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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 27, 1876
Page
3
The Acton Free Press of April 27 1876 notes weekly Thursday publication from Acton Ont Beams line up pricing at SI Per Annum in Advance and indicates the paper serves Ilalton County readers with a recurring print schedule and subscription terms.
Fragmentary text from the Atlan Freedpress notes editor Hacking. Dated Arrit 27, 1876, with unclear surrounding details.
A long-winded European dispatch argues Turkey teeters on collapse as finances fail, provinces rebel, and Russia and Austria eye land. England may fight to keep Black Sea ports open, with France watching, amid fears of a wider war and strategic balance shifts.
A partisan newspaper row over a column in the Guelph Herald that accuses opponents of mobbing the public with political intrigue to claim Smith, one of Finlay’s murderers, faced a death sentence. The piece mocks the Herald’s reasoning and warns against public gullibility.
Spring weather outlook appears favorable for farm work as fall wheat has weathered winter with few complaints. Roads remain poor but improving. traffic is increasing as conditions brighten for a prosperous season.
Mark Lane Express notes Indian and East wheat crowding lower quality grain from the Americas and Australia in the English market. It says the Suez Canal opening boosts trade for Asiatic farmers and affecting European corn exchanges.
The latest reports indicate Russia distrusting Austrian intervention has waned due to German influence. Austria may occupy Herze govind, Bukowina and Bosnia, aiming to separate Turkey from Europe. European powers, including Germany Austria France and Italy, unite to deter Ottoman moves in Montenegro, with Britain expected to join. The Ottoman regent signals defensive aims, and military actions appear limited to deterrence.
The Levant Herald reports from Hiluh in Asiatic Turkey that from March 28 to 31 there were 66 new plague cases and 42 deaths. In Baghdad from March 28 to April 1 there were 145 new cases and 75 deaths. The plague has crossed to the left bank of the Tigris.
The late Mr. Stewart favored precise English and detailed advertising. Sundays saw columnar notices in local papers. He treated Saturday afternoons as review time and often closed a line wholesale to retail at a barely cover cost price. Stewart valued advertising and used New York papers for retail strategy in Guelph where population reached 9,017.
The preliminary examination of Grennie involved in the Warwick murder occurred in Brantford on Saturday before the police magistrate. The defendants pleaded not guilty and, due to the absence of Murray and McFee, were remanded for two days. Detectives Dunn and Phair seized two seven shooters from a trunk, details of clues remain unclear.
In Acton on the 20th inst the wife of Mr Jas Matthews of a son. Also in Acton on the 20th inst the wife of Mr Thomas Ebbage of a son. On the 22nd inst in Acton the wife of Mr Robt Creech of a daughter. In Esquesing on the 29th inst Elizabeth Denny wife of Mr Christopher Swackhammer aged about 47 years.
A 19th century advertisement extols refined breakfast beverages and nutritional science to strengthen blood and resist disease. It credits Mr. pps for providing healthful drinks and cites the Homeopathic Chemist shops at 48 Threadneedle Street and 170 Piccadilly, London.
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