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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 17, 1887
Page
1
The notice lists subscription rates and payment terms, with price details and arrears policy. It announces advertising rates, offices of solicitors, and multiple auctioneers serving Acton, Milton, and surrounding areas. It also advertises money lending, weaving services, and various farm and household goods offerings.
An old-style advertisement touts shaving and grooming services including an easy shave a stylish haircut a quality shampoo and a quality haircut for ladies and children with a focus on expert haircare and grooming.
A lover gives a wedding ring to a goldsmith who engraves Till death us part on the band. The tale follows fifty years of shared joy and sorrow as the couple’s love endures beyond death, with the ring symbolizing eternal union. The goldsmith’s careful craft binds hearts across time.
Local firm Widepile and Retail Dealer offers marble granite and related cemetery materials direct imported for all stonework needs. Includes full range of cemetery related surfaces monuments and fittings catered to contractors and customers seeking quality stone.
Acton notices Joseph Patton announces a meat market in Ax Anton offering beef pork and fish with fresh seasonable goods. He claims large experience and guarantees customer satisfaction seeking patronage from local residents. November 8 1886.
Andrew Teskey announces the General Blacksmithing Business in Acton after purchasing from P J Sari. He offers horseshoeing as a special feature and promises careful work on uncured horses. Teskey highlights experience in manufacturing and repairing agricultural implements and machinery.
On St Valentine Eve Bella Bruce, a poor Moray Court governess, receives a sleigh invitation from Colonel Robert Burgoyne and, amid family tensions, accepts him as her valentine and future wife. Effie cheers as Bella gains happiness and social standing.
A countryman visiting a bank asks if money is abundant and cheap. The cashier confirms, but when the farmer requests a hundred dollars for six months, he learns collateral is required. He muses that money is plentiful but collateral remains scarce and hard to obtain.
Traveling commentator from Boston describes old stained-glass windows in Europe. He admires dim religious light at Mila Cathedral and references nitrate glass in the Old Testament, noting humor amid reverence and odd phrasing.
In early Erie County, a timid blue eyed widow stands firm against liquor. While neighbors and kin demand alcohol to finish a barn, she feeds them a grand dinner and refuses whiskey. Her challenge to her brothers and church elders ends with the workers returning the next day, liquor ban intact, and the scene quieted by her sacrifice.
A historical sketch notes Dr. G G Green of Woodbury New Jersey as a premier example of wealth built by business talent and forethought. It argues sustained success comes from merit of enterprises like August Flower and Boschee's German Syrup, not luck, citing growth over eighteen years and world sales as proof.
A Sunday School Times reflection on adults and children who overpraise their own deeds in prayer and charity. The piece argues that true merit lies in duty performed, not self congratulation, citing a boy who adds Amen That’s a good boy to his prayers.
An old lady recalls changing fashion from necklines and gloves with one button to modern trends. She notes when dresses rose above the neck and gloves covered more, contrasting with today’s more relaxed styles and altered glove and button details.
A fragmentary exchange shows a playful comet speaking in a moonlit setting. A passerby answers with curiosity about recognition and an awkward string of garbled dialogue hints at a whimsical scene.
A reader laments boys who lounge while mothers carry heavy family loads. It argues that boys should be taught chores such as cooking, cleaning, and washing to share duties. The piece insists helping isn’t unmanly and encourages seeking aid if needed.
The National Builder lists nail usage per 1,000 units across construction materials. Shingles require 34 to 45 pounds fourpenny nails or 3 to 3 ¼ pounds three penny nails. laths use about 6 pounds threepenny fine nails. clapboards about 18 pounds sixpenny nails. boarding-boards 20 pounds eightpenny and 25 pounds tenpenny. top floors edge 38 pounds tenpenny floor and 1 ½ pounds twelvepenny floor. matched blind nailed 85 pounds tenpenny floor. mf nailed 42 pounds twelvepenny floor. farring 1x8 about 45 pounds. 1x12 farring 65 pounds tenpenny common. pine finish about 30 pounds eightpenny finish.
A West Madigan Street apothecary clerk logs truancy among infants minds evident in humorous orders from a child patient. The sample requests include pneumonia ammonia, cod liver oil, borax wax, plaster for back pain, and ylang ylang perfumes as moralized curiosities of child medicine in a Chicago Herald note.
The fragment hints at social talk among Mrs Swell and Mrs Farmer about indulgence and misinterpretation. It notes a testimonial praising Captain William McMickay's twenty years of service with Canard and mentions a drink bill compromising charitable efforts.
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