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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Dec 21, 1882

Page

1

Classified Terms and Rates From the Newport Post

Repeated advertising terms appear for a Newport publication with rates in advance and arrears. Notices describe subscription terms, billing, and per line charges for various ad formats.

A Merry Christmas Poem Fragment

Fragmentary verse mixing vows and seasonal cheer. Names and places unreadable. chorus and imagery evoke a Christmas carol tone with lines about joy, love, and communal celebration amid unclear context.

Christmas Eve of the Guttered Boy and the Silent Gift

Ned the bootblack holds five dollars and plans a festive Christmas for his brother Tony. After a night of theft, accusation, and cold streets Ned is jailed, but a kind man learns the truth and brings help. Tony dies believing in a quiet Christmas in heaven.

Timothy Taylor Tony Ned Mr.Taylor Auren Law Mr. Taylor Tan Christine Eve le Stund Almast Raz Tobagca Orrets New Leo Tory Seth Lony Neil Saya Bobby Ander Prometheus Lim Baya Ban Mori Ned Noausser Santa Claus Oly Colotaasen Bootblack Gamin Red Bagapa

Stock of Remedies Grows as New Additions Arrive

Reader notes a large and expanding stock of remedies continually expanding with fresh additions. The collection emphasizes breadth and accessibility for users seeking diverse therapeutic options.

Silent Night Form in a Humble Cradle Scene

A broken verse recalls the nativity with angelic praise and the infant savior. The hymn-like lines evoke Bethlehem, the holy child, and the world’s salvation, as shepherds and heaven’s hosts sing around the newborn king.

Bethlehem Earth

Sam Mights and Matrimony in History and Hope

A reflective piece on marriage motivations across history, weighing love against social and economic pressures. It notes few people can explain why they marry and considers love, money, and the gamble of matrimony in shaping outcomes and happiness.

Sam

Wise Words on Duty and Example

A reflective piece on character and ethics notes that hours pass as duties are carried out. It argues charity grows when asked, doing good enables further action, and undoing wrongs defines a true life. It warns that satisfaction with small gains signals others’ disappointment and that influence mirrors personal example.

A Christmas Nativity Riddle Leads to Judeags Hills Figure

A verse riddle lists thirteen clues about letters hidden in words such as cities, airy, crosses, forest, kirtle, myrtle, shamrock, Backlar, wedding, laughter, dreams and romance. The final line says the whole path Judeags hills once guided to a noble kindly stranger.

Judeags

Long Life or Habitual Drunkards in Inheritance

The text argues that long life among hard drinkers passes to heirs who do not inherit its burdens. It suggests that children and grandchildren suffer, with younger family members dying and graves marking losses. The imagery shows a solitary man at a bare, lonely graveyard.

Bethlaiem

Perxan's Painless Corn Extractor and Old Liniments Ad

An old advertisement extols Perxan's Painless Corn Extractor to cure painful corns and improve mood, praising Kingston proprietors Polson & Co. Holloway's Pills for digestive relief and health, claiming purity and broad usefulness for all ages. The text also touts Kidney-Wort as a beneficial tonic for health in various people.

Wisa Perxan Patoam N.C. Polson & CO Kingston

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