25 Jul 1878
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 25, 1878
Page
1
The newspaper page outlines weekly Thursday publication in a named city with ad rates for various insertions. It lists rates for display and classified ads, birth and death notices, and other notices, noting special foreign or transient advertisements and the publishing office details.
Acton Bakery in Guelph offers wedding and fancy cakes on short notice at reasonable rates with guaranteed satisfaction. Grain bread specialty and a large stock of first-class family flour on hand. Cash terms, public patronage solicited.
A fragmented notice highlights new book arrivals, mentioning Seaside Libraries Lakeside Libraries Fireside Libraries Boy's Libraries and New York Libraries with titles Silent and True A Jewel of a Girl and Savings referenced in the brief output.
A promising sale of harness and saddlery goods opens as buyers seek value. A fine assortment of new dollars worth of gear awaits early shoppers, with emphasis on securing quality before the rush.
Beatty offers a piano and organ instruction booklet from Washington New Jersey containing over sixty pieces including Waltzes marches galops operatic melodies and dances. The 60 page plus manual is mailed nationwide for fifty cents with clear instructions to order from Dante Beatty in Washington New Jersey.
Washington New Jersey dealer Daniel Jabbatty advertises first class instruments by Prakow and Oucass cheaper than all U.S. makers. He sells for cash with no risk, six year warranties, 5 to 15 day delivery, test period, money back and freight paid both ways. Catalog and testimonials available.
A nameless narrator recounts a tale of Merrivale chasing a fortune through Agnes Yale in Myrick New Jersey. He deceives her with a rich promise, marries her, but learns the wealth belongs to her aunt and is only five hundred dollars. Merrivale leaves for Europe, reforms, and marries Agnes Yale after realizing the money misled him.
A digest of a curious English glove code used to signal affection contrasts with a County of Halton council meeting in July 1978. The council debated not arbitration but arbitration avoidance on extra work for the Nilton jail and court house project, with Blain's contractor claims and a proposed architect led review.
Typhus rages in Sydney from bad water and drainage. A man in Exeter Ontario has a device producing results in seven days. Melbourne reports a mid-June storm flooding streets and harming shipping. Wishaw Scotland witnesses Twelfth celebrations ending in disorder requiring military. A York NB candidate protests election bribery. An agricultural worker and family are murdered near Newport Wales. a Spanish sailor suspected of plunder. Orangemen may rally in Montreal if banners are unfurled next month. Moncton murder case proceeds. Mexico faces treasury shortage famine and unrest. MacKenzie's raid across the Rio Grande fuels fears of border war and annexation.
A fragmented satire notes a Chinese newspaper in its two thousandth volume losing subscribers. A humorous interaction with a lettuce basket prompts questions about audience behavior and listening practices in church settings, suggesting clergy speak louder while some congregants keep eyes closed during offerings.
A garbled twelve line squib describes a Mr Cobb marrying Miss Webb and a bashful man seeking village gossip. The rhyme hints at love and propriety with quirky phrases like kiss the baby and keep strict attention to the old lady. The source text is highly garbled OCR.
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