27 Jan 1887
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 27, 1887
Page
1
An amalgam of subscription notices, advertising rates, and local services from Acton Milton area. Includes price lists for newspapers, dental Nitrous Oxide claims, veterinary and legal services, auctioneers, loans, bookbinding, and shop notices with contact points and offices in Acton and surrounding towns.
Thos C Moore promotes a general goods listing and Xmas presents in a broad catalog. The text mentions flour and feed, books, bibles, writing desks, dressing cases, and 1000 other items for farmers housekeepers or contractors. The note highlights a scholastic year beginning September and a college offering business training with French and German, inviting interest at Day's Bookstore Cloth Hall.
A dramatic 19th century scene unfolds as Will Enderly bravely descends a cliff to save John Freeman after a fall. Jessie Freeman and others assist and later reconcile with Jessie kissing Will. The episode crowns Will as hero and reshapesaffection among the group.
Jessie challenges rivals Tom Marshall and Will Enderly to prove bravery by fetching a scarlet flower from a cliff edge. Will refuses, declaring fear, while Tom volunteers, risks the fall, and wins Jessie’s favor as she reveals the test’s purpose and chooses him.
John H. Hamilton proclaims wholesale and retail granite and cemetery supplies with an influx from Bay of Fundy quarries. He recently bought Alexander Taylor's stock and advertises monuments and headstones at unprecedented Ontario prices, claiming 90 to 50 percent below rivals with guaranteed first class work.
Acton notices Joseph Patton announces purchase of the Wm Russell butchering business. Patton pledges straightforward service with large experience and guaranteed customer satisfaction. Fresh meats poultry and fish in season will be stocked. Acton November 8 1886.
Andrew Teseey announces purchase of the General Blacksmithing Business of P J Surra in Acton. He invites former customers and the public to use his shop for farm implements, horse care, and general smithing with experienced repair work and guaranteed satisfaction.
A loquacious woman and an anxious physician spar over talk and a request to pause. A child’s loneliness, church offerings, and a father’s quips mingle with humorous asides. A poet laments colonial ties and Christmas sentiment, finishing with a nod to John Halifax.
A reflective piece compares the hard business life to a rough turnpike and extols home warmth. It urges sons and daughters to honor fathers by easing their burdens and bringing comfort, solace, and happiness to the hearth through loving gestures and thoughtful care.
A collection of aphorisms on wealth humility generosity happiness and virtue. Observations note success failure and character as guides to a meaningful life with quotes about memory self-knowledge and resolve.
Five year old Ted believes in Santa Claus and thinks he stays in the chimney for eight days. After a January snowstorm blocking roads, men on snow shoes pass by the house. The next morning, Ted rushes in excitedly shouting that Santa has arrived and found tracks in the snow. Youth's Companion.
A fragment from the Waco Advance notes moral arguments about prohibition and economic impact. It compares Moses and the garden calf incident to enforcement of prohibition, asserting that brewers and others will bear the consequences without prompt inquiry into investments or motives. The language reflects a satirical stance on compulsory sacrifice and industry hardship.
A noted English doctor under legal scrutiny after publishing an open letter to the editor of the London Family Doctor. He argues kidneys drive disease and claims Warner's Safe Cure cured kidney ailments in diverse cases abroad and at sea, urging physicians to test it despite professional opposition.
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