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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 24, 1897
Page
4
A dramatic incident at a Bowing chair near the parsonage ends with a pale elderly woman confessing she stayed in hopes the mouse would scare a year from her. The room erupts as others flee, while the pastor seeks the cause of the commotion.
A literary minded Boston woman speaks in grand terms to her staff and a grocer misinterprets her queries. The scene highlights the difficulty some have in appreciating others views and the humor found in inflated speech.
A historian recounts a tale of a famed astrologer at the Louis XV court who predicted a court lady's death within eight days and saw the king's superstition flare. The king spared a public show of punishment, while the story turns to broader calls for mission work and Christian duty amid vast “heathen” populations and missionary efforts.
A sequence of taunts and tattling between Tilly Tonogaan and Tessa Tollman escalates as rumors and taunts spark manipulation. The conflict ends with Tilly’s claim of triumph as the teacher’s trust shifts and truth is questioned.
A 1865 election tale recalls Gladatone versus Hardy with ballots cast orally before tellers in Convocation House. A clergyman, misnaming Glade for Ardy, provoked dry quips from Prof Henry Smith.
Jeremiah a twelve year old pessimist resents lack of a own knife. He borrows blades from classmates to whittle his lead pencil. A boy teases him about pockets and holes as reasons he cannot own a knife.
The firm Dr J C Ayer & Co of Lowell Massachusetts celebrates fifty years in business. Its incomparable Sarsaparilla remains widely known and used, and the company reports robust activity as of the present.
A user recounts severe heart palpitations and shortness of breath caused by tobacco. After taking Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills, the distressing symptoms disappeared. The testimonial praises the pills as curative and expresses gratitude.
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