23 Nov 1899
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 23, 1899
Page
1
Mary Burgess volunteers to cook in a lumber camp to ease family debt. She braves a bear intrusion in the winter camp, survives a three hour stand off, earns respect, and the family clears mortgage funds. Mary’s courage changes the camp's behavior toward women and work.
John Burgess and his brothers Hugh and Peter plan a renewed lumbering venture to cope with low farm prices and debt. Mary Burgess hopes to clear mortgage, while the family, including two sisters, has struggled after a hard winter and a sick father. Mary sees a chance to pay down the hundred dollar debt and relieves their mother by hiring men, a cook, and a rider to run the operation.
An American bride recalls sharing a railway carriage with a seven year old English girl. At Bunby the board helped the child into the compartment amid apologies and a tense exchange about birds and a guard.
A description of Toronto Saturday Night’s Christmas 1899 issue featuring a gold leaf embossed cover with Spirit of the Rain, sixty four pages illustrated by Canadian writers, and Rosa Bonheur Horse Fair plate. Noting purchases by Cornelius Vanderbilt and Roya Bonheur, with prices and portraits, urging readers to buy from news agents or canvassers.
A steamboat on Lake Erie near shore catches fire. Pilot John Maynard stays at the wheel guiding passengers to safety while flames engulf the vessel. Though all aboard survive, Maynard perishes, sacrificing himself in a heroic rescue.
The Saturday Evening Post recounts Margherita Ariina Hamer meeting wives of a Chinese mandarin. They marvel at her unbound feet and her ability to walk ride and run like a man. A translator notes their amusement and questions about strength and autonomy.
The Sirdar Lord Kitchener is described as plain in praise and slow to compliment. While at Windsor he faced a painted question from Queen Victoria about his views on women. He replied with a bow and a terse line, noting one exception among women.
A man in a hotel spat tobacco juice and cursed about his Europe voyage last year. He upset patrons by stomping a small man’s coins and making a harsh scene, prompting a sharp exchange when a bystander asked if he had ever been to Europe.
A Presbyterian Journal devotional reflects on faith, trusting God’s loving plan. The speaker affirms being God’s child, finding security in His care and sovereignty despite confusion in life’s paths. The piece emphasizes divine love, guidance, and the belief that all belonging to God is rightly ordered.
A New Orleans physician recalls a medical classroom prank where students submitted fifty different diagnoses for a patient before discovering there was nothing wrong. The tale shifts to a moonlit hammock scene with a father chasing a kiss, then a library anecdote about Hopkinson Smith's Tom Grogan and a puzzled father answering the phone.
An ad extols Diamond Dyes as superior to imitators and inferior dyes. It argues users avoid muddy colors from cheap dyes and praises Diamond Dyes for true uniform colors on wood and textiles when directions are followed. The copy questions competing claims and cites a physician endorsement as a humorous note.
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