22 Apr 1886
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 22, 1886
Page
1
A fragmented page lists lawyers solicitors and notaries in Acton and Milton, money lending offers at six percent, auctioneers for Wellington and Halton counties, and a provincial land surveyor in Guelph. It includes addresses and offices in Acton and Ottawa with brief service notes and contact points.
Acton offers first class turnouts for commercial pleasure or company use on short notice.
The poem warns of wine's ruin featuring a loving critique of indulgence and its consequences. It contrasts the beauty of wine with deathly harm, urging fathers and mothers to condemn temptations that lead to vice and wreck families and souls. The verse laments drunkard's ruin and the ruinous harvest Bacchus pays to revelers.
In Wiggle Town Cassy and Cora Grimgooke disobey their cousin Mr. Grimgooke to clean house while he travels. They uncover three five hundred dollar bills under an oil-cloth, attempt to replace them, and a fire later destroys the house and barn. The missing money is found in Mr. Grimgooke’s pocket after the blaze, leading to joy and a shared reward.
The sermon extols plowing in hope as a metaphor for Christian service noting that toil is sustained by reward. Parents and teachers should persevere through waywardness, guiding children line upon line toward maturity, with subsoil plowing addressing deeper faults and temperaments. God rewards faithful effort.
Mr. Shaw of Consolidated Virginia mine found a stem wound watch in the snow and posted a note by the window. A Frenchman named Frenchman sought the owner and gave an accurate description including a silver stem-winder and a brass chain. The owner, answering as Mister Shaw described, confirmed the watch and tail-winding method.
Practical guidance for young men on conduct in business. Emphasizes punctuality order system promptness and keeping promises. Advises restraint in generosity learning to say no and thinking independently to stay ahead of the times.
Three years of enlarged prostate left a Detroit man nearly broken. After trying many doctors, he used 102 bottles of Warner's Safe Cure and reports complete relief. Solomon Westex, 354 Grand River Avenue, signs the testimonial.
Mrs. Baker of ranktown Ontario endured a four year fever sore resisted ointments until using Burdock Blood Bitters. The ad claims the tonic cured chronic sores and blood humors, with four bottles said to have done the work.
A garbled dialogue questions attending a calico ball and its social costs. The speaker defends dressing for the event despite expense and health concerns while others raise religious and modesty objections. The exchange ends with a quip about prayer and social custom.
A schoolmaster prompts third class pupils to write about Columbus. The tale recounts Columbus seeking a ship from the King of Spain, facing doubt, and finally reaching land. A pilot confirms land while encounters with natives reveal a humorous, if clumsy, moral.
A large iron bronze and steel clock weighing ten tons without the bell stands in Chicago near the Board of Trade. It mirrors Westminster’s great clock with improvements for commerce, its dial over ten feet in diameter and the bell elevated 250 feet above ground. The pendulum weighs 1750 pounds and the mechanism includes three separate weighted trains. The piece is a striking piece of industrial design and public display.
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