31 Jan 1884
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 31, 1884
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text discusses a patent medicine named Watters SAFE Cure with testimonials from men of standing and a physician in Georgetown. It references kidney trouble claims of medical disbelief and praises the remedy as a hopeful discovery, ending with unrelated verses about marriage and singles.
An account of Emperor Joseph II mingling with the Vienna crowd and intervening when an inspector harshly punished a country woodman unloading firewood at the barrier. The imperial officer orders lashes and reloading, but the crowd forces a fair outcome with compensation and mercy. An appended reflection on virtue and reputation closes the piece.
Aged African American man, once enslaved, engages an employer in a parlor debate on ownership and property. The dialogue centers on whether taking food that belongs to property is stealing, with the man arguing that property taking property to support property is not theft. The piece questions moral logic in an era of lingering chattel slavery.
Fragmented reader advice piece argues women should seek a healthy partner not mere wealth. It laments choosing a peevish, discontented husband and praises vigor, appetite, and a steady temperament. It muses on youth’s career decisions from prize fighting to law and medicine.
A collection of humorous wordplay and wry quips including deer child a fawn cat's te phy a mouse fowl water a dack pond always behindhand the wrist and a minister in Orkney praying for good influences to cleave to hearts like butter. Sydney Smith remarked on Brongein carriage with a B coronet noting a wasp inside and a carriage outside.
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