Acton Free Press Advertising and Notices Policy
The Acton Free Press lists weekly publication every Thursday from the Free Press Building. Rates include ten cents for initial insertions and two cents for each additional item. notices of births marriages and deaths are inserted free. Advertising terms mention quarterly accounts and discounts for extended insertions with no advance on some notices.
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Striotie
Hmoure & Galbraith
S.W. Gatnoaltit
Eilitor
Trenxs
Fragmented OCR notes on students and orders prompt payment
Readable fragments describe prompts for paying monthly customers and orders sent by Mars. Names like RLT Galloway Acton IITs and Jewel of a Gift appear amid garbled phrases.
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RLT
Galloway
Acton
Iits
Harness at Ontario Sidsilery Promises Value Deals
Fragmented notice-like text hints at a sales event promising new dollars for goods. Mentions parties aiming to pursue a course to secure a good set and to commence actions in order to obtain value. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
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Ontario Sidsilery
Funeral Goods and Supplies Marketed for Immediate Demand
An unsettled notice lists supplies for funeral services including costumes, jewelry, veils, and medical items. It notes ready stock of hats gloves and related gear, with prompt delivery and short notice availability.
Daniel Beatty Cash Only Piano Dealer in Washington NJ
DanIel I Beatty of Washington New Jersey advertises first class pianos and organs at lower cash prices, no bank accounts, six year warranty, 5 to 15 day test trial, and freight paid both ways. Send for illustrated annuals catalogue and testimonials from patrons.
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DAN Tel & Beatly
Washington
New Jersey
United States
Daniel I. Beatty
Washingto ,New Jersey
She Is Dead The Final Words Echo Through Grief
A speaker recalls a beloved woman’s death and the excruciating line she spoke, She is dead, as grief floods memory. The poem ponders meaning, time, and the universe after loss, contrasting life’s color with death and old longing.
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Hedggstown
The Hearnscliff Mystery of Eva St George
In the Lake country tale, Sir Frederick St George mourns Eva his bride as valet William Brant schemes with Annette le Strange amid a secret tomb. Eva’s death, jewels, and a hidden passage hint at dark crimes and a cursed inheritance.
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Ang Juha
Prane
Irehind
Killaney
Eden
Earth
Adam
Hearnscliff
Heronscliff
Frederick St. George
Willian Brant
Sly
William Brant
Annette
Tyalf
Eva
Liv
A Midnight Murder in a Stormy Night
In a tempest ruled by lightning and thunder a murderer rises from his sleepless couch and, with a demoniac smile, strikes down a Musquito in a night of wild storms and vengeful fury.
Reciprocity in Local Ads Turns On a Church Fair
A church fair at the street church plans a pastry hall and musical entertainments next Friday evening with fifteen cent admission. The exchange humor highlights reciprocal local notices between the church and the Chronicle, promoting each other to readers.
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Weekly Chronicle
Maine
Chronicle
Tia
Toothache Trick Fails In Depot Waiting Room
A Grass Lake newlyweds pair in the Central depot waiting room become the target of a sales pitch by a stranger from the East selling peppermint essence as a remedy for a supposed toothache. The husband denies the claim and the pamphlet ends with the bride defending true love. Detroit Free Press.
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Central Depot
Grass Lake
Agafo
Tyo
Detroit
Indian interpreter defeats belief in civilization feats
The tale recalls Lieutenant P toward a Delaware chief Black Beaver who travels to Washington and describes steamboats railroads and telegraphs. When asked what the Indians think Beaver admits he does not believe any of it and will not translate the claims to his people.
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States
Black Beaver
Washington
Beaver
Indiana
Lieve
Bea
Council Lodge
Novelist Prevents Tragedy by Heroic Beach Rescue
A distracted novelist Wililikia Bled, seeking solitude, is startled by a distant gunshot from a sportsman near the shore. The author leaps up, shouts and raises his arms, crying I’m a man to deter a possible shooter, saving the woman reader and herself from danger.
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Wililikia
Dafi
Bigorments
Liles
Black
Old West Tale Tells of Quiet Shanty Visit
A wandering traveler recalls stopping at a Michigan shanty in Signor Co. He asks the owner and his wife about drinks and land, but the old woman answers every question while children swarm around. The traveler rides away without waiting for more.
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Signor Co
Mich
Preserve the Eyesight and Its Dangers
The article warns eyesight suffers from insufficient sleep and overwork, gas-lit reading, and alcohol abuse. It asserts nature is democratic in health effects, citing kings and beggars alike. It stresses plain food, rest, and a cheerful temper as key to good eye health, barring hereditary defects.
Forswearing Intoxicating Beverages and Odd Medley Dialogues
A fragmentary, punchy column presents moody aphorisms and quips about temperance vows sworn at various hours. It veers into satirical asides about tobacco, taxes, and social habits, with stray historical asides and a didactic note on Beecher.
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