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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 23, 1916
Page
1
An old bayonet ad-like item urges readers to order a tin of Dustbane from their grocer to combat diseases from dust. It warns that imitations are not good and promotes the product as a protective remedy against dustborne ailments.
In a Nevada mining camp a drill boy Dan Kelly defies a bully and earns trust with steady work. Martin Brandon, the capable helper, must balance duty and danger as a shaft cave in traps Dan below while Hudson the superintendent urges calm and teamwork to rescue the crew.
Fragmentary text mentions a boy in hip and an open night, with unclear phrases and scattered terms like OK Kingland. Entities are not clear. no identifiable people or organizations emerge from the readable fragments.
A dramatic rescue unfolds as Dan, Marta, and Hudson crawl through a collapsing underground shaft toward the drill bay. They reach the surface safe as the drill boy is freed, while the surrounding crowd and authorities react to the peril and the boy’s gratitude to Marta.
In a Kansas office Roger Pennington is pressed by manager Mr. Young to map shipping routes and rates for a major look at book shipments. Pennington weighs the task, confident he can leverage his familiarity with shipper logs, while the manager pressures him to deliver faster, aiming for practical, money saving results.
A mixed OCR fragment includes a tenuous poem about devotion and courage, plus a dense list of local notices and obituaries. It references names such as Alva Wit Masalax and Alexandar McLachlan, plus dates in March and notes about a snow plow response, a log sidewalk incident, and several marriages, deaths, and convalescents from Acton and surrounding areas.
Count Melgar, former secretary to Boa Carlos and Carliat party ally, writes of prewar tensions and political maneuvering in Vienna and Paris. The narrative alleges German atrocities and diplomatic feints, linking Kaiser Wilhelm II to war plans while recounting embassy briefings and imperial anxieties.
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