19 May 1887
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 19, 1887
Page
1
The page outlines advertising rates and payment terms for the Acton Free Press, with quarter column pricing, advance payment rules, and deadlines. It lists staff and local professionals including McKinlay, surgeon dentist, and lawyers in Acton, Milton, Georgetown, and beyond, noting services and contact details.
Fragmentary notice lists items like lumber lath shingles and wash tubs with interest on deposits and a request to settle money owed. The fragment references a Thomas C. Moore's location and a farmer’s house as a place of business with debt collection context.
A fragmentary undersigned advert and a dramatic poem fragment describe a shop stock of fancy goods and a city tragedy. The verse laments a young woman’s death and the imagined future of widowed lovers and a lonely street environment.
In a New York drawing room, three Miss Scofield sisters arrive to seek work after their cousin Simon Beaufield’s death. Mr. Clickson offers a room and a potential housekeeper post, sparking tensions as Haidee Constantia and Kate debate independence and dignity in a city of opportunity. Kate shows resolve to earn her living, while Haidee resists servile roles, and Constantia questions relinquishing comfort for work.
The report describes Mr. Lowth's new “dumb telephone” in Pittsburgh that uses a neck press sensor and a rotating tube to convey speech without a traditional transmitter. It notes German microphone use for leak detection and ships’ power needs, plus Royal Society gas works near the Nile and energy estimates from Sir William Thomson.
An 1890s style excerpt blends a Chinese folktale where a mandarin’s wife solves a maternity dispute by a fish test, declaring the true mother after a staged rescue. The piece shifts to an open letter praising B B B salve for eczema and a Bahamian Halifax testimonial, with cures and prices noted.
A compact montage of quotations and fragmentary lines from poets and thinkers. The excerpt interlaces reflections on fate ambition mortality and virtue, mentioning Milton Longfellow Spencer and Shakespeare among others, with brief musings on life’s brevity and the search for meaning.
New York publisher George P Rowell & Co issues the 19th edition of the American Newspaper Directory. It lists 15 420 papers in the United States Territories Alaska and Canada with circulation ratings and town by town details. The volume targets publishers advertisers and agents and serves as a Gazetteer worth the five dollar price.
A domestic scene shows a family bracing for the father’s return. Children hush as toys are boxed, mama glances at the door, sugar eases a baby, and a ceremonial calm settles over tea and bedtime. Joy returns with the father’s entrance.
A New York judge presided over a trial for stealing a gold watch from a woman on a streetcar. The defendant claimed ownership. a key issue arose as he denied winding the watch. After a lesson in the case, the judge sentenced him to five and a half years hard labor. Prohibition is argued to deter whiskey sales, aiding immigration control and attracting desirable people.
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