04 May 1876
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 04, 1876
Page
1
A long verse on true manhood voices virtue as inward strength. A tale follows of a dying mother, a family torn by estrangement, forgiveness, and a child’s acceptance into a new home as sorrow gives way to reconciliation.
A convicted speaker declares intent to publish Grange mysteries including the First Degree ritual. The excerpt details opening rites, gatekeeper actions with farm tools, candidate initiation, an oath on a sharpened harrow, mystic tokens, a mock beating, and the grip and password Grab, plus a note that the full lecture is lengthy. The author vows to reveal all degrees to let the public judge the candidate’s ordeal.
A couple from Canada wait in a Detroit Milwaukee depot. The wife, Dolly, feigns concern for her supposedly missing husband George while a stranger with a novel presses him about infidelity. George returns alone. Dolly warns him to stay put or face violence as they depart.
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