14 Jul 1898
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 14, 1898
Page
1
John Raymond returns to duty on the farm after schooling. He wins respect by transforming the run down land his father kept and earns praise from neighbors. A letter from an old employer urges him to accept public life, tying family duty to national progress.
A clerk named John Raymond faces a senior partner’s warning that he is unsuited for clerical work. The mentor urges following a different path, suggesting work on the family farm, while Raymond contemplates his future and whether promotion already came. His father, reading a letter of cautious optimism, learns of a possible new future through honest labor and the plow.
Clearing prices offer reduced stock across millinery lines and men s ready made clothing. Hats and refined teas accompany fresh groceries always in stock in this seasonal clearance.
Have you had one taken lately If not given Ramshaw the artist a sitting and you will be delighted with the result Courteous attention Satisfactory Photographs Prices reasonable Call today This weather just suits.
A village scene shows Uncle Sammy visiting from the city with his children returning from Washington. Neighbors praise the congressman John, a self described educated farmer, as the state’s brightest mind and potential president while debating his career and the farming life.
A college head, owner of an old carriage, learns a planned prank to move the vehicle into the woods. The students struggle to haul it away, grumbling at the heaviness, while the principal quietly observes from the coachhouse. He then calmly asks to be returned to the yard, ending the episode with a quiet lesson.
In early 19th century Hingham Massachusetts a local woman known as Aunt Polly Barnes rode out after a preacher could not come from Boston. A robber seized her horse’s bridle demanding money but she rode on to Mr Conant’s house and arranged for the next day’s sermon, then returned home six miles.
A collection of proverb style sayings on marriage roles and spouses. The lines contrast beauty, virtue, household wisdom, and the idea of provisioning for daily meals within a married life. The tongue in cheek phrases imply pragmatic views on dowries, mothers’ character, and the desirability of married life.
An amusing incident in a court hearable by a man with wealthy friends. The judge, after weighing witnesses, rules you knew better than to commit the offense. If poor, a ten dollar fine, but under the circumstances with friends stating them, the man is fined twenty dollars.
An elderly Mrs Moffat avoids a will until finally authorizing Lawyer Peters to draft it. She leaves her library and art to the town for a public library, while tiny sums are set aside for relatives to hire ink and pens for future wills. Jonathan Swift is bequeathed her drafting pen in memory of his counsel. The will’s tone and the relatives’ reaction bring humorous tension to the reading.
An Italian laborer in a French prison story helps a fugitive prisoner, initially refusing a reward then yielding. A journalist wife confronts a burglar with calm resolve, appealing to his mother and mercy. The burglar relents, leaving five pounds after a brief theft.
A Scottish tale recounts an old woman unable to pay for whiskey asks her granddaughter to fetch money. Donald McCallum refuses whiskey without cash, prompting the grandmother to offer the Bible as payment. The child returns with the Bible and the man still demands payment first, provoking the grandmother to exclaim that no one will take her word or the Bible. The piece ends with moralism and a Hood’s Sarsaparilla promotion.
A sensational note cites the Book of Maccabees and colonial accounts claiming elephants become drunken when offered wine and water mixes. Bears and monkeys allegedly prefer beer, while African natives reportedly capture intoxicated primates by exploiting their Beer drinking.
A Scots dialect anecdote recalls Jook, a newly married man, being taken by his mother to a bone-setter. When asked if the manipulation hurt him, Jook replies it did not, blaming the practitioner for fumbling with the sound log, provoking a witty exchange.
Mrs Warder of Spry Ont and Mrs McNeil of Stanley Bridge P E I praise Diamond Dyes for reliable results in home dyeing. Mrs Reid of Nowonadle Ont reports ten years of satisfaction with the products, calling them the best dyes made.
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