13 Jan 1887
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 13, 1887
Page
1
Local notices and advertisements from Acton cover subscriptions, rates, and payment terms. Entries include lawyers notaries and solicitors offering loans and conveyancing, veterinary notes, and business services with contact details and residence addresses in Acton and Milton. The page lists multiple professionals and merchants with short notices of services and locations.
A fragmentary listing shows items such as lumber lath staves shingles wash tubs churns butter tubs and pork barrels. The readable words also include kames and toys suggesting a miscellaneous catalog or inventory from a historical source.
A poem praising home rooted women to be mothers and wives. It extols white hearted purity and practical virtues. It envisions girls who are trustworthy, wise, prudent, and loving caretakers. The verse laments the scarcity of such idealized home girls while affirming ongoing demand.
Lilly Elwyn, a lively young debutante, and Lennox Butler exchange long letters that reveal minds and hearts beyond social polish. Her mother Mrs Elwyn shields Lilly as the correspondence deepens, prompting Lilly to declare an engagement to Will Melton while Butler discovers a new admirer in the flaxen headed girl.
An illustration shows a teen worker who starts by piling kindling for a clerks wage and ends up earning a six dollar weekly salary. His honesty and initiative lead his employer to offer advancement, with the youth later becoming a trusted assistant and potential partner.
The firm describes its members as practical butchers ready to ensure customer satisfaction. A full stock of all kinds of meat is on hand in season. They have settled in Acton to trade on business principles and seek public confidence and support.
After acquiring the General Blacksmithing Business of Mr P J Sistrum, the new owner seeks patronage from customers and the public. Horseshoeing is a featured service with careful trimming and curing of shod horses. The shop advertises extensive experience in manufacturing and repairing agricultural implements and machinery and guarantees satisfaction in every case.
A catalog-style review extols Alden's Handy Atlas of the World with full page maps and statistics for states and countries, praising its detail and price. It also recounts temperance anecdotes, including a Dover well tragedy and a critic’s rebuke of a liquor dealer, urging reflection on the drinking problem.
A noble house faces a comic scene as a youthful suitor asks for the daughter’s hand. The physician questions the match, warning of kindness and control. The dialogue turns on wealth, temper, and a comical liver examination.
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