Fragmentary OCR Note From Befare Oil Ledger
Incomplete OCR snippet shows unclear references to oil terms, codes, and a lead line. Readable items include a dated or coded ledger fragment with possible product or cost notes and stray abbreviations.
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09 Aug 1877
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Acton Free Press in Acton, Ontario
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1877
Page
1
Ontario Photograph Gallery advertised and notices mixed
A page fragment advertises the Ontario Photograph Gallery promising beauty of finish and brilliance in tone with a wide stock of mouldings and picture frames. It invites inquiries and notes prices and prompt service, signed by C. W. Hill at Acton dated December 5 1876.
Travelers Life and Accident Insurance Company Ad
The Travelers Life and Accident Insurance Company markets low rate life and accident policies with upfront premium reductions and no medical exam. Advertises large surplus, deposits with the government, and claims broad accident coverage as a stock company led by Wilson Irwin as special agent at 33a Leside Street East, Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travelers
Leside Stresij East
Torvats
Wilson Irwin
Summer and Winter Poem Reflections
The verse contrasts warm summer and cold winter within a fairy child, noting summer on the heart while winter touches the cheek. It suggests changing roles with age, as summers and winters invert in later years.
The Maiden's Choice and a Christmas Charity Gift
Ruth Dorlon faces two suitors West Hartley and Clarence Hillsdale both admired for virtue and wealth. Mr Dorlon weighs honesty against money and, guided by a generous act from Hartley, chooses West. Ruth accepts, while a poor neighbor benefits from Hartley's help that inspires Dorlon to choose love over status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weil
West Hartley
Hillsdale
West
Clarence
Papa
Ruthié
Earychad
Roth
Young Hartley
Ruth
Mr. Dorlan
Lin
Heres
Hartley
Papa Dorlon
Hilledale
Apa
Pana
Clarence Hillsdale
Couldn't Be for That Money Story Tells Of A Waterville Lawyer
A dated tale describes a young Waterville lawyer with a convivial streak who negotiates debts from an old farmer. The lawyer offers a discount of a dollar and a half to spark a street remark about his own sharpness. The farmer refuses to manipulate others for money citing eternal views, and the discount is given without force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville
Squire
Beware of Error No Matter How Small
The passage warns that a single error corrupts truth like a drop of poison in pure liquid. It cautions to beware of all errors, no matter how slight or inconsequential they seem, as one error can lead to many more over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crakesee HirispaLe
Hemise
Hallsdale Brothers
Clarence the Younger
Eline
Ruth
Ruthie
Westminster Abby
Paris
Joshua
Mount Olive
The Millionaire’s Creed Against Art And Humanity
A critique argues that the greed of wealth pursuit erodes social duty and compassion. It contrasts the life of excessive money with the sorrow of isolation from community, art, and family, lamenting lack of humanity among the affluent.
Summer Evenings Charm in Quiet Country Twilight
An evocative meditation on summer evenings in the country. The piece contrasts twilight with morning noon and afternoon, notes fragrances from honeysuckle and roses, and describes the tranquil night arriving like a protective mother as robins sing and thrushes whisper.
Mysterious Yard Encounter on Masonic Street
A tall woman on Masonic Street in Rockland quarreled with a cross-eyed man as he taunted her with bizarre terms. The pair exchanged taunts over a yard scene, she threatened to call police, and he departed muttering about temperate women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic
Rockland
Ducky-Lucky
Cherry Blossom
Too Much Worldly Wisdom in a Scottish Tale
A Highland farmer who had spent time in the Lowlands returns home to ask for money from a man named Stewart. Stewart lends the gold but is unsettled by a written receipt promising repayment, arguing the paper binds the farmer’s heirs. The farmer defends the document as protection of his honor and wealth. The tale contrasts trust and the weight of a written promise in rural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Hartley
Ruth
Clarence Hillsdale
Wrest
Papa
Papa Dorlon
West
Lowlands
Meana
Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Sandy
Signs of a Prosperous Farmer
Advice on farming virtues and signs of success from thrift to tool care. It links large barns and active work to profit while noting restraint, shelter, and timely newspaper subscriptions as signs of prudent, scripture guided farming. It ends with a call for humility thankfulness watchfulness and cheerfulness.
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