08 Dec 1887
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 08, 1887
Page
1
A fragmented verse piece honors Jim Bake as the elder night express driver and recalls a dispatch to Jin. It shifts to a moral meditation praising obedience to God and living truth, urging self reflection and faith in providence for daily needs.
A child rushes in asking for a missing hat gloves and umbrella while family members search in vain. The tale underscores the value of organization and keeping things in their places to prevent morning disappointments and missed rides. Grandma’s advice echoes, urging a new habit of neatness and order.
Colonel Warring proposes a 400000 dollar plan to dispose of sewage in San Diego by a 0.25 mile main sewer to an outlet reservoir of one acre, 1 foot deep, filling with high tide to 3 4 feet, and releasing into the tide an hour after high tide and before low tide. Similar wells to be built in Stockton and Sacramento with deep outlets, after two years of success at Norfolk Virginia.
A vivid account from St. Nicholas for November describes elephant herds guiding and supporting calves.Young elephants stay close under mothers or on backs as they cross rivers, with fathers and older members aiding the infants in water and on land.
A mother sews at a sewing machine with a baby helping and a basket of toys on her lap. Ray Brush cries for his mother and asks about cows in Minnie Hayden's yard as she struggles to assist and comfort him. The scene captures a domestic moment with a child’s simple questions and distraction.
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