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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 09, 1898
Page
1
Japanese Floor Mattings for Summer Use
Japanese floor mattings offer clean cool comfort for summer floors. Placed over carpets they protect from wear and serve as healthful inexpensive coverings for bedroom hall or bathroom. Available at 20¢ 25¢ and 30¢ per square yard. excellent value.
McKee's Ambitious Pills Claim Cure for Biliousness
An advertisement touts McKee's Amibilious Pills as a cure for bilious symptoms including dizziness nausea and loss of appetite. It claims a vegetable extract formula free of calomel and minerals, with no gripping effects, marketed as a habitual constipation remedy and effective for neuralgia and bilious headaches at 60c per box or six boxes for $1.00.
New Styles in Shapes Shades and Trimmings Debuts
The new designs feature shapes shades and trimmings with appealing prints dress goods gloves hosiery corsets neckties collars cuffs lace curtains underwear ready made clothing hats caps and more. The collection showcases broad offerings across accessories and garments for the season.
Ten Year Maturity Shares Monthly Instalments Plan
The offer provides ten year maturity shares paid in monthly installments of sec per share for 120 months until payments cease. A $66.00 payment at maturity yields a $100.00 maturity value. Money borrowed at 5 percent as a straight loan or repayable in monthly installments on application.
The New Woman and Local Opinion
A speaker notes mixed attitudes toward the new woman as she engages in clubs and politics. He dislikes aggressive change but accepts certain freedoms like riding a bicycle and wearing suits, urging others to awaken to evolving social roles.
A Strong Man Becomes Community Parson Plan in Miner Feud
In South City miners gather at the Digger’s Arms as Texas Joe leads a bid for a local parson. North City has secured a traveling preacher, prompting a pledge drive that raises about 400 dollars to hire a strong man to run the town.
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Diggera
Websury
Texas Joe
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Texas
Iasy
Joe
Treloavan
Groon
San Francisco
Parson Rescues Hangman Mob on Frontier Alert
A frontier town showdown ends when a young parson confronts a mob set to hang a man named Mace. Texan Joe and bystanders watch as the minister frees the condemned, declaring mercy and turning the town away from bloodshed in a dramatic moral stand.
Second Presbyterian Endeavorers Invite with Cork Ties in Dubuque
A Dubuque society adopts a cork craft on invitations for a Thursday evening event. Corks are tied with yellow ribbons to the corners of the card as a distinctive attention getter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Presbyterian
Dubuque
Poet in the Country and a Poet’s Plight
A humorous sketch traces a poet failing to craft verse in a rural setting. He battles writer’s block, disruptions from a busy household, and comic interruptions as he seeks inspiration for Arabella and other works. The piece blends rustic life with a lighthearted look at artistic vanity.
The Storekeeper and the Town's Patronage Debate
An editorial contrasts the itinerant peddler with the local storekeeper. It argues the peddler harms towns through swindling and evictions, while the home merchant supports churches and schools, funds public needs, and adds value to property. The piece urges choosing the storekeeper for community interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poddiar
Farmer Mistakes Gladstone Portrait for Clergyman
A farmer visiting an attorney asks if the portrait of Mr. Gladstone in the office is of a local clergyman. The attorney explains Gladstone is an English prime minister, not a town resident. The farmer remains puzzled by the resemblance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gladstone
England
Havana Dominates Cuban Urban Life With Promenades and Big Theatre
The Havana capitol hosts about 220,000 residents and premier amenities including promenades boulevards and first class hotels. The Teatro Tacón ranks among the world’s largest theaters while other cities Maldazos Puerto Principe and Santiago de Cuba follow in size. Hood’s Sarsaparilla adage touts benefiting from others’ cures.
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Cuba
Havana
Firatolan
New York
Paris
Buenos Ayres
Theatrer
Teatro Tacon
Aland
Maldazos
Puerto Principe
Santiago de Quira
Chinegos
Poverty and riches in a warped moral gaze
A poem and a fragmented catechism expose contrasts between starving poverty and luxury while critiquing advertising culture. The piece pairs a devotional plea for humility with a murky dialogue on business and marketing, noting advertising as vital yet manipulative and portraying a damaged sense of home.
Drunkenness Declared Disreputable in Modern Quarter
Edward W. Bok writes in the May Ladies Home Journal that drunkenness is now deemed disreputable across society. He notes business shunters close doors to drinkers and that only habitual temperate men find work. Social life mirrors intolerance, with excessive drinking no longer tolerated at dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Bok
Sheep of Afghanistan and their famed tails
In a camp scene two Irish men discuss Afghan sheep noted for large tails. One asks how tails become so fat as they see animals grazing mountains, with Larry replying that fat runs downhill to the tails.
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Damley
Robinson
Melba
Sigasta
Sesson
Cubs
H Enor
Afganistan
Comissariat
India
Larry
Diamond Dyes Promise Bright Long Lasting Colors
The Diamond Dyes promise flawless home dyeing with rich bright colors. They claim decades of popularity, warn against imitation dyes, and urge customers to request the genuine product with directions and a 48 color card mailed free from Wells & Richardson Co. Montreal PQ.
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Andreas
Wells & Richardson Co
Montreat
P. Q
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