26 Feb 1885
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 26, 1885
Page
1
A garbled notice from Press Power Printing House outlines subscription terms, arrears policy, and advertising rates. It lists rates for professional cards and various column widths and durations, with editorial details attributed to H. IR Moore, editor.
A fragmented Acton directory lists physicians surgeons dentists and services. Notable entries include Dr. M B Lowry and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario as well as dental specialists offering painless extractions with Nitrous Oxide but perV Vitalized Air. Also mentions office locations in Acton and Georgetown and services like binding and accounting.
The notice advertises Daley J AHN successor to Thélypson offering money for farm property and mortgages with low charges and conveyancing. It also promotes farm listings for sale to Dominion, Europe and European capitalists, plus watch repairing by A A Davidson and a South country delicacies assortment for readers unable to travel.
A seller offers choice pictures of England Scotland Ireland and Wales by eminent artists. Framed 16x28 inches in rich gilt frames at low cost. The frames alone are worth the asking price. Page mentions in Cana da.
The text appears as a damaged dated fragment mentioning schooling and a boy named Acmas, with broken phrases about pride and speaking names. It is unreadable in places, but indicates a school or student-related note from February 26, 1885.
At Rap paquah Springs Miss Scamper aka Ruth Bolsover reels in Didymus Dodd as the pair scheme to buy Almont. He quietly confesses affection while she reveals her true Bolsover lineage and the banker's wealth behind Scamper estate. The couple bonds over country life dreaming of a shared future with her grandfather and a modest homestead.
An English tale describes Gay Tippleton a clever practical joker at a country house. After a ladies’ retreat, he mocks propriety by threatening to cut off cloak tails and parries requests to behave. A guest named Ewart endures taunts and coat-tail pranks, ending with Tippleton’s playful yet sharp response.
A garbled poem fragment imagines nocturnal cats in a wild carnival. Vivid lines describe catlike figures in a Portland setting with cataclysmic rhythm and a chorus of caterwaul and nocturne imagery. The piece builds a surreal, musical scene around feline whimsy and urban atmosphere.
A scattered clipping notes coinage claims about an 1804 piece sold in New York for 200 dollars and a claim of the only licorice cultivation in the United States. It mentions a heavy New York City Trinity church tower, scorpions feeding on victims, soap-tree uses in China and Japan, a Jerusalem bee shipment to the United States, hybrid cattle in Nevada, and an experiment on artificial heat affecting Hyacinths.
In a courtroom style exchange a bank president tests a prospective clerk by asking how to count twenty one dollar bills. The teller demonstrates lifting each bill to reveal the last, explaining why he should not reveal the final bill to avoid possible extra notes behind it. The examiner nods approval.
A garbled OCR passage shows fragmented quotes about New York Republicans and a figure named Saunders. The text contains misconstrued words and uneven capitalization, with stray dialogue notes and typographical errors. No clear event or outcome is discernible.
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