18 Nov 1880
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 18, 1880
Page
1
Fragmentary text claims a person named Dee Garvin purchased a butcher business by Mr A Cock and that they have ordered beef, pork, and sausage quantities. The readability is poor and details are incomplete.
Grandma recalls a youthful romance with Jedediah and a bear scare on a January night. The tale mixes humor, romance, and rural life while highlighting memory, pride, and the fallout with Jedediah over leaving her during the escape. The narrator ends with caution about gossip and tattlers in the community.
An eerie monologue laments approaching winter with garbled imagery of shadows and monsters. A plea to Mary to endure till spring accompanies lines about sealing doors and preparing blankets as sleep and hibernation loom.
A man entered a Woodward Avenue hosiery shop asking for few socks and pressured a price cut from twenty to seven cents per pair claiming cheaper socks available in Toledo. He made a fake affidavit with a dollar fee, left with four pairs, while the clerk whispered that virtue rewards fools.
A fragment shows a scene in a hardware store where a man carries a length of stove pipe and faces a mock sequence of “men” giving odd instructions. The dialogue mocks social roles as townsfolk discuss building fires and nearby Ohio.
The publishers George Stinson Co of Portland Maine announce elegant steel engravings sized 30 by 40 inches. Titles include The Welcome Step by Kilburne Tic Thoughts by Dubaony Mumpou a Birthday by the ancae artist Boddy by SP Guckerell. Prices are low to encourage homes adorned with quality art.
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