29 Nov 1883
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 29, 1883
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR content includes references to money lending terms and a dated poem about twenty years ago. The readable material references Acton, Joe Day, and a loan on $500 sums with favorable terms. The remainder is a long poem recalling past romance and shoreline imagery with lines about lovers and clandestine whispers.
Advertises Hicinbotham’s Cholera Preventative claimed to cure cholera diarrhea dysentery griping pains in the stomach and spasms with bottles to have on hand. Prepared only by referenced source.
W C Smith & Co advertise lower coal oil prices than American and Canadian rivals. Customers are urged to bring gallon cans for filling before price increases. The firm highlights large pre-purchases and stocks of machine oils. Dispensing chemists in Biginbotham's Block, Guelph.
Lucy Hall faces eviction as Squire Dean plans foreclosure after debt from Stephen Gregson. Abby Miller arrives with aid and a turkey, restoring hope. Stephen returns claiming fortune and asks to marry Lucy, while the Hall family plans a joyful Thanksgiving with creditors settled and home secured.
A Syracuse engineer Wal A Sweet recounts paying a judge 1000 dollars for legal advice after a casual question. Later the judge, also in salt business, sought mechanical advice and Sweet charged 1500 dollars for machinery guidance, both bills paid promptly.
An essay urges merchants to market boldly using print media. It argues consistent, liberal advertising yields profits and that waiting for word of mouth delays Bekannt inventions and goods. The piece cites a leading firm as an example of proactive promotion.
An exchange argues that a woman's power stems not only from beauty but from a broad range of refined traits. It highlights graceful movement voice tone courteous demeanor serene restraint and the suppression of independent will as elements inspiring love and admiration.
The poem extols a man who trusts in labor and virtue over speculation. It contrasts inner wealth of health, honesty, and steady will with worldly riches, arguing that true abundance comes from character and daily toil, not stock market gains. The author notes that wealth of health and honest effort prevents poverty even with little money, while envy follows the rich lacking these traits.
Practical verse advising a wife to please her husband through charm, domestic care, and polite companionship. It emphasizes catching a man young, keeping him happy with neat clothes, clean socks, good meals, tidy home, daily walks, thoughtful manners, and a quiet conversation at night.
P T Barnum visits the Crawford House in the White Mountains and performs a hat trick with three hats and three oyster crackers. He marks the crackers, eats them with water, and claims the crackers are under a chosen hat, amid skepticism.
Practical home remedy note extols eggs as soothing for burns and scalds by cooling and air blocking. It cites eggs as best among emollients and as a treatment for dysentery, recommending two to three eggs daily when ill and advising light diet and rest for quicker recovery.
A Denver billiard room tale describes three men trapped by a New Yorker who lured them into salting a mine hole for $8,000 cash and then controlled the operation. They claim the scam yielded over $750,000 in eight months as workers and gear moved in Frisco.
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