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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 13, 1876
Page
7
A jumble of voices and vignettes unfolds with sly humor. A man pursues a project, the cane of a corn doctor is invoked, and a feisty exchange about a corset and a tongue emerges. A shopkeeper and lady duel over De Quincey and Russia, while a party scene exposes racy age misreads.
The Acton Free Press outlines annual subscription pricing and payment terms. Rates include eight cents per line for local insertion and two cents per line for subsequent insertions, with short ads at one dollar for three insertions. Notices of marriages births and deaths are listed under a separate category.
An elderly, disheveled man appeals for food at a Danbury house. The proprietor rebukes him for begging noting his age and size and taunts him to learn a trade. The man departs in frustration after an insult about becoming a music teacher. The scene ends with the caller leaving the premises.
A fragment lists items such as Meteor Tea and Bright Lean tea with weights and a set of knives and forks plus china. The incomplete OCR shows prices and quantities but lacks full context or complete items.
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