04 Jul 1878
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 04, 1878
Page
1
The notice advertises the Free Press published Thursdays with pricing for display ads, terms of payment, transients, and a list of services. It includes baker shop offerings by T Albert Moore, with cakes and bread, a library section, and mentions of cash terms and delivery by mail.
Advertises harness bargains at Ontario Saddlery urging immediate purchase to avoid rust and secure a good set. Notes a fresh stock of new dollars and appeals to buyers to act quickly.
An advertisement touts Daniel F. Beatty of Washington New Jersey selling instruments at cash price with six year warranties. It claims lower costs than rivals in the United States because Beatty accepts cash only, provides trial periods, refunds money, and covers freight both ways. Catalogs and testimonials are offered via Illustrated Apparatus Catalogue Edition.
A nineteenth century stanza on Bryant contemplating death on June 12, describing longing for a burial amid green mountains and summer scenes. The speaker imagines a grave beneath rich turf, stormy weather, and a tranquil tomb surrounded by flowers, butterflies, bees, and distant village life. The vision keeps the living tied to memory through the living voice.
A Pennsylvania Central journalist recalls a late night run on Long Island from Brooklyn to Greenport. A faster engine behind, possibly the Franklin, closes in with no signals. The conductor and lookout grease the rails to avert collision, then steer the rear engine off track at Lakeland to avoid a crash.
Eyewitnesses report a ghostly apparition dressed in snowy white that stopped a eastbound Chicago and Lake Huron train near Olivet. Despite bullets and dogs, the figure vanished each time, later followed by sightings of an old man in black near a wood pile. Residents remain mystified about the haunting.
A fragment discusses Indians not missing each other and not blaming them, noting small things are often overlooked yet can be significant, with a remark that the smallest on the foot can bear the largest corn. The passage reads as a reflective, if cryptic, observation without clear narrative context.
A writer laments many families especially rural ones subscribe to no newspaper or periodical. The piece urges heads of households to provide reading material and knowledge of the present era and past events to the rising generation. It then lists various ancient and biblical measures with brief conversions.
A list from an album of a young woman from Elizabeth New Jersey outlines three admired traits intellectual power dignity and gracefulness three loves courage gentleness and affection three dislikes cruelty arrogance and ingratitude three delights freedom and beauty three wishes health friends and cheerful spirit three aims to avoid idleness loquacity and flippant jesting three battles honor country and home three govern temper tongue and conduct three thoughts life death and eternity
A small Boston office errand boy rebukes four men by claiming he can do something they cannot. When pressed, the boy says he can keep from swearing, causing blushes among the four men and ending the exchange with no further questions.
A Whitehall man used the telegraph office to speak with his wife visiting friends in Troy. After a thunderstorm, he doubted it was her until a lightning flash mocked the claim by shocking him into a claim that she has become more powerful since leaving him.
A young woman entertained a marriage proposal from a cigar smoker. An eager suitor claimed he did not smoke and staged a six week trial at her father’s home. A servant’s warning led to a dramatic reveal as the couple tested the claim and she noted his graceful smoke.
A West End club member behind on subscription was fined an extra pound by club rule. He paid the fine, but Inland Revenue later received info he gave an un stamped receipt. A chase for £10 arose over the explanation. The tale recalls the old dinner solicitor joke with a ledger of charges.
The Nassagaweya Council closed the Court of Revision and Appeal after adjournment on Monday at 5 pm. Members revised assessments listing changes for individuals such as Robt Akins, I Dickey, Jas Kidney, A C McMillan, James A Stokes, and D Hutcheson. Several property owners were added or adjusted and names we rearranged. the final assessment roll was confirmed and the court adjourned to meet again on call of the Reeve.
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