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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1898
Page
1
Zoe offers 24 hammocks at two dollars each and sponges at half price. The store is stocked with summer reading titles and old favorites, inviting shoppers to browse the large sale and new arrivals.
Summary states deposits earn interest at current rates with semiannual compounding. It mentions deposit receipts issued for large deposits and advances to farmers issued in their own names.
H Ramshaw offers the FLASH LIGHT PHOTO LINE with a 99 degree angle lens designed for interior photos. The device promises up to date equipment for photographing groups in compact spaces and asserts unmatched performance.
Japanese floor matting promotes clean cool comfort for summer rooms. Placed over carpets it protects from wear and adds healthful inexpensive covering. Suitable for bedrooms or halls with pieces sold from 25c to 40c a yard.
In a rural memory the two playmates drift from mischief to danger. One dives to save the other as they fail to swim, the pool claims them, and the wooden boat dances away as mothers mourn and the tale ends with a haunting, fatal lesson.
A narrator recalls a dreary November wedding at the Church of the Trinity. Hedwig, the bride, seems radiant, while her groom appears tense and distracted. The observer, hidden among the guests, notes quiet fears about the marriage and the groom’s uneasy reserve as the ceremony unfolds.
At a recent Association meeting the president spoke to about 900 attendees, criticizing sales in saloons and urging a radical contrast by showing debauchery and product samples side by side. The Rescue Evangel quotes him warning of ruin from drink and urging moral restraint.
An anecdotal origin of the hymn Blest Be the Tie That Binds tied to Rev John Fawcett a long ministry in England dying 1817. In 1772 he faced farewell to Gill in London as parishioners mourned yet chose to stay the packed wagons were unloaded and the hymn commemorates this act of faith and devotion.
A Jersey City druggist documents odd child related requests from readers. Messages include five cent items for sore throats powders for babies and remedies for teething and digestive complaints. Several letters reveal anxious parents seeking quick cures and explanations in a period tone.
A wealthy man seeks a library after a sudden home expansion and orders every work by Shakespeare when asked his tastes. He then challenges readers with a playful, unnamed coin trick puzzle about pawning 75 cents for 50 and settling a debt, asking if anyone is out and mach 2.
A brief comic dialogue features a husband boasting of management and his wife retorting with playful refusal. He quips a plan to control, she mocks the difficulty, highlighting mutual wittiness and domestic tease. The exchange reads as lighthearted social humor.
An Ontario farmer recalls surveying every household item and wheat cost to live before leaving farming for another line. He found remaining on the farm yielded lower living costs, since much is grown at home and rent, heat, water, and food are minimized. The piece urges rural readers to count the true cost of living off the farm.
A slender blonde enters a sleek car to join a handsome companion at a dance. One woman laments being left out, while comments on violet silk and powder hint at vanity. The Prince of Wales lays a foundation stone in London urging the wealthy to aid poverty nearby and to confront neglect of neighbors.
A Canadair Grocer editorial argues young men show their worth by active effort for their employers. Honest effort boosts wages and knowledge, preparing them for future business ownership, while apathy harms prospects.
A bones hunter complains about the quietness of a street while an agent insists it is the calmest area in the city. The dialogue contrasts perceived serenity with the nuisance of early Sunday morning noise from mischief makers, suggesting the hunter seeks a stiller, safer locale.
A dated exhortation mocks malice and misinterpretation. The speaker lists figurative ingredients such as falashood runabout and limber tongue, then counsels airing envy and jealousy, strained through misconstruction, and served in a meddlesome bottle. The warning ends with a quip that evil thoughts merit a sharp response.
Two soldiers lie as the sun sets at eight. One clutches a gray hair lock, the other brown. Thoughts of a distant sweetheart and a fading mother mingle with prayers, as a final kiss marks departure from the line.
Readers are treated to a chaotic rural scene as a trap intended to catch a rat leads to a wild sequence in a barn. A resident criticizes the plan while a hired girl and Grandma join the fray, ending with injuries to Jake and the boss and a disrupted bust. A hastily called doctor visit follows as the party vows to reset the trap.
A man in cnater Kentucky recalls a runaway mule delaying him in the mountains as a wagon fragments and a local owner jokes he has “oared” the balky animal. A Maine road notice then describes a stray hog named Nellie with playful details, asking for return to aid an invalid lad, as printed in the Exchange.
A mother hides to watch her daughter entering a dining room in night attire. The child climbs to grab a peach then returns, declaring with a wink that she outwitted the villain. The tale ends with the girl going back to bed and a playful moral.
The piece warns against deceptive home dyes sold as Diamond Dyes imitations. It alleges these cheap imitations ruin fabrics, are offered at low prices by retailers, and that storekeepers should recommend Diamond Dyes for genuine quality. It touts Diamond Dyes as superior and urges consumers to beware of inferior substitutes.
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