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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 10, 1878
Page
4
A hopeful lover pleads for affection and awaits news from Victoria. Time passes with no word until a postal card arrives showing Victoria’s portrait, his name and address on one side and a hopeful message on the other.
A reminiscence recalls Bill Langley the Texas desperado who allegedly shot at neighbors for sport. The narrator narrates a fatal saloon confrontation in Austin where a pale stranger in a white hat kills a Texan, followed by a reflective note on media sensationalism and lethal bravado across the state.
A "giant" masked man with a whip and revolver bursts into a house where Binyao hides with a small arsenal. The intruder threatens, leans over the table, and menacingly asks a chilling question as the victim recoils in fear.
The author argues for telephones adapted to hand-organs and thin-toned pianos to deliver music noiselessly to hidden places, avoiding offense. He critiques current use and imagines a device that broadcasts music where it cannot disturb.
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