13 Dec 1877
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 13, 1877
Page
1
The Acton Free Press lists annual and quarterly subscription details with rates and penalties for late payment. Advertising rates begin at five cents for first insertion and two cents per line thereafter, with discounts for extended runs. Notices of births marriages and deaths are printed free. Moore and Galbraith, Exponents.
The Acton bakery seeks patronage for high quality bread buns and cakes delivered around the village. It advertises fresh daily stock, cash sales, no credit except monthly accounts, custom wedding and fancy cakes, and satisfaction guaranteed with pure ingredients. Petrie’s Bookstore promotes Xmas presents and a range of annuals and magazines in Guelph.
An extended ad lists numerous Sunday school titles by Louisa Davis, Robert Dunning, Samuel reen, T. A. Carter, W. H. Crosier, G. B. Johnson, J. G. Fitch, and more. It promotes Day's book store and Daniel F. Beatty of Washington New Jersey offering cash sales, six year warranties, and a printed illustrated catalogue with testimonials.
A Boston Press Club dinner homage presents verses about an aging reporter on his deathbed. The dying man prompts a friend to honor his last wish by swiftly informing papers Democrat and Mail of his passing and celebrating past newsroom triumphs.
Captain Frank and her party fight Hernandez's gang at Bell Mouth Canon. They rescue James Bell, revive him, and discover a rich gold find at his dream-led dig. The group settles in Ten Men's Diggings as tourism and migration grow.
A Detroit man and his fiancée, each with several children, debated his $50,000 life insurance policy as a condition of their planned marriage. She asserted she held all property benefits if he died first, and the engagement did not proceed.
A reminiscence recalls stagecoach era scams where hungry travelers paid for meals yet were hurried aboard before eating. A judge and a professor secretly pilfered extra food, transforming the dining room into a chaotic raid. The piece closes noting that much charity begun at home is too feeble to spread.
In early Philadelphia Franklin, newly working for printer Keimer, corrects carelessness in proofing. He shortens a line in a verse, causing a Bible parable to read We shall all be hanged instead of die. Keimer later discovers the error and admits his oversight.
An old trader recalls a bargain with a Northern Indian chief who first tests goods with skinned furs and calico. After a chase for fair pay, the chief returns with a large trade, declaring honesty has commercial value with the Indians.
The essay argues that small daily events shape fate as profoundly as grand deeds. It cites Benjamin West, John B. Gough, and temperance pledges to show how gentle acts and even harsh words ripple beyond perception, affecting society’s breadth and duration. Each word or deed leaves enduring influence.
A North Carolina wagoner tries to sell his dog to a Lawrence County man for half a barrel of sorghum syrup. The dog resists, a scuffle under the wagon ensues with yelling. The dog dies. a spectator hears a chain rattle but cannot confirm how. The man loses his hat coat and much of his trousers. The dog dies with an ear and a tuft of hair in its mouth.
Advice warns young women to choose their own spouses and not marry for money or security. It urges independence, caution regarding suitors, and to avoid paths urged by relatives that lead to misery. It cautions against intoxicated partners and emphasizes waiting for genuine love and readiness.
A drenched man at Central Market muses on the past season and coming hardship. He laments public fatigue with sensational dodges, rail accidents, and hunger as he contemplates winter, money short and clothing gone, voicing mixed ideas of displacement and weariness.
A Midwest city post office scene shows a middle aged woman awaiting money from her husband on vacation. She reads a card where he jokes he would pin money and risk jail for counterfeit fears. The tale ends with cautionary notes and an old epitaph quip.
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