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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 17, 1898
Page
4
The poem notes four winds of the West East South and North shaping weather. It mentions Harry and flurry rose scurry Alyhing aging and flirting, as seasons change from summer to spring across the year.
Reports from a theater recounts a Metamora performance where a pupil-actor forgot his role and shouted a cheer as the line “Am I not the great chief of the Potowatomies” rang out. The audience noted the storm of enthusiasm and the mishap became the talk of the night. In a separate incident two highwaymen robbed a Glasgow road traveler. The Scotsman defeated them and was robbed of two ha penny. One thief bragged of two ha pence taken after the scuffle.
A Canadian in Detroit tries to pay with a Bank of Montreal bill amid dismissive shopkeepers. The merchant and banker debate the bill’s validity and the bank’s stature, the Canadian insisting it is from the second greatest bank, while they question his claim and discuss Canada’s banking system.
A fragment describes an emigrant father in Ohio who dislikes intruding visitors. A formal farewell is quoted. The piece mentions Gerrit Smith and a family prayer for a brother who departs on the ten o'clock train.
The letter from Coldbrook resident Mr John A Church lauds Paine's Celery Compound as a spring remedy restoring strength and vitality. He praises the medicine as a genuine, well recommended treatment and endorses its curative powers in a testimonial to Welle Richards on behalf of the firm.
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