19 Feb 1885
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 19, 1885
Page
1
An old newspaper notice outlines advertising rates and deadlines for the Morning Press Printing House with charges per line, column and period, plus advance payment rules and eligibility notes. Details include solid nonpareil measure, line counts, and penalties for late insertions.
Directory style listing for dentists physicians and services in Ontario. Includes offices in Acton Georgetown Guelph and Brantford areas with notes on painless dental methods Vitalized Air Nitrous Oxide and accoucheur services. Also mentions money lending investment notices and watch repair services with occasional travel and European connections.
In a note from Guelph, Jas. F. Kidner advertises framed pictures of castles and scenes from England Scotland Ireland and Wales. The items feature handsome gilt frames 16x28 inches and are offered at low costs, with the frames said to be worth more than the asking prices. The sale emphasizes the quality of both frames and pictures and notes the procurement from recent travels in Britain.
A devotional poem dated February 19 1885 speaks to steadfast faith guiding through dark seas. The speaker urges courage in trials, describing faith as a compass that leads toward a divine shore and heavenly rest beyond tumultuous waters. References to storms, reefs, and the blessed welcome on golden quays conclude the piece.
Ontario report notes a general banking business transacted with notes discounted and interest allowed on deposits. The terse entry records monetary operations and financial services without further context.
A narrator recalls a tense night in Tarrangower with Gurney as he guards a bulging pocket of British notes earned from gold dust. A desperate Italian robber attacks, leading to a brutal struggle that ends with survival, amnesia, and a wary reconciliation years later.
The text offers scattered aphorisms about kindness duty and self knowledge. It contrasts gentleness with harsh judgment and suggests that diligence and faith guide moral behavior while warning against envy and vanity. It hints at married life and artistry amid human frailty.
A fragment from a local conversation shows two lads boasting about four meals daily at their home. One mentions oatmeal for breakfast rye meal corn meal for dinner and potatoes at night. The text includes garbled fragments likely from a schoolyard exchange and stray ad-like phrases.
A garbled OCR passage blends a Romantic dialogue about Evangeline and Arthur with disjointed reflections on love and a distant palace of perfection. Interspersed are fragmented lines advertising Northrop Lynde’s Vegetable Digestive Discovery and a local druggist note from Xenburgh Ontario.
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