09 Oct 1890
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 09, 1890
Page
1
A farmer’s wife devised a trap using a half full water boiler and oats to lure rats into a barn setting. The first night yielded forty two drowned rats as they investigated the contraption. The excerpt then shifts to a reflective musing on books and their enduring wisdom.
In a tender domestic scene Hallie asks Aunt Alice for Irving and is refused. Hallie faces his father and Aunt Alice’s quiet reproach, realizing his selfishness when a gentle nudge from Dairy leads him to reflect on the little girl’s generosity and a lesson he won’t forget.
A returned missionary entertained listeners including children and discussed India the cobra worship myth. Kenneth, seven, interrupted with Stop right there to go to bed. The piece warns against overstimulation before sleep and suggests gentle stories to guide children to peaceful dreams.
The text argues that true strength comes from self-control and fairness. It warns that bullies fail to attain lasting status, as lasting influence requires honesty and discipline. A leader must be calm under provocation, self-reliant, and imperturbable, while a coward reacts with noise to hide fear.
An advertisement extols Baplock Blood Bittard as an effective remedy for constipation. It urges timely use to avoid serious outcomes and cautions against neglecting treatment, urging readers to act now.
The passage describes tent force or fluid called Electefcity as a universal healer. It claims Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil relieves neuralgia rheumatic pain and throat and lung ailments among other cures.
The ad touts a range of dress fabrics in multiple colors and widths. It highlights double width cloths sold at 12.5 to 88? cents and emphasizes new styles and center fashion appeal. Buyers are urged to view offerings at the shop.
An ad-like notice promotes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup claiming to ease teething pain and treat dysentery diarrhea wind colic and inflammation. It touts approval of a leading female physician and urges mothers to buy at drugstores for twenty five cents a bottle.
A public exhortation urges replacing evil thoughts and publications with wholesome books. It emphasizes instant action, urges young readers to start a chosen library anchored by the Bible and Sunday school materials, then add history biography travel science art and literature as circumstances permit to gain culture and values.
An Ottawa era advertisement extols Brown's Household Panacea as a universal remedy for pains in the side back throat rheumatism and cramps with claims of rapid blood quickening and double strength. It notes price at 25 cents a bottle and urges households to keep it handy. A farmer named M Sheehan reports success with Thomas Eclectric Oil on horses. The notice also promotes Toronto Weekly Mail farm ads at five cents a word.
Beavers and chpvoits dominate for early fall wraps and jackets with three quarter length leading. Dame Fashion declares Marine Blue will be most popular. Housekeepers should inspect fine linen stock as the store aims to offer reliable goods and value for every dollar spent.
The sale notes large lines of hosiery gloves corsets and underwear, with pompons offered at 1 cent each or 30 cents a dozen. Prices show discounts on felts canvases tracing materials and embroidery silks compared with regular prices.
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