27 Jul 1899
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 27, 1899
Page
1
EG announces complete Spring and Summer goods with latest novelties from New York and London. Bellwarp Serge claim and workmanship guarantee. Cooper & Akins advertise as sole Acton agents. Also lists dairy and welding items and roofing works inviting quotations.
We are sole agents for this preparation in Guelph and vicinity. Call to see the new Welland Vale bicycles including the Perfect Garden City and Dominion leading grades. The Perfect Chainless offers notable merits. Welland Vale wheels cost less for repairs, with single piece cranks and a Departure Automatic Brake for full rider control.
A folksy meditation on effort and failure, arguing that one cannot judge a life by apparent setbacks. The speaker warns that unseen undertows may drag a person down and critiques quick judgments about brains or worth without examining underlying forces and context.
A sick girl Vynne lies between life and death as her sister Rose and Tom seek solace in a nightly bird song. The nightingale's tune sustains the child, while family faith, nursing care, and a shared longing for recovery test and bind their bonds.
Ten year maturity shares pay monthly instalments for 120 months with payments ceasing at $66.00 per share and maturity value $109.00. Money to loan at 5 percent straight loan or repayable in monthly instalments on application.
P. S. states that all the wants of people in town will receive best attention and careful consideration from authorities.
A collage of humorous old quotes shows country to city life contrasts. A girl in town writes home about odd neighbors, a farmer jokes about scrap ing an acquaintance, and a tourist quips about Benjamin Franklin.
An unnamed English actress aids a provincial charity by auctioning a kiss. The bid climbs from two guineas to eight hundred pounds when a colonel buys the kiss to gift his grandson for his fifth birthday. The actresse pays the debt and the charity gains eight hundred pounds.
A drummer recounts quitting his old employers after responding to an advertisement for a book titled Light of Life. He describes the work as a two volume Complete Commentary on the New Testament with Apostles lives and engravings by Thorvaldson and others. He claims Cradley Garroteen Go offered rich inducements and urges friends to apply for Brantford House positions.
A minister in New Love planned a catechism visit to Belmurray. Adam Blair, after hosting drinks during the journey, fell on broken glass near his home. The village conspired to hide him in a box bed while the minister questioned the scene.
A traveler recalls a Virginia and Virginia era scene at a Commonwealth Hotel with sable servants and comic dialect. Two Black men imitate refined speech while debating a disease and fate, mixing satire with crude humor and a friend’s request for warm ram and sugar.
A writer argues caring speech to horses calms them and prevents disasters. A groom tells of a frightened horse tamed by a gentle, confident voice while a few people used horns and loudness, showing how soft words can avert punishment and danger. Buffalo Horse World.
Report from Chicago Times Herald notes prospectors arriving from the Klondike with bags of gold, sharing tall tales of fortunes while many laborers dig unprofitable ground. It contrasts hopeful stories with the reality of those left behind, mining for scraps and facing empty results.
A shopkeeper doubted ads but agreed to test them. The columnist planted a cryptic line in a quiet newspaper area asking Cohen what he would do. The next day the crowd pressed for explanation, and the merchant admitted he would advertise.
A Seattle Post Intelligencer report says a large yellow cat aboard the City of Kingston briefly refused to board in Seattle. Crew tried milk and coaxing, but the animal leapt to shore and disappeared as the ship departed, later described as a curious omen of danger.
Dr Von Stephen from Konigabrug travels to a town near Direchau to send funds to Berlin. At the telegraph office the Morac instrument misreads his name and a message surges back declaring Stephen is already on the line. The exchange ends with a quip that he has poked his nose here.
A stout overdressed woman and her daughter board a streetcar. The daughter offers to pay the fare, but the woman insists she has change. She frantically searches her dress for a pocket and cries out that she has been robbed, only to realize her purse is missing. A man nearby quips that she should check her own pocket.
Hamilton's Marble Works in Guelph reports active operations with shipments planned to Barvia Ridgetown London Berlin Hamilton Stratford Galt and other points. The firm highlights superior work and material from the long established shop and notes a large shipment of Sw and Scotch Granite arriving with several design orders.
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