11 Jan 1877
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1877
Page
1
A speaker weighs two love interests Effie and Clarice in verse, praising Effie’s roselike sweetness and Clarice’s stately charm. The inner monologue shifts from doubt to resolve as the speaker concludes to choose the girl with the favorable complexion and tints.
A candidate for an editorial post faces a harsh test with rapid, absurd questions. He stumbles, leaves the room, and the editors reflect that a promising youth was weighed and found wanting.
A Detroit Tribune reader argues against pork heavy diets harming family health. The correspondent blames pork fat and bread for rickets and weakness, urging farmers to use more milk and fruit, less meat, and simpler meals. She praises milk based dishes, careful cooking, and frugal living, noting healthier families with less debt and more reading.
A writer touts celery as a daily salad staple aiding nervous disorders and heart palpitations. He cites anecdotes of people cured by moderate celery use and notes a New York druggist sells an ox celery extract at lunch. Canary birds reportedly benefit similarly from celery.
A Valparaiso South American fruit grower reports tomato vines used as mulch around peach trees repelled curculio and other pests. He notes tomato leaf tea deters insects on other plants. The claim urges horticulturists to verify the phenomenon and its practical value.
The text argues that children delight in newspapers and learn names and familiar things, equating a year of reading to a quarter of schooling. It urges fathers to value information for advancement and mothers to seek instruction for better family guidance. A reading habit strengthens resilience and readiness for emergencies.
A grandmother recalls a humorous farm morning where dinner remained uncooked as the sun set. Grandfather and workers improvise to repair cellar stairs after a milk spill, while the family sustains through wit and resilience. The piece also offers reflective maxims on virtue, responsibility, and courtship in a domestic vignette.
The article claims Holleyhunkemunk, Maine fish surpass those from Weeleyobacook and Moosetockmegantug lakes. Chaugungogungameug specimens were very fine but all died from being unable to locate their habitats.
A married woman named Smith in Saginaw County plotted with her sister Cargin and Alexander from New York to murder her husband. At midnight the husband was killed after a struggle, the bed drenched in blood, and the trio burned the body and altered the scene. Cargin was convicted of first degree murder. others await trial.
A nineteenth century squib on newspaper finances and pay rates. It riffs on payment punctuality, printer profits, and the relation between subscribers and publication prosperity, mixing playful wordplay with sly satire about Eve and Adam’s figures.
A 1837 act sets Queen Victoria's annual allowance at £385000 for the Crown's support and dignity. About £60600 goes to the Privy Purse, with the rest funding royal households pensions and services. Revenue from the Duchy of Lancaster adds roughly £40000 to general court expenditure.
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