18 Jul 1878
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 18, 1878
Page
1
The Acton Free Press issues weekly Thursday notices from the Free Press Building with paid annual rates and advertising policies. It lists subscription terms, single year constraints, and discounts, noting care for births marriages and deaths notices, and identifies T. A. and B. H. Moore as publishers and proprietors.
ACRON BAKERY announces in Acton a large and best assorted stock of bakers goods. Wedding and fancy cakes made quickly at reasonable rates with satisfaction guaranteed. Grain bread specialty. All goods warranted pure using best materials. Also large stock of first rate family flour. Cash only. Public patronage solicited.
A local notice urges readers to place orders early for new volumes from Sesside and Fireside Libraries and allied branches. It emphasizes securing a good set ahead of the rush and mentions Mildred as a featured title among several others.
The poem tells of a love pursued in secrecy between two people. The speaker recalls longing felt while the beloved remained wed and chaste as snow. After years and chance, they meet again, and love endures as they finally confess and unite.
A dramatic tale of Bessie Wentworth a deceptive cousin who wins Jack’s attention then plots a daring burglary aided by counterfeit accomplices. The true Wentworth identity surfaces after a tense confrontation ending in marriage and restored trust.
A tall Green Mountains youth asks a New York hotel bar for board and lodging. The Yankee agrees to two weeks of lodging with meals, disputes the bill for dinners and suppers, and claims a deduction for 14 days of absence totaling 10.50 dollars while offering cigars to settle the balance.
Manitoba Mennonites sowed eighteen thousand acres this year while other items note O'Dell's two year sentence for embezzlement, a $1,000 by law for a railway extension, and assorted regional news including steamboat fares and smuggling vigilance.
Acton neighbors are informed that DANIEL F. BEATTY of Washington New Jersey sells cash only first class hearses with six year warranties. He offers 5 to 15 day test trials and free return freight if unsatisfactory. Catalogue and testimonials available by mail.
The passage rattles through quips about rain protection pride of self first, elopement and marriage in an Indiana girl’s year, and odd maxims. It mentions onions to prevent chapping lips and other whimsical observations from a bygone era with playful wordplay and misprints.
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