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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 26, 1877
Page
2
Business Cards and Confectionery Offerings
Advertisement notes high quality business cards on durable stock and a range of confections including biscuits and cheese. Establishment promises fresh goods and top craftsmanship to attract customers seeking reliable printing and edible treats.
Travelers Insurance Company Promotes Low Rate Life Policies
The Travelers, a stock company, offers life and accident policies with low upfront premiums and no guaranteed dividends. It claims to be the largest accident insurer worldwide with 436,000 policies and over $2,565,000 paid in benefits. Agents c F Russell and Wilson Irwin promote policies from 33 Adelaide Street East, Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Russell
Adelaide Street
Toronto
Wilson Irwin
Durham Bull Duke of Kent Offered for Breeding Purposes
Durham Bull Duke of Kent bred by Mr Stone of Guelph from Sultana the 7th dam by 3d Duke of Springwood will serve cows at lot 24 1st Concession Esquesing premises. Terms for Durhams 5 grades 22. Erquesing Feb 1 1877.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone
Guelph
Sultana
Duke of
Bank Officer's Narrow Escape From Accusation
A bank employee recounts a tense episode after a draft vanished from his drawer. The president suspects foul play, but an internal audit proves the officer’s integrity. Tensions ease as the cashier and uncle navigate debts, with a final gesture restoring trust and revealing hidden motives.
April Follies and Fireside Reflections
A fragmented musing blends April superstitions with moral aphorisms and religious counsel. It notes April’s supposed quirks, weather whims, and seasonal chores, then transitions to quotes on truth, temperance, and virtue, urging heed to health and piety amid changing tides of life.
Measurements and conversions from a historical text
The text lists varied unit conversions and measures from an old source. It notes speeds like a man three miles per hour and a horse seven, boat and river speeds, wind, storms, gunball ranges, barrels and weights for commodities, liquids, grains, and salt, as well as small measures and an acre's size and population linguistics.
Toronto Churches Use Newspapers to Advertise Sermons
Local churches in Toronto widely use Saturday newspapers to advertise sermons and services. They aim to cordially invite the public to hear the Gospel, using the papers as a familiar medium of communication.
Kiss the Blarney Stone Legend Near Cork
The traditional Blarney Stone near Cork is described as bestowing eloquence on those who kiss it. Two stones claim to be the real talisman. one sits atop the castle in a two by two foot slab dated 1703, the other records 1446. Access to the first stone is easier, but both require a pulley and tackle to reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heavyside
Paley
New York
Tom
Nid
Thessenger
Halliard
Bristebuch
Lilasawood
Bristlebach
Palay
Brigtebach
Eric
Ulster
Cork
Blarney
Taligman
Jeffry
Jail Wedding Sparks Unlikely Baltimore Prison Romance
A man sentenced to prison with a fellow inmate’s flirtation led to an engagement and wedding inside the jail, followed by a honeymoon behind bars. In Baltimore an elderly German man married a patient at an asylum claiming his previous wife was mad and he desired another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fune
Bristlebacha
Bristlebach
Mie
Shuytop
Lilian
Hulliard
Halliard
Needham Street
Paley
Vic
Maints
Ton
Bo Rsaree
Migs Mann
Baltimore
Enlarged Dundas works amid a cash system shift and public notices
The TM Canady Screw Company's Dundas operations will be greatly enlarged this year. Government non protection policy did not hurt the industry, while dull times push merchants to cash notices. A scientific note explains bird respiration with hollow bones and air sacs aiding breathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canady Screw
Dundas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Molas
Hite
Kes
Lapan
Lunty
B Bros
Li Makers
le &. Son
H. Lowry
Thuality College
College of Payetcians
Frederick Street
Acton
RL Little
Bellevue
D Henderson
Weesato
W. Cooper
MM. Laidlaw
Attoraeventse Law
Chancery
Feney L. Deale
Fastrance
Ageny
Waterloo
Fisvare
Elon
E. Drake
Canada
United
Europe
Pirate Diustrietions
PV Ellis Watkins
I Suer Marriace Vicenees & Corti Dention
TBF
Rovishan
Piniien
Ee Ash
Ales S. Carter
Susie
Drawins
Church Street
Irene
Mai Ozier
Wgattris
Lon
Piasces
Bregio Zustengeet
BE. Nicelin
Afrs. Hanns, Read
B. & E. Nicklin
Peb
Jas. Matthews
Agcfor
Harton
Q. B
Montreal
Tiberand. Co
Actos Flour
HEE
Sibelin
Ali Fdrein
General Avent, &c
Ossin Roesk
G. T
Camiseli
Ofice
Frollope Chapman
Owmvon Hotel
Beypert Agnie
Barsuppiie
Ligr
Southby
Hemstreet
Wellington
Hadson
Rag
Rock Won
J. RB. Mitchell
Practical Boolkbinder
Bisvieny
St. George's Square, Guelph
Frat
Matheson
rai-Law
Main
Church Streets
Georgetown
Bavelers
Secord Bros
Afilton
H. K. Cook
Zarniss
Dominion
E. K. Cook
Wartford, Conn
Ccc
Dominion Government
CG. P. Rowell & Co
Alex, Waldie
Erquesing
Shaytop
Chad
Glasswood
Lam
VIE
Cle
Nything Paley
Ig Bank
Buckleton
State Street
Tom Flynn
Curlon
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