12 Apr 1877
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 12, 1877
Page
1
A garbled notice from Acton proclaims medical professionals from Trinity College and Victoria College Canada offering office and residence space, mortgage and conveyancing services, insurance agency work, and prompt reliable deliveries. It announces access to wood and fresh confectionery items and lists various terms and locations in Acton Victoria Street and West Bower.
Describes binding of account books and ledgers by request. Notes mail orders to Gielpmer Goon Post Office Wil receive prompt attention. References to commission in 9. B. Agent and office in Das 3 Bookelore Guelph. Descriptions of binding early executed.
Advertises Welton Planing Mills offering barness saddles trunks and practical work at reasonable rates. Claims quick, good, cheap service and asserts dominance as the best option for such work. Local notice emphasizes readiness to fulfill orders efficiently.
The Travelers Life and Accident Insurance Company promotes low cost all cash life policies with no medical exam required. It claims 36,000 accident policies issued and over 2.565 million paid in cash benefits. Contact Co F Russell in Toronto and agent Wilson Irwin for details.
A fragmentary Irish song recalls a scene of romance. The speaker notes a dreamy summer day as a maiden, Moll, awakens and flees, then returns with a blush and a lightning look. The poem shifts to lovers and daisies, ending with Moll in a meadow.
Esquesing February 1877 advertises the Durham bull Duke of Kept bred by Mr Stone of Guelph from Sultana the 7th and 3d Duke of Springwood for service to cows on premises Lot 24. Terms: Durhams five dollars Grailes two dollars. Warrants and conditions implied.
In chapters of Living Too Fast Paley Glasswood deceives Lilian by renting and furnishing a stylish English basement for them, claiming it is theirs. Lilian balks at housekeeping, clashes with Paley and Mrs Oliphant, and the couple’s plan to move faces bitter resistance from the wife and in-law.
The article lists biblical measures such as a Sabbath day’s journey and a cubit, plus values for shekels and talents in silver and gold. It then explains an improved method to boil eggs: cover eggs with boiling water and let them sit fifteen minutes for even cooking and firmer yolks.
Advice warns brides to choose a spouse for partnership not escape or gain. Do not marry in haste for a home or money. Do not let relatives force a match for status. Wait for a partner with steady character and health.
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