13 Dec 1883
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 13, 1883
Page
1
A garbled page advertises subscription rates for The Pare Prese, with $1.00 in advance and $1.50 on delivery, plus advertising rates per line. It lists professionals in Acton Georgetown including lawyers, notaries, surveyors, and a bookbinder, plus banking and loan services by Storey Christie & Co. and a store selling fancy goods and toys.
A reader recounts testimonials from professors and physicians praising Warner's SAFI Care. He buys and consumes the product, finds it not injurious, and suggests it could aid serious kidney trouble, noting the medical profession feels dazed by such remedies.
An ad from WG Smith & Co at Winter Field touts preparations for various skin conditions and frost bites. It also promotes Diamond Eyes for horses and cattle, offered in any quantity. The dispensing chemists emphasize quality and economy for buyers.
An item from an old issue seeks a wife who can manage a home and chores including cooking washing sewing and mending. It contrasts a capable humble partner with a demanding or neglectful husband, noting a few such suitable spouses remain.
A fifteenth birthday tale unfolds as Effie and Madge hatch a midsummer dare to conjure a future husband with a handkerchief spell. The ghostly vision targets neighbor Mr. Dwinelle, causing fear, revelation, and eventual truth with Grandma and Grandpa amidst social blush and a doctor’s promise.
The excerpt notes strict Roman rules where honorable men were forbidden wine before age eighty and women could not touch wine except on rare ritual occasions, with penalties for violations. It suggests a custom of girls kissing parents to test honesty, and mentions a later shift allowing some wine from boiled must, reflecting gradual relaxation of prohibitions.
A collection of moral maxims urges valuing steadfast friends in adversity, honesty, restraint in promises, directness in speech, and the aim to do the most good. It asserts greatness lies in just use of strength, truthfulness, and pursuing the world’s welfare as a religious ideal.
In shaded front and country yards ground is often bare with unsightly debris. Cutting away limbs and planting periwinkle offers a green cover that thrives in shade, blooms much of the season, and enhances curb appeal while weeds remain a constant threat.
Official reports claim 17 million women in the census while a series of snappy, flawed phrases about dead giveaways posthumous donations and a boyish essay on babies mingle with quarrelsome talk and a phrenologist’s taunt.
A calm Smithville community faces a sudden event leaving the town in gloom and mystery. Details are scarce as new developments are hourly anticipated while residents recall the young man held in esteem by all who knew him.
A well known Illinois educator critiques farming toilers chasing land and corn in a cycle that never ends until divine retribution. An old patent medicine ad promotes Ayer’s Sarsaparilla claiming it makes you feel like a new person and provides health relief when others fail.
Readers note strange sky colors after sunset and sunrise as experts discuss whether a comet tail, world dust, or meteors explains the hazy veil. Prophecies from Grimmer and Gammer are cited, predicting global upheavals and later relief, with Warner’s Safe Cure promoted as a medical remedy.
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