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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1899
Page
4
Oxford furnaces and stoves including the Base Burner range highlighted for home heating. Local makers emphasize durability and efficiency across models.
The COOPER and AKINS store announces completion of a new fashion lineup with latest novelties from top rooms in New York and London. They invite customers to view goods and promise fit and workmanship. Sole agents in Acton for Spellwarp Serge, colorfast for two years or money refunded.
Miss Constantia longs for company at Thanksgiving as she invites Paulina Ward and her son, while Nan’s memory haunts the home. A letter brings Dick and Nan’s reconciliation, uniting wealth and poverty in a shared feast. Aunt Candace and Judy help realize a heartfelt, inclusive day of thanks.
A devotional poem praising God as Lord of harvest. It requests health strength home and peace and blesses trials and tribulations as yielding spiritual grain. The text ascribes gratitude for Jesus revelation and ends with a hopeful vision of gathering and thanksgiving at a heavenly supper.
The piece praises Thanksgiving and gratitude before noting varied historical feasts. It then recounts a Boston & Maine Station bootblack who, deaf and mute, is mocked by a drunk passenger, who finally learns of the man’s condition before leaving.
A police magistrate lists 22 witnesses accusing a prisoner of running through streets without clothes, assaulting a young woman, arson, shooting, attempted stabbing, abusing and evicting his family, vandalism, and hoarse shouting. The man admits the acts but claims drunkenness. The judge condemns him, then allows a next case after brief apology.
A historical note describes how European table linens evolved from large “doublers” in the twelfth century to two-layer cloths in the sixteenth century, with one smaller cloth and a larger embroidered overcloth folded to resemble a winding river. It traces shifts to a single flat cloth touching the floor by the late century.
An ocean captain, famed for foul language, bets he can quit swearing for a week. After calmer days, a squall tests discipline as crew aloft anger the captain. He hurls his cap, stomps the deck, and, with a fierce glare, mutters a blasphemous exclamation.
In Russia a horse prone to bolting is restrained by a thin cord with a noose tied to the dashboard. When the horse bolts the bit is pulled, tightening the cord around the windpipe and signaling the driver to take control.
An article explains Diamond Dyes as a solution for families with limited incomes to refresh dresses and outerwear. It claims the dyes restore faded garments at low cost, delivering strong fast colors and easy use, making them popular among women seeking economical wardrobe updates in Canada.
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