Professional notices and ads from Acton and Toronto listings
A fragmentary classified page lists veterinary and legal services in Acton Ontario and Toronto. It includes a veterinary surgeon operating from Kenny Bros boot shop, with day and night calls and easy terms, plus law offices and orders for provincial land surveyor services in Guelph and Ottawa area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qhn Lawson
Ontario Veterinary College
Toronto
Acton
Ont
Kenny Bros. Boot and Shoe
Best Stock to Choose at Day's Bookstore
Day's Bookstore highlights the lowest priced share in stock options with strong value potential. The store promotes affordability and value by guiding customers to cost effective picks for casual investors.
Opening Millinery Show Rooms With New Spring Hats
The millinery show rooms are now open featuring new spring hats, feathers, flowers, wings, laces and gloves. Ladies are invited to call for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adies
Hats and Hair Goods Store Seeks Apprentices in Wyndham Street
Local shop advertises jackets and dresses out of fashion with latest straw and chip hats. Large assortment of hair switches and styles on hand. Apprentices wanted at 5 Lower Wyndham Street.
Ontario Granite Monuments Bargain Sale
Visiting the Bay of Fundy quarries I bought Alexander Taylor’s stock of gray and red granite monuments and will offer prices never before seen in Ontario. Granite monuments 6 ft 860, 7 ft 875, 8 ft 290, 9 ft 8100, 10 ft 8120. All work and material warranted first class.
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Bay of Fundy
Alexander Taylor
Ontario
Flour and Feed Line Highlights Farmers and Contractors Needs
The notice cites FLOUR AND FEED and stresses essentials for farmers housekeepers and contractors. It mentions THOS 0 MOORE and implies suppliers, goods and services for daily work and domestic use.
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Moore
Pee Hooks stall le made to order
A garbled OCR fragment describes a stall or item making, with unclear context and no identifiable people or organizations. The readable bits suggest a focus on ordering and prompt service but lack concrete details to form a complete news item.
A Ruby Necklace Mystery in Aunt Jessica’s Death
In Acton May 1886, Fred and I search Aunt Jessica’s house for a missing thirty ruby necklace valued at forty five thousand dollars. A black servant Henry and his wife Eliza offer little help, while a bull pup with the robber’s collar seems to reveal the necklace. Fred suspects Miss Carbrook’s involvement as he negotiates Henry’s dog business for clues.
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Harry
Fred
Switzerland
Jessica
Florida
Orl
Ismether
Miss Carbrook
Mr. Spofford
Henry
Gemmin
Eliza
Red
Tsuppoese
Elize
Saving Money and the Cost of True Values
A moral guide urges saving with care, warning against sacrificing honor health or love for money. It stresses charity, humane giving, and avoiding deceit, while arguing against denying loved ones simple joys to hoard wealth. The piece closes with verses about forgotten love and longing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. K
Watering Place in a Creek for Safe Animal Drinking
The article describes building a simple sloped drinking platform with a narrow trough to keep cattle, horses, and hogs from mud and water pollution. It warns muddy banks and deep waste, proposes heavy plank or brick constructions, and advises placing the drinking place at the creek’s upper end to protect the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade
Altiela
The Duke and the Bishop Encounter on the Road
A shabby looking traveler is the Duke de Roquelaire who is questioned by the Bishop of the diocese. The Bishop tries to glean Paris news but the Duke remains anonymous until he calls himself Hilhil and orders the postilion to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke de Roquelaire
Roqueaire
Paris
Duke de Roquelair
A Lemon Colored Woman Recugsion Warner Cure Claim
A testimonial from N. Recugsion, Dec 28 1883, describes three years bedridden with yellow skin and prolapsed ulceration. After two months with doctors worse, Warner's Safe Cure purportedly restored health and strength, with the claimant now well.
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Warner
J. J. Bayne
Lake Avenue
A Complimentary Husband
A fragmented item shows a husband asking about observations in furniture stores during a tour. The text includes garbled phrases and misread names, leaving a sparse record of a domestic moment or exchange without clear context or outcomes.
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Somérville
Phe
Mechanical items and industrial forecasts from a period note
A fragmented set of observations on future materials and manufacturing shifts. It predicts aluminum replacing iron and steel, notes woodworking and wool industries expanding, and cites labor-saving machinery affecting artisans. It also mentions practical tips for tools and construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Milwaukee Funiture
Buch
Bessemer
Anecdote of Sir Thomas Moore as Lord Chancellor
The note recounts Birett Moore’s tenure as Lord Chancellor and his protection of the poor. He held open court each afternoon inviting suits without formal procedures and resolved long standing causes with remarkable diligence, earning a reputation for fairness and accessibility.
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Birett Moore
McGregor's Spen dy uré and other remedies featured in Cookstown
A mixed page of medicinal notices praises McGregor's Spendy ure for indigestion and constipation, with price and sellers in Canada and at Dr McGarvin’s Drug Store. It also promotes a charcoal burn remedy, Burdock Blood Bitters for dyspepsia, and Ayer’s Hair Vigor for restoring gray hair color.
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Cookstown
Campbell
McGregor
Canada
Spc
McGarvin
Inn
R. W. Dawson
Deloraine
Ont
Ayer
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W Nes
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Free Press Power Printing House
Seexseesee
Giayaruilny
A&hdays
H. P. Moore
Business Directory
H. Lowry
M.C
Trinity College
College of Physicians and Surgeons
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E. Stacey, M.D
C.M
Je Trinity University
Trinity Medical School
Orrice—Campbell
L L. Bennett
L.ds
Georgetown
A. ‘C. McKinlay
Royal College of Dental Surgeons
Agnew’s
J .Stirton
L.D
Ontario College of Dental Surgery
C. B. Hayes
L.D.S
Towell’s
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Yohnston & McLean
County OF
Wellington
Orrice
Town Hall
Jousstox
McLeas
Mitchell, M
Guelph
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Tonosto
Anp Groncurows
Creelman’s
King Street East
W. T. Allan
Shilton
Baird, Bay
BS Laidlaw & CO
Henry Grist
Ottawa
Caxava
Hemstreet
Halton
Fnex
Moser
Borjoan Davis
Provin _cial
C.E
Perth St
J Obepay
Arket Square
Johns Parey
Thompson & Jackson
Dominion
Europe
Guelph, Ont
Hanlan
Mita Staxzt, Acros
Sda Chal
Ivan
Jntin Tata Teatilyent
P.W. Sic
Cnas
Davidson
John Taylor
AVING
River Street
Thos. Ebbage
Table John Street
Wm. E. Smith
Smith
He J.mcdonald & CO
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Estate & Insurance Agents
Businness
Chattle
Fabe Press
Business College
Maccormick
Borders
Day’s Bookstore
Cuelph
Day's Bookstore
Day
E. H. Pass
Coal & Wood
C. S. Bovith
Ifiave
James Brown
Lower Wyndham Street
Wellington Marble Works
Quebec St., Guelfh
John H. Hamilton
Actonmeat Market
Rutledge & Crosson, Butchers
R. Holmes
Rutledge & Crosson
Prbandis
T. A. Chapman
St. George's Square
Free Press
Taunspay Monsina
Frost
Marth
May
W.B
James Harvey Smith
Cis
Violet
Bray
Ella
Duke
Sir Thomas Moore
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