08 Jul 1886
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1886
Page
1
Sizable OCR shows old Acton Ontario newspaper page listing subscription rates per year and three months, advertising rates by column and line, payment terms in advance, and deadlines. It includes names of medical and legal professionals with offices in Acton and nearby towns, plus service adverts for veterinary and architectural work and local businesses. The page reflects a multi-category classified and professional notices section.
Acton based firm notes discounted rates and interest allowed on deposits. The report highlights financial terms offered by local firm Storey Christie & Co including deposit advantages and related financial terms.
Frey Press Office invites calls for money to loan at six percent. They offer services renting houses, negotiating chattel mortgages promissory notes and other securities, valuators, and related tasks. Farms or properties bought or exchanged.
Young men and women are prepared for positions as bookkeepers shorthand writers calligraph or telegraph operators. Students come from nine provinces and states. Graduates find success in Canadian and US commercial centers. Rates moderate, accommodation excellent. Students may enter anytime. Address M MacCORMICK Principal.
A Boy Willie protects his Uncle Joe’s two fifty dollars from a tramp by setting a bear trap as a kitchen snare. The intruder is captured, Willie negotiates ransom with the gun, Uncle Joe returns to help, and the thief is delivered to authorities after Uncle Joe pays the debt. The piece closes with a moral about courage and responsibility.
Brief, unclear OCR fragment mentions F W Stoke, Cnns Davidson as president and secretary, and a merchandize insurance phrase. No clear event, date, or location.
John H. Hamilton, wholesale and retail dealer in marble and cemetery goods, offers imported Bay of Fundy granite monuments and stock from Alexander Taylor at prices 30 to 50 percent below rivals. Granite pieces range from 6 ft to 10 ft high with quoted prices and full first class warranty on all work and materials.
Rutledge and Crosson announce the purchase of Mr. R Holmes and invite public patronage. The firm presents as practical butchers with a full stock of meats in season and promises reliable, businesslike service. Acton, February 9, 1886.
The undersigned Thos. C. Moore offers to furnish first class lumber lath staves shingles wash tubs churns butter tubs pork barrels wood flour and feed at bottom prices on short notice for farmers housekeepers or contractors.
Dr Buckland hosts a dinner after dissecting a Mississippi alligator. Guests taste soup and debate its origin with some fainting and vomiting. Buckland defends imagination and prejudice, claiming the dish resembled turtle or calf's head rather than alligator.
A Scottish clergyman forgets his catechism class by attending a dinner invitation on the same day. He greets the first learner with a joke asking if Noah took a horned cow or shummel cow into the ark, and directs others to ask their questions or go home to find out.
The speaker urges boys to avoid street corners and swearing, praising prompt lawful activity. He envisions a generous public playground with grass, trees, and space for rowing and jumping, urging authorities to grant boys an enjoyable place to play and then go home.
In the House of Commons the Finance Minister proposed a duty or license on oleomargarine, then moved to a total prohibition. Members argued that prohibition should apply to importation and manufacture, with Patterson suggesting outright prohibition and the final wording imposing a $200 penalty and confiscation for violators.
In a Texas Siftings anecdote Col Jimjama orders whiskey from his wife who must get money first. She returns with an empty bottle and taunts him that true talent is drinking whiskey when none remains. The tale ends with the wife delivering the moral about real genius under scarcity.
A small boy torments his busy mother at a grown up party asking to be heard. The mother is absorbed in writing and ignores him. The boy’s remark about growing up prompts a wry reflection on changes in appetite and adulthood.
A reader from Wiarton reports relief after years of suffering from a scrofulous abscess. Burdock Blood Bitters is claimed to cure impurities and restore health. A letter from Joseph Rosen praises Dr Thomas Electric Oil as the best remedy tried.
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