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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 23, 1875
Page
2
A noisy scene depicts children at home, calling to mother and begging for mittens, a hill outing, and a dress, while a patient mother guides them. The text celebrates growing children and the lively, bright atmosphere of a bustling household.
A dying boy speaks of seeing sunshine in heaven as his mother consoles him. The scene shifts to a mother’s solitary sorrow and nursing in poverty, followed by scattered excerpts on farming life, kindness, and domestic thrift reflecting 19th century rural and immigrant life. The piece includes letters on climate and frontier living and a note about a Detroit charity box, ending with moral reflections on honesty and gradual self-improvement.
A mix of quirky vignettes and brief notes including a Washis street merchant banter about soap with a native, school inspector correspondence on third class certificates, odd urban anecdotes, a Connecticut girl and a serious legal tone in hints of a Texas judge's remark, plus scattered social items and reflections.
A movement gathers pace to form Lodges in every village. The effort, urged by editor Mix Weld of the Farmer's Advocate, is already being advanced from London, Ontario, with determined steps toward broad expansion.
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