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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 23, 1899
Page
4
In a frontier camp story Mary Burgess, a determined sister, volunteers to cook in the woods to save the family mortgage. She faces loneliness and a bear intruding, survives by cleverness, earns respect, and helps raise funds to pay debts and support her brothers.
Mary Burgess eyes a way to clear a mortgage as John and Hugh recruit help for a winter lumbering venture. The family, including mother and two sisters, struggles with low farm prices and a remaining debt of a hundred dollars from the father's long sickness. Mary hopes this scheme will provide funds to pay the debt and ease hardship.
The writer recounts a Liverpool to London journey where an American bride observes a Rouaird employee lifting a small seven year old English girl into their compartment at Bunby. The girl asks about birds while the guard is puzzled and the scene ends with a playful mishearing of "love birds" as a directive.
A Toronto Christmas number from Saturday Night 1899 features a deluxe cover with maple leaves and embossed gold coins, sixty four pages of illustrations and stories by Canadian writers, a Rosa Bonheur Horse Fair plate, and a $55,600 Vanderbilt purchase note. Publisher Sheppard Publishing Co. offers copies for fifty cents through news agents or canvassers.
On Lake Erie a steamboat near the shore burst into flames midship. Pilot John Maynard stayed at the wheel guiding passengers to safety as flames closed in, holding on for five minutes until the vessel reached shore. He vanished in the fire or sea, dying at his post a heroic figure.
An extract from the Saturday Evening Post recounts Margherita Ariina Hamov visiting Chinese wives who debate genderAbility, footwear, and strength. The women challenge stereotypes by noting footbinding limits and asserting independence in walking riding and resisting domestic subjugation.
The Queen asked Lord Kitchener at Windsor if he had never cared for women. He answered that he was “quite trash with one exception.” He bowed and named no names, leaving the royal exchange with a puzzled smile.
In a hotel office a man spat tobacco juice, cursed loudly, and stepped on a small man’s coins. He boasted of a Europe voyage while others endured his loud, coarse behavior and the exchange ended with silence.
The Presbyterian Journal reflects a devotional voice expressing trust in God’s plan. The author acknowledges suffering and mystery yet affirms belonging to God and confidence that His care is best.
A medical college tale recalls a professor who asked students to submit independent diagnoses after examining a patient in a dance interval. The professor unveils 46 reports, all claiming different diseases, while the actual patient is revealed to be perfectly fine. An then a moonlit domestic scene and a humorous library anecdote follow from the Detroit Free Press.
The Diamond Dyes rise in popularity through strong claims of easy use and true colors on all fabrics and woods. Critics of imitation dyes are warned that these products deliver bright, uniform results when directions are followed, unlike dull competing dyes.
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