable barrel halves
A Syracuse manufactory uses straw, paper, and pulp to form barrel halves by hydraulic pressure then trims and dries them in steam. The halves fit together precisely and cost about one third of wooden barrels, offering lighter weight and preventing flour leakage in transit.
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Syracuse
Judging Character by What Pleases the Heart
The article argues that virtue shows in love of purity modesty and truth while delight in vulgar objects and ostentation signals a shallow, unstable character. It warns that without true affection and friendship a young man will tire of changing pursuits and seek excitement.
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Ford
The Two Turkeys and Other Anecdotes from The World Over
A compilation of fables and vignettes including a moral about two turkeys, reflections on life and happiness, a duel narrative in Georgia, a papal anecdote with an English sister, and demographic world estimates noting Christian and non Christian populations.
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