30 Mar 1899
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 30, 1899
Page
1
A news item notes a large shipment of Japanese matting patterns now available. It promotes the product as a clean tidy healthy floor covering and invites readers in Guelph to visit and view the assortment.
Poem style tribute praising Canada’s vast forests mountains lakes and rivers. It laments historic battles and loyalties to Britain while declaring love for home and land. Names such as Miss A Machur Kingston and Montreal Witness Competition appear as contest provenance.
In a quiet town Mrs. Sinclair draws the gaze of neighbors from her black dress and withholding gaze. She avoids gossip while tending to religious duties and visiting the poor, her past and suitor unresolved as she prays and weighs forgiveness.
A minister sermon sparks a crisis for Mrs. Sinclair as she faces her own spiritual coldness. She reads a confession from her estranged husband and, moved to humility, resolves to change before a planned visitor arrives, revealing a hidden past and rekindled hope.
Mrs. E G De Fontaine shares anecdotes on lingering white slaveholder relations with former slaves, detailing scenes of affection across generations, postwar aid, and loyalty. Stories include a Yankee yacht party member visiting a long-lost nurse, slaves praying for masters, and a black coffin maker aiding a bereaved family.
An old Rusien German settler arrives in North Dakota and asks a millowner for credit. The miller questions the stranger, then asks for a local friend to vouch for him. The visitor says God is his friend and eventually pays the bill.
The text sings of Easter time and joyful bells, invoking renewal and praise. It references the Lord drawing near, a blessed clime, and the blooming lily, with archaic spellings and garbled phrases reflecting a wartime or historical hymnal echo.
The Education Bureau exhibit at the Atlanta Exposition contrasts cruel disciplinary practices in schools across America England and beyond. It cites routines from New England Eton and India including flogging rattan and standing on a log while strapped.
A composite piece mixes arithmetic examples on profit and loss with a Beethoven anecdote about a concert mishap. It blends math drills about gain percentages and selling prices with a reflection on musical performance and audience reactions.
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