22 Jul 1897
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 22, 1897
Page
1
A compact notice notes a local manufacturer offering sash doors and moulding in all types and styles. The item highlights the shop's specialties and broad selection for builders and homeowners seeking custom millwork.
Fragmentary text indicates a deposit or receipt reference with mentions of Guelph and notes collection. No charge recorded for collecting Sulea Notes payable in Guelph. The snippet suggests a financial notice or advertorial about deposits and fees, with unclear names or dates.
The ad stresses three key points in clothing: fit, appearance, and wearing qualities. It claims satisfaction from clothes that fit and look well, with prices aligned to quality and uniform for all customers. A special line of Tweed Suitings targets business wear.
The Campaign supplies lumber for barn doors including 10 12 13 or 14 feet and mouldings. Storm doors offered at the lowest possible rate. The note advertises frames pictures artists supplies and headquarters for presents.
Acton Laundry asks for broader patronage and announces capacity for more orders. The notice praises recent reception, notes location in Cook’s former stand, and advertises reasonable prices and delivery terms. The Dominion Company ad promotes a diamond jubilee biography book with $1.60 price and distribution details through Dept. 7 Chicago.
A collage of verse fragments and domestic fiction follows Charley Merton and Edna as a new mirror sparks vanity and a social entanglement. Millie Joyce and David Rosen reappear amid a dramatic dinner interrupted by gunshots, a burglar alarm, and a humorous marriage payoff.
The London Cort Journal reports Britain's army totals 221000, excluding reserves. About 106000 at home and 76000 in India, with smaller numbers in Egypt, the Mediterranean, colonies, Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales. Bengal leads in India with 24000, Punjab 20000, Madras Burma 14000, Bombay 16000. Minor garrisons include Gibraltar Malta 14000, West Indies 3000, Hong Kong 3000, Cyprus 150, St Helena 800.
The absent-minded German professor in a late night chamber mutters in confusion. He undresses and sits with head in hands as he recalls a task unfulfilled. After half an hour of pondering he exclaims he intended to go to bed.
A collage of humorous vignettes and dialogue snippets recounts fashion remarks in a parlor, a beggar's sobbing exchange, medical fears, an English squire drafting cattle, a night of killing time, a child learning notes, a widow's mourning gowns, marriage jokes, and a railway keeper’s paradoxical quip.
A review from Jane Ladies' Home Journal cites William George Jordan on Victoria's reign, noting population growth from 20 million to over 39 million and imperial territory gains. It compares global populations and US growth, and contrasts Canadian leadership with the American system in public life.
A sleeping woman in the nursery wakes to raucous clattering and a water jug gliding toward her as a figure shuffles. Her husband confronts the intruder only to discover the culprit is a dachshund jammed in a water jug trying to drink. The dog is freed after the jug breaks.
Mrs Braggs questions a newspaper paragraph claiming women were made before men and blamed for vanity. Mr Snogge agrees the writer misinterprets, suggesting the line implies women precede men and have always existed.
An early fragment blends devotional verse with a diary style scene set around a dramatic mount and a drugstore encounter. A line echoes dawn imagery while a disjointed dialogue sequence describes a boxing injury and a comical mount remedy.
A 20 year payment option for suburban homes links monthly instalments to principal interest and life insurance with taxes and repairs paid by buyers. The plan favors 20 years, aids in savings, reduces risk of dispossession, and offers early payment flexibility. An unrelated epitaph from Shetland notes a death caused by medical error.
Diamond Dyes are praised by manufacturers yet retailers report country stores stock poorer imitations. Women report village shopkeepers urged to replace Diamond Dyes with inferior goods. Some dye orders can be mailed from Montreal for wool, cotton, or silk uses. Health ads follow.
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