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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Apr 20, 1876

Page

4

The Acton Free Press Advertising Rates and Notices

Rates for advertising are listed as eight cents per line for the first insertion and two cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Short ads under two dollars for three insertions. Business ads eight lines or under four cents per line. Special notices to promote pecuniary interest are considered adverse advertisements. Transient ads must be prepaid. Marriages births and deaths notices are inserted free.

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Unmarried Man Seeks Left Pocket Picture At Tailor

A suburban young man visits a tailor to be measured for a vest and asks about pocket placement. The tailor jokes that being unmarried requires the pocket on the left for the young lady's picture near the heart, while noting a married man might want his wife’s picture there. The exchange ends with a playful nod to romance.

Funningraphics and social quips from a late 19th issue

A collection of light verse and humorous snippets note playful rhymes and jokes about courting in rain, lampoon social norms, and quote a New York Post remark on changing customs. It includes quips about lovers, venial scandals, and a Nevada bond joke amid broader reflections on manners and youth.

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