Free Press Acton ad rates and local services notice
Local notices advertise subscription rates for the Free Press at Acton Ontario. Multiple professionals list services including dentistry Nitrous Oxide gas anesthesia, veterinary surgery, legal services, auctioneering, land surveying, and money lending. Office locations and contact points include Acton, Milton, Guelph, and Toronto area references.
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J Stirton
L.D.S
Ontario
Ontario College of Dental Surgery
C. B. Hayes
Towell’s
Acton Money Notes Approved and Discounted
Acton issues monetary notes with approval for notes discounted and interest allowed on deposits.
Butcher Firm Promises Thorough Customer Satisfaction
The firm, described as practical butchers, guarantees thorough customer satisfaction with a full stock of meats in season and ready service for patrons.
Moore offers lumber and farm supplies for prompt delivery
The undersigned Thos C Moore announces readiness to furnish first class lumber lath staves heading shingles wash tubs churns butter tubs pork barrels wood flour and feed and any other farmer or contractor needs at short notice and bottom prices.
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Bay of Fundy
Alexander Taylor
Ontario
Bookbinder offers bound volumes and ruled pages in Guelph
Successor to T F Chapman offers account books and all kinds bound to order. Periodicals bound and ruled neatly and promptly in George's Square Guelph Ontario.
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T. F. Chapman
George’s Square
Guelph
Ontario
Missionary Visitor Sparks Schoolroom Chinese Bias
A Sunday school debate unfolds over Chinese laundry workers and mission funds. A mother rebukes her son for interacting with a Chinese laundryman, while a child plans to visit and evangeliZe him. The piece reflects harsh anti Chinese sentiment attributed to a Picayune excerpt.
Voyage Past St Helena Aboard a Liverpool Clipper
The ship S B of Liverpool sighted St Helena on February 9 1879 during Calcutta trade voyage to Dundee. The observer details the island’s geography forts steps of St Jacob’s Ladder and Napoleon’s tomb, noting the harsh sun white stone houses and historic exile. The voyage continues with sightings of whalers and other Calcutta trade vessels as the ship sails away at dusk.
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Castle Head
Liverpool
Calcutta
Dundee
Scotland
St. Helena
Wwe
Ias
Helena
Napoleon Bonaparte
Europe
Atero
Napoleon
France
Numat
Westport
Lady Paliherston
Bayard
Achilles
Acton
Editing a Paper Gusts Through Constant Criticism
A fragment discusses the newsroom balancing political matter jokes and notices. It notes readers' varied reactions to selections jokes compliments and church attendance. The piece implies editors face constant scrutiny for every editorial choice.
Be Honest Justice and Virtue Guide Aged Writings
Quoted fragments urge honesty over force, virtue over muscle, and inner merit over external wealth. It stresses loving enemies, praying for justice, paying honest debts, and trusting divine provision. The tone blends admonitions about temper, fairness, and resisting bigotry.
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Aper
Anecdotes of Great Men Portray Political Tricks
A collection of short anecdotes about public figures. Tim Campbell leaves the Arlington hotel for a private house due to excitement, while Senator Evarts hosts a costly library visit that draws a sharp remark from a client. John J. O Neill helps an Irish American man obtain a department position, and the man boasts of the appointment with mixed pride before O Neill seeks another needy constituent.
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Tim ” Campbell
Arlington Hotel
K Street
Boston Record
Evarts
New York
Daily Graphic
John J. O'Neill
Labor Committee
Missouri
McGrath
Johnny 0 Neill
Congressman O'Neill
New York World
Roses From Thorns Story Teaches Time Brings Roses
A remote countryman returns from town with a rose bush for his daughter Maggie who doubts it will bloom. Over spring the thorny plant grows buds and blossoms, proving the proverb Time brings roses as trials yield beauty and joy.
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Maggie
Margie
Boston Reporter Is Rejected For Capital Beanstalk Error
A new Boston reporter is sent to Beacon Street for a reception and returns with a long, polished report. The city editor rejects him for failing to capitalize the word bean, insisting Boston will not tolerate such errors.
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Boston
Beacon Street
Is the Gaelic Service Over Yet
A visitor to Ross-shire asks the beadle if the Gaelic service is finished. The keeper replies it is not yet, and signals when to come. The old man waves, the visitor waits, and finally asks where the congregation has gone. The beadle points to a solitary figure and says, Yon’s hum.
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Ross-shire
Easily Cured by Haggards Yellow Oil in Toronto
Mrs. Berkinshaw of 26 Pembroke Street, Toronto, was cured of a severe knee lameness that surgeons planned to operate on. After other treatments failed, Haggards's Yellow Oil produced improvement. The report praises Ayer's Sarsaparilla for blood diseases as an intelligent, scientifically utilized preparation.
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Berkinshaw
Pembroke Street
Toronto
Haggards
Ayer
A Girl's Journal: A Day of Duties and Pondering Faith
A dated diary style entry recalls a day in the life of a girl balancing school chores family duties and faith. She describes study efforts a visit to Aunt Jane a message to Father Blane walking home bearing a tired satchel and a glimpse of Minnie Bennie and a child playing. The piece ends with a reflection on Christ's weariness at Jacob's well.
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Jane
Father Blane
Heating of mower boxes causes delays and damage
The American Agriculturist notes that mower or reaper boxes heat up due to tight or loose fits, excessive play, and poor oiling. It advises keeping tolerances proper, using reliable oil, cleaning dirt and dust, and removing obstruction from the box to prevent wear and heat. Maintain sharp, careful operation.
Humorous Ads and Remedies Reflections from a Past Page
A jumbled colonial era style passage offers wit on mortgages and doctors promises. It mentions Holloway pills, Fluid Lightning cure claims, and Holloway's Corn Cure alongside antiquated jokes about fees and patients paying before gas. The piece reads as a collage of ad copy and humorous quips.
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McGarvin
Holloway
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E. Stacey, M.D
C.M
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Campbell's Hotel
L. Bennett
E- Georgetown
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L.D. S
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Ont
Royal College of Dental Surgeons
Agnew’s
Ohn Lawson
Ontario Veterinary College
Kenny Bros. Boot and Shoe Store
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Town Hall
E. F
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E. Mitchell
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Champion
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Henry Grist
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Queen’s Hotel
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Thompson & Jackson
Dominion
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Hanlan Barber Shop
Mix Street
J. P. Worven
Acton Kanesco’y., Storey, Christie & CO
Bankers
MONET
H. J. McDonald & CO
Victoria St
Frere
Business College
OUNG
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Canada
United States
Maccormick
Day's Bookstore
Day
Cloth Hall
Balbriggan
Merino
Shaw & Crundy
Merchant Tailors
Coal& Wood
C. S. Smith
James Brown
County OF
Cuelph
Nas
Davidson
John Taylor
River Street
Thos. Ebbage
Very & Sale Stable
Wm. E. Smith
Smith
H.B. McCarthy
John Street
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Wellington Marble Works
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John H. Hamilton
Rutledge & Crosson, Butchers
R. Holmes
Rutledge & Crosson
PeRancis
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John Thomas
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