26 May 1887
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 26, 1887
Page
1
A moral admonition urging kindness and guidance to boys, noting that nurturing youth shapes men. It emphasizes mercy over harshness and recalls scenes of boys in need, asking adults to sow tenderness to foster better future men.
A tale of Frank Alden and Carrie Mapleton unfolds after the Reliance Bank failure. Carrie reveals a fifty thousand dollar inheritance and ends her engagement to Alden, who remakes his life in the West. Carrie marries Alden. Mrs Mapleton furnishes a home and funds their start, while Russell Boyd’s love triangle and bank collapse drive the plot forward.
Obscure notices outline subscription terms in advance and paper charges, with references to Nitrous Oxide gas for tooth extraction, and several local loan agencies offering money to loan at five percent. Multiple small business and professional notices appear, including a bookbinder and weaving services in Acton and Guelph areas.
A damaged OCR item references THOMAS C. MOORE and a list of goods including lumber, lath, shingles, and kitchen items offered for sale on short notice. It notes debt owed to him and asks readers to settle any amounts owed, citing his books as evidence.
The undersigned opens a stock of fancy goods, pins, tools and sewing supplies for all kinds of underwear and fine sewing. Ready to be neatly and promptly executed at reasonable prices. Shop next to Ynds' Jewellery Store. MIS 8 PERRYMann, Acton, Meyath, 1887. Orders taken.
A war veteran attends a swell dinner and discovers a caterpillar in his salad. He swallows it to avoid spoiling the party, earning the hostess’s gratitude and a sharp reply when asked about the incident.
A dialogue about repairs includes adding two glass panes, fixing the front step, painting plans, and hiring a painter. The speaker considers new window lights if the weather remains favorable and to assign responsibility for the work.
A playful old table claims to reveal a child’s age by matching their age to a column in a grid. Readers are told to combine the first figures of two columns to arrive at the age, with a sample sequence shown like 23 26 62 32 3a and others across columns for ages from 36 to 53.
A six foot Yankee in a rural shop encounter proposes to buy a load of brooms at cut prices. After a tense back and forth over cash and trade, he agrees to purchase the lot at cost, then shifts to requesting other goods, declaring a fair deal as the exchange proceeds.
A fragment describes insulators and feco with webs touching earth and rain making lines wet. It notes brooms of bambos to brush away webs and compares spider activity to workers, then briefly mentions the Canadian climate and a nasal balm as a discovery accessible to all.
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