12 Feb 1903
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 12, 1903
Page
1
Advertises and notices describe monthly changes to advertisements and contracts. Payments due monthly and changes must be filed by Tuesday notes. Local doctors and businesses listed with office addresses and hours. A.M. Massinnon promotes good shoes with fair prices and reliable service.
A short notice notes a temporary dry spell affecting Guelph and nearby regions for a two week period. Officials urge residents to conserve water and monitor local updates for restrictions or extensions.
Merchants Bank of Canada advertises general banking services with favorable saving accounts interest and letters of credit. It notes money orders and international payments, emphasizing rapid issuance at the bank counter and special attention to Vermere business.
A long reader piece blends historical notes on Valentine’s Day customs with literary excerpts. It traces origins from Chaucer and Lydgate to medieval and early modern practices, including gift exchanges, poems, and songs. The narrative mixes verse, commentary, and a modern short tale of a widowed father seeking a valentine for his child.
Fragmentary 19th century market notice listing commodities and prices. Mentions wheat, oats, barley, oats, meat, cotton goods, stock foods and shipping routes between Guelph and Nock Wood. Includes names Geo. J. Thorp and locations.
A fragmented notice describes laundry collection and return on Willow Street. It warns family distress over high rates and claims all work is done by hand with no bleach or cream.
A court transcript fragment presents a defense attorney arguing a husband’s question about a wife’s conduct. The attorney cites a paternalistic guide urging women to cultivate refinement, obedience, and social comportment, while warnings against unsuitable suitors and misbehavior surface in the exchange. The testimony features a rural audience and a probing cross examination about social expectations and marriage.
A chaotic scene unfolds with Patsy Plannigan forced into a tiger cage amid a zooinar performance. The keeper threatens punishment, a crowd gawks as the tiger eyes the trapped man, and Patsoyn contemplates a grim death. A separate vignette recalls a widow’s life and a clerk’s mispronounced greeting, ending with notes on an era’s social contrasts.
The advertisement touts Wells Richardson & Co s Improved Butter Color as the only legal and warranted color for butter. It claims superior quality and warns buyers to avoid inferior brands and to purchase directly from the Wells company for authenticity and safe use.
An advertisement extols Paine's Celery Compound as a remedy for multiple ailments tied to kidneys liver stomach and blood. It claims to strengthen weak areas, nourish nerves build muscle and restore vitality, urging readers to trust medical authorities and see lifelong health improvements.
In New York a playful scene unfolds as three Nettle children argue over who is descended from Mary Queen of Lentts. The Hoot and Bhow Recorder notes a curious shop window placard about advertising while a choking bit mentions a parental promise and a carpet-beater.
A garbled menu from a Parley era restaurant lists soups and dishes such as horn Tboat soup, mince of oats, shoulder of dag with tomato sauce, jugal eats with minaghroom, tomato donkey and potatoes, tata pane with colory, mince on tonat, plum padding.
For more than twenty years Diamond Dyes have been the popular home dyes. The text claims they are safe for children and widely used in households worldwide. A new dye hank is touted as a champion of dye cloth and modern dye materials, with an unclear origin and destination.
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