23 Aug 1883
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1883
Page
1
A farmer laments years of debt and drought as mortgage costs and interest devastate his home. The strain shows in failed crops, ruined happiness, and the loss of wife and livelihood, with the mortgage casting a constant, crushing presence over every door and window.
Marion Lexington pleads to join her husband Royal on a business trip to Armitage on the Delaware Road. He dismisses her, insists on leaving money and guidance on household economy, and departs with the two young children under care of a nurse while Marion stays behind to sew for the baby.
Mrs Marion Kenneth arrives at a mountain hotel under assumed name and catches Royal Lexington's eye. A playful floral exchange leads to a secret parlor meeting and a midnight plan to flee together. They depart by early train promising a quiet future away from gossip and rival romantic entanglements.
A brief dialogue recalls a boy who spent money on what resembled ice cream. The second boy jokes about licking the dish or being denied. The speaker admits getting only buttermilk iced with ice, prompting his father to shout in remorse.
Mrs. Samuelson sent her boy Billy for spool cotton. He spent the money on himself for taffy and returned with no cotton. When asked where the cotton is Billy claims it isn’t his fault and shifts blame to his mother for sending a small boy for the task.
A mother jokes with Algy about scoring runs while he pleads arithmetic. A Buffalo correspondent shares a Somerset churchyard inscription about Richard Morton whose toe was injured by a razor, leading to his fatal mortification.
A collection of wry observations on behavior and etiquette. It jokes about beds, hunger before swimming, and young men clinging to girlfriends. The piece notes fashion trends and mocks phrases about a girl being worth her weight in gold, satirically estimating 120 pounds as about $80,000.
An onlookers debate capital needs unfolds on the grocery steps as villagers discuss investing in local growth. A stranger asks for opinions on capital use and the crowd imagines a first investment of 95 000 in bar tools and barber equipment amid requests for improvements and fairground displays.
A speaker recalls a former lover whose hair grew grey and figure expanded. The speaker married twice more, no longer feels drawn to her, and notes she has become a widow three times and recently takes in boarders.
A rambling dialogue shows Mr Swiller arguing for temperance in eating as well as drinking. He praises beer as refreshing and harmless in moderation, while resisting total abstinence zealots. He repeats a pledge to know when enough is enough and to enjoy beer sensibly.
The Ladies' Sanitary Association of London offers simple health rules copied in the Sanitarian. Shake blankets and sheets as you rise, avoid wet clothes, keep rooms airy and light, avoid tight garments, and keep clean and tidy. Ensure good air, clean cisterns, and proper drainage. Walk when possible, eat simply, chew food, and value health as wealth.
Readable bits describe a sister and caller scene with a joking bet about a mouth shut, a note on gambling caution, a cheap Bunker Hill Monument ad, a tale of slight-of-hand, a wife remark about grit, a bath joke, an angry passenger tossing a porter, and a large tip for the porter from a Pullman car.
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