06 Aug 1903
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
1
A farmer narrator contemplates aging and succession as tensions rise at the family home. Abner Jones and Martha appear in a web of connections involving Tommy, Tony, and local quarrels over crops, love, and loyalty on the farm as gossip and hope intertwine.
The story follows Abner Jones and Martha as Tommy the suitor vies for Martha's affection during a corn festival. Abner wins Martha’s attention with bold displays and gifts while facing social pressure from peers and a tense wedding-like scene on the porch. Martha hesitates but signals a growing bond as they share a quiet moment after the crowd disperses.
A blistering anti liquor screed condemns alcohol as a destroyer of families and peace. It claims liquor corrupts women, harms children, and wrecks homes, urging action against drink’s social scourge with vivid, moral warnings. The author cites religious and national perils to spur reform.
Local paper recaps Halton area items from Milton to Georgetown including church notices, civic events, departures, and a fatal accident. Mentions Rev Perrin farewell, Cravellan Bros, A H Goodollow departure,Lessons from Walter Devereny death, and farm and trade updates about cattle shipments and fire brigade aid.
A fragmentary ledger-like narrative mixes a bank robbery scene with a long poem about wind and Maryland. The prose describes conspirators, a midnight bank entry, a strange boy in the sewer, and a plea for prudent debt handling. The wind poem laments debt and time, urging steady payments and receipts.
A tangled exchange unfolds as Hackett and a neighbor argue over fence placement and land encroachment. The neighbor resists moving the fence while Hackett urges a practical settlement, ending with a tense standoff and claims about land and principle.
Diermor Ottawa Judy 3h Hugh Campbell of Cow Ray Cape Breton arrived in Ottawa after wintering in the Peace River region with a party prospecting coal. Campbell claimed Ontario interest and notes an area of coal lands he estimates contains 250 million tons. The district near Hudson Hope, near the outrances to the Peace River, shows sections nine feet thick.
An Albany man widely known in trade circles as a representative of Albany Chemical Co. extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for immediate relief after a protracted attack. Encourages its use for similar afflictions. Also references advertisements for Parmeton's Vegetable Pills and Dr. Thomas Keeley’s remedies.
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