01 Aug 1878
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1878
Page
1
The Acton Free Press outlines subscription details with weekly Thursday circulation and postal handling. It lists rates for single and annual copies, advertising terms for notices, marriages, weddings, and commercial listings, plus travel and hotel accommodations with sample rooms and special attention to travel lines.
Wi Hemstreet licensed auctioneer for the Comes of Wellington announces orders left at the press office or residence. Terms reasonable. A Holmes' Improved Tubular Churn offered, patent rights secured, best on the market. Circulars and sentiments free on request.
Beathy's parlor organ primer offers easy to progressive exercises for mouth organ and piano players, featuring over sixty Waltzes Polkas Mercies Galops and Melodies. Daniel J Beatty of Washington New Jersey announces revised price and offers to ship nationwide for fifty cents.
Acton Bakery informs inhabitants and the public of Acton that they offer a large best assorted stock of bakers goods in the Villette Fancy. Short notice gale prices with guaranteed satisfaction. Grim Bread and NBA goods reputed as pure with best materials. Also a large stock of first class family flours cheap for cash.
Acton area notices promote sale opportunities and home work earnings while advertising funeral services by John Sprigh and partners. They warn of rapid notice for Harvess and mention leather goods, hats, gloves, and a variety of offerings for local residents.
Daniel F. Beatty of Washington New Jersey touts cash sales avoiding risks and books. Instruments are wire warranted six years and shipped within 5 to 15 days with a test trial and money refund if not satisfactory. Catalog and testimonials offered by mail.
A narrator recalls a riding glove monogrammed Nations, lost on a grassy path with memories of a past love. The glove evokes a vanished hand, May rides, and a pledge broken as years of heartbreak linger over the token. The speaker vows to keep the glove as symbol of love and loss.
The tale blends fact and fiction about early Halton and Wellington counties. Edward Castles, a young hunter on Nassagaweya’s The View, faces a pantherlike catamount while solitude, peril, and a dangerous fall test his nerve. His companion Frank Langton survives and recalls love and escape as a Canadian journey unfolds.
A woman receives a bulky financial letter and tears it open at a post office window hoping for cash. She searches the letter for money, finds no greens, and distracts herself with a joke about fifty pictures to paste on fruit jars, startling a carrier nearby in the glass booth.
The article describes a crude communication device using two tin boxes, a bladder, string, and cord to create vibration for sound. Weights, punctures, and knots are used to transfer vibrations, suggesting a backyard experiment to project sound over a neighborhood. The directions imply distances, tension, and careful handling to avoid loose ends.
A Peruvian craftsman living in poverty spent three years building a large clock entirely from bread. He sacrificed daily bread to fund the project and used salt to harden the pieces, which dry solid and water resistant. The bread case showcases notable design and execution, making the curiosity remarkable.
The piece argues young men should stay on farms or invest in land rather than chase city profits. It praises disciplined attention, frugal living, and early training on farms, noting farming yields steadier, lasting wealth and virtuous habits. It compares farm life to merchandise and highlights farming as essential to national industry and stability.
A man discovers a loss of $100,009 after reviewing his financial records, a sum far larger than editors would miss without checking books, prompting questions about audit thoroughness and the risk of undetected theft.
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