08 Jul 1897
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1897
Page
1
A jumble of verse and prose threads a worker’s tale in the Washington Patent Office misaddress as Miss Middleworth learns she must bow to gender limits. A romance with Reginald Augur blossoms amid career obstacles and social change as Moody reflects on kindness and faith.
In a district schoolroom Miss Frank Middleworth learns she is appointed to a government clerkship in the Patent Office Washington earning eleven hundred dollars a year. Her fiancé Reginald Augur reacts with heartbreak as she insists on leaving for the city and pursuing a legal career.
A collection of parables urges talking over disputes to resolve conflicts quickly and amicably. It notes glass memorials as durable replacements for marble or granite and cites a New York Ledger discussion on tempering pride with frank neighborly dialogue.
The Chisaga Tribune notes the district director defends paying Gilflippia of Pine Ridge twice the salary of a typical applicant, stating she is twice as capable as the unnamed candidate despite the low wages of twenty five dollars a month.
The New York Sun recounts a tale of a groom who trimmed a marriage rite by editing a Dutch Reformed prayer book. The clergyman followed the edited copy and the ceremony lasted under three minutes. The couple received a lavish printed certificate that the minister deemed unnecessary.
A South Side youth, usually cheerful, is described slipping into repeated absentminded episodes. He mistakenly wore someone else’s coat, carried a lit lamp on the street, and rang an alarm clock, thinking it was the telephone, prompting amused reactions and puzzled explanations.
An essay in the Juno Ladies' Home Journal argues a wife deserves tenderness and gentleness from her husband while cautioning against expectations of infallibility. A comic London tale follows a burglar raid where a father and two sons misidentify attackers, ending with the father defeating both burglar and sons. Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised for building up power and purifying the blood.
A jumble of literary fragments and humor from a Boston journal and Manitoulin Expositor. It includes editor jokes about subscription dues and proverbs on prompt payment, plus a three handed man anecdote and musings on weather and writing.
A royal anecdote recalls Duke Antin secretly arranging the fate of a disliked forest near the Tuileries. Hidden workers and concealed ropes caused the trees to fall as Louis XIV praised the garden pathway, demonstrating tactful flattery and cunning planning in the king’s promenade.
A seven year old on a porch joins the census count. Jack names household members and explains Bridget McCarthy is from Ireland not a domestic. The exchange shows a learning moment as the census taker inquires about Bridget’s occupation.
A fragment shows a street exchange where Pat offers five silver dollars to neighbors, the clerk questions paper money, noting it may be lost in transit. A sign reads Poast No Bills, reflecting a rural humor about mail integrity and small-town economy.
An Ontario woman warns of harmful imitations of Diamond Dyes that cause skin rashes and illness. The ad contrasts genuine Diamond Dyes with inferior products, claiming superior color strength and skin safety. It promotes Ayer’s Sarsaparilla as a tonic after illness.
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