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Fragmentary note describes deposits and interest terms, mentioning receipt on deposit and a stated rate paid or compounded semiannually. unclear names and dates limit fuller reconstruction.
17 Mar 1898
Page 1
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 17, 1898
Page
1
Fragmentary note describes deposits and interest terms, mentioning receipt on deposit and a stated rate paid or compounded semiannually. unclear names and dates limit fuller reconstruction.
Old time medicine ads list McKee's Emulsion and Caronta Pixe Balsam with multiple sizes and prices. Also advertised are McKee's Perfect Liver Pints and Antherric Tooris Wasi tooth powder. Lorecees Cream of Almonds and Roses and Parke Davis toothpaste advertised as new arrivals at the People's Drug Store.
In a heated old time debate, Baptists Episcopalians and Methodists argue salvation freedom as a preacher challenges the crowd. A later narrative traces Ralph Farleigh and Bessie Wilmot through marriage, money, and travels ending in a Kent estate.
Amelia describes Ralph and Beasle Farleigh's romance set around the Medway and a palm glove pledge. Wealth comes via hops speculation altering plans for Beasie and Erroll while Ralph climbs to London to win his fortune. The tale blends love, class, and change as the glove becomes a symbol of promised fidelity.
In The Ladies' Home Journal for March Johnson presents a vivid photo sequence of a Tan County school day. The images demonstrate camera detail and storytelling value, showing how art and photography unite to record incidents and educate amateur shooters.
An overheated scene ends with a young man nicknamed George awkwardly responding to a kiss and a cheeky question as he departs with a heavy lump of regret. An ad fragment follows urging Hood's Sarsaparilla salvation and economy from experience.
A Casgel's Journal anecdote recalls a retriever that saved a friend from a sinking boat but could not rescue its cruel master. The drowning man perished as the dog protected the speaker and others in the fog and swamped boat incident.
The essay praises the waste basket as a true index to a paper’s character, reflecting a mix of wisdom and folly, praise and poetry. It argues the discarded items reveal social, moral, and intellectual grades and enumerate the personalities the paper prints or buries.
The article argues Christian Endeavor grows across denominations and professions. It claims the key to expansion is practical faith, not mere belief, urging members to act on God's will and to provide encouraging help and fellowship.
The article praises young people's intelligence at a O. E. convention and argues reading replaces college for some. It extols books as a modern university, warns against higher criticism degrading religious teaching, and cites Primeval Revelation by J. Cynddylan Jones.
A fragmentary devotional verse urges readers to pause and seek rest with Christ. It speaks of leaving earthly turmoil and temptations, turning to Jesus for guidance, strength, and lasting peace. The voice invites weary hearts to come apart, trust, and follow.
The text urges doing every occupation for God and performing acts of kindness. It calls believers to share Christ through daily duties, showing love and service in all tasks, large or small, so no day lacks blessing to the world and glory to God.
The text urges parents to instill industry in children and avoid idleness. It warns that slothful youth become tired at maturity, making days a reproach, and that parents will be blamed unless they enforce discipline. It advises mild, prudent guidance and promises future gratitude from offspring.
An isolated pupil at a parochial school in a southern Scotch county tells the master he will be absent the next morning to attend Carnwath fair with his father. The text emphasizes that work and toil, not abundance, cultivate happiness and improve body and mind, rewarding labor with distinct pleasures beyond wealth or indolence.
An ad extols Diamond Dyes for home fabric coloring with ten cent packets good for one to five pounds of goods. It claims simple directions and colorfast results that resist soapsuds and sunlight, plus no stain on hands during use. It also includes an anecdote about Kate and Maud and a sales pitch urging Ayers products for blood health.
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