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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 07, 1898
Page
2
An advertisement proclaims unbeatable prices on men and women shoes in tan and black, covering any shape, any style, any quality. The seller claims significant savings and a wide range of options to suit all buyers.
Suma of 2 dollars and upward requires a deposit with interest details. Deposit receipts issued for large deposits. Advances to responsible farmers in their own names. Promote English Scotch and Canadian linoleums and oilcloths. Visit Wyndham Street or St George's Square for a splendid range.
A call to action urges immediate deeds over dreams and urges people to perform kindness daily. The piece emphasizes responsibility to others and the inevitability of death, urging steadfast duty and timely actions rather than postponed intentions.
In diary style narrative from a weekend at a rural Rock farm, Fannie recounts Aunt Abby and Uncle Abijah, Lilly and Lilly’s doll, and a rekindled but unresolved romance with Fred after a thwarted yacht liaison. The entry ends with Fannie cherishing the present happiness while fearing future sorrow.
The article contrasts patent medicines advertised to the public with proprietary medicines targeted to the medical fraternity. It notes physicians rarely prescribe patent medicines but may use proprietary ones, whose formula is printed on wrappers. It claims proprietary makers build reputation for better compounds, while patent medicines have long public and industry presence.
A discussion on who bears the burden of new taxes cites Seligman on monopoly receipts and notes potential price changes in sugar and oil. The piece mentions effects on tobacco, patent medicines, sleeping car tickets, and European travel costs, with a broader comment on methodical charitable giving and a German general’s wartime map anecdote.
A drowning woman clings to a floating plank while a bank-side man, claiming marriage constraints, pledges to rescue her. He dives in after explaining he is married and cautious about his heroic contract. A stray moral on punctuality closes with a plug for Hood's Sarsaparilla.
A fragmentary verse scene portrays weary labor and the pull of home as daylight fades. A speaker watches from a gate while fields and mountains frame the life of waiting kin and the promise of rest. The language evokes rural toil and the return to hearth as sunset closes the day.
A boy enters a store on Monday and recites a shopping list including rice sugar oatmeal and flour. Clerks tally the items and total 18 dollars 73 cents before the boy exits saying he must know math for Monday and won’t get in trouble.
A July Chautauquan piece by J. Little lauds Gladstone of Hawarden as Felix and victor who mastered self and world. It contrasts his living legacy with decay and laments his passing while invoking his enduring influence on Britain’s moral and political fate.
A Providence Telegram writer argues that keeping a wagon clean on mud depends on the correct speed. At a walk about three mph mud clings to wheels. six to seven mph slings mud everywhere. four and a half to five mph keeps mud from flying, leaving the carriage comparatively clean.
Doctor Hamfio’s The Life and Times depicts a Constantinople court scene where a Turkic judge treats an elderly Armenian witness with exceptional deference. The witness, with towering white hair and beard, responds with humility and clarity, choosing to sit rather than stand and continues to testify with dignity.
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