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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 14, 1901
Page
1
Seed oats listed 32c to 40c twelve varieties including Alto Mandecheur Barley and Black Barley. Goote Seed Wheat Spring Rye Speltz Cow Peas Gracs Peas Pentelan Blus Peas Mack Joanatte Oats Ligowa Oats and Century Oats excluded. Also hay and grass seeds Rod Clover Alsika Lucerne Timothy offered at low prices.
A damaged poetic fragment laments a year’s passing and the absences it brings. The speaker reflects on lovers, memory, and mortality, revisiting familiar images of night, moonlight, and yearning while questioning fate and divine will. The text evokes loss and longing across months and seasons through archaic diction and fragmented lines.
An impoverished narrator recalls a brutal winter episode about meat scarcity, pork lard theft, and a broken sewing machine. A Black domestic worker and others endure cold, hunger, and failed plans as they barter and improvise to survive. The tale centers on a stalled economy and family strain amid hardship.
A village memoir recounts misadventures from weathered nests to hatchery chaos. Domestic scenes unfold with hens, eggs, and a cow rescue amid damaged fences. The piece closes with humorous vignettes of neighbors and a deaf veteran’s reflection on social headlines.
A fragment discusses selfish giving, recalling a citizen who avoids aiding the poor and prefers self interest. It also drifts to a theater disruption story, ancient arithmetic in Egyptian papyri, a Toronto ad pitch for a bound book, and the detective department’s stance on censored literature.
A garbled notice describes a rough draft of a horse labeled as a black pony with scars and marks, followed by a long editorial riff urging “Mark all your baguaze.” It shifts to a courtroom exchange about a supposed miracle, then to a magazine feature and a stray note about the Mosque of St Sophia in Constantinople, all presented in a chaotic collage.
A widely circulated booklet offers free copies to readers. It claims to provide adults with materials and patterns for hairpin weaving, rug making, and door mats. The Montreal based Wells Richardson Co advertises shipping and sample clips to Canada and the United States.
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