06 Dec 1883
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 06, 1883
Page
1
The page outlines advertising rates for casual notices and professional cards with pricing per insertion, plus annual rates. It notes arrears policy, payment terms, and a banking section advertising a bank's services including note handling and discount seeks on deposits.
Fragmented verse excerpts from a 1963 poetry piece titled Old Friend. The lines address a familiar friend with nostalgic imagery, referencing youth, laughter, eyes, and a continuing bond across years. The readable text centers on personal reminiscence and affection.
A reader reports severe symptoms and claims a miracle cure named Safe Cure from Lamhaone Gaecy and Coroggi. The testimonial asserts permanent relief after using the product and urges others to try it.
A cryptic sale notice lists dolls valued at 1600 dollars and an offer of 500 dollars, signaling a discounted merchandise event. Details about location and timing are unreadable in the fragment.
A laborer named Robert Ryan rises from a disciplined runner to a trusted bookkeeper and partner at Collins & Co. after facing a strike and an attempted assault. Ten years later he helps Morgan, the former foe, reform, showing duty and temperance as keys to personal and professional success at a major English railroad contracting firm.
A historical advertises Hicinbotham’s Cholera Preventative as a sure cure for cholera diarrhea dysentery griping pains and cramps. Describes availability in bottles prepared by a listed maker.
W G Smith & Co dispenses best American and Canadian coal oil at low prices. Bring five gallon cans for prefill before price increase. Warns that price rises due to demand, but claims bulk purchases will benefit customers. Also offers machine oil, dispensing chemists in Higinbotham's Block Guelph.
A family scene describes a son aged 11 choosing three wishes. He prioritizes a good character, good health, and a good education over fame or riches, arguing such foundations enable true wealth. The narrator endorses the boy’s wise decision and urges young readers to reflect and profit.
The fragment surveys manners and social norms, noting kissing the bride is no longer en regie, hat etiquette, dinner behavior, and timing in replies. It contrasts romance, expense, and social expectations with wry aphorisms about love, labor, politics, and seasonal imagery. It hints at outdated proverbs and a breezy Victorian voice without a clear single event.
A quirky collage of verse about a perpetual little girl and aging, then rustic dialect anecdotes and moral quips. The piece ends with a plug for free Paris sample copies and a general call for subscribers.
Guidance on saving butter portions on individual plates to avoid waste or mess. Save all edible bits for frying or greasing pans. Scrape up every particle, rub greasy plates with cornmeal for the chickens, and salt boiled-over spots to ease cleaning and odors.
A compact moral meditation on living rightly, enduring adversity with equanimity, and the social intrusiveness of marriage. It contrasts true virtue with vanity and urges prudent behavior while noting public opinion often meddles in private choices.
In a country grocery a village doctor explains pulse counts to a joking youth. He notes a horse pulses forty per minute while an ox runs fifty to fifty five. The boy asks about a donkey and the doctor taunts him by offering to measure his wrist. A barrel of flour blocks his retreat.
A clergyman on his farm finds his ploughman idling the horses. The master suggests cutting bushes and the ploughman jokes about a tub of tatties in the pulpit. The piece includes rustic humor and a quip about a sample copy offer from Fax Press.
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