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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 31, 1878
Page
3
Local notices, church events, sales and gatherings fill Acton and Georgetown pages. A newborn infant death, a rink mishap, carnival postponement, photo ads, temperance hall programs, and drought of shipments weave through community notices and small town commerce.
An elderly physician promotes a vegetable remedy for consumption and lung ailments, offering free German French or English instructions by mail from Rochester New York. The ad extols cocoa’s digestive and nutritive benefits, urging better diet to prevent illnesses and maintain strong blood and frame as praised by Civil Service Gazette.
In Drayton a daughter born to the wife of Mr John Anderson on the 27th inst. In Tyra Michigan a daughter born to the wife of Rov JL Holmes on the 21st inst. Alex Luttrell Jr of Bramoan died at age about 80 peacefully at his residence on Tuesday the 20th inst. He belonged to the Church of the Ascension Eramosa and his death will be deeply regretted by a large circle of relatives and friends.
The listing shows current ranges for farm products and staples including spring wheat barley oats peas and butter lard eggs chickens geese turkeys potatoes apples and hay with per bag per ton price ranges and notes on freshness and quality. It reflects market quotes likely from a rural or agricultural section and lists unit prices for both animal products and crops.
A dated price table lists per 100 pounds flour from 250 to 300, white wheat 115 to 220 per bush, spring and other grains priced, along with produce such as butter per tablespoon, potatoes per bag, eggs per dozen, hay per ton and various livestock prices. The fragment shows broad market quotes for farm goods and staple commodities.
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