10 Jul 1884
Page 1
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 10, 1884
Page
1
Acton shop advertises citrus and fruits including oranges lemons red bananas pineapples cocoanuts strawberries dates fiss pure maple syrup for purchase with prices and quantities likely available in daily stock.
The poem traces how vegetables arrived in England from many regions. It lists potatoes from Virginia onions from Spain leeks from Switzerland garlic from Sicily and beans from Egypt with radishes from China and beets and cabbages as native products reflected in a broad world garden.
Lawrence Macaire, a young London lightweight and heir to a Scottish estate, befriends a stray dog named Carl who steals money for him. The dog’s nightly gifts sustain him until a bank visit uncovers that Carl was trained by a missing watchman to burgle and return coins. Macaire returns the extra funds to the bank, and Carl’s loyalty ends with their fortunes secured and a fresh, honest life ahead.
Tales from the 19th century claim Nostradamus and a marble slab foretell catastrophe when Good Friday, Easter, and Corpus Christi align with St. George and St. Mark dates. The Newcastle Weekly Chronicle notes 1886 as the year these conditions would be met and the world end.
A shy student named Robert gathers the nerve to escort a girl home. At breakfast his father asks if he went home with any girl. Robert admits yes, naming Annie Warren, then reveals she went to Ells Ham's house, and neither spoke a word.
Mr B shares a humorous household receipt claiming wild mint clears rata and mice. Mrs B jokes about mint obsession while noting a mystery attention to potential cupboard emptiness. A Winnipeg despatch mentions a Times report error.
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