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25 Oct 1877
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 25, 1877
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text presents unclear items and measurements. No identifiable people places organizations or events to anchor a news style summary.
A fragmented listing of professionals and notices including medical graduates and physicians, a Victoria College graduate consultant, insurance and mortgage agent, a matheson attorney at law, a land surveyor, a barrister, auctioneer, and licensed services. Entries mention residences and offices in Acton, Guelph, Hamilton, Milton, and surrounding districts with prompt service promises.
The subscriber thanks patrons of the late Galloway Bros. firm and seeks continued support. The bakery offers fresh bread buns and cakes daily with a stock on hand, cash purchases only credit to prompt monthly customers. Wedding and fancy cakes made on short notice with satisfaction guaranteed. All goods pledge pure, using best materials. Liston October 1, 1877.
A compact listing of religious books for Sunday school work and instruction. Includes works on The Four Gospels, The Apostle Peter, Counsels to Teachers, The Art of Teaching, Our Work, and Ready for Work. Advertises a large Bay's Book Store stock with low prices.
An advertisement promotes Travelers Life and Accident Insurance Company, a stock firm offering low rate all cash life policies with no medical exam, touting large policy counts and benefits paid. It lists 33 Adear de Street East, Toronto, and agent Wilson Irwin. A poem excerpt follows praising humble virtue and neighborly aid.
A fragment from the Free Press Office references a livery and sale stable near the Post Office with a rerouting note for YH Rerect. The unreadable text suggests a civic notice or property transaction tied to local commerce and street naming.
A northern Californian mountaineer meets a quiet stranger on a remote Sierra trail. The pair share tobacco, Dickens talk, and a plan to swap horses while slipping toward Lone Valley where Sylvester, a recluse host, lives. The guest introduces himself as Kearney, but the narrator distrusts the disguise as night falls and a sheriff hunts the mysterious man.
In Sacramento court a Chinaman testified against a white man during jury selection. An attorney pressed jurors on belief in Chinese witnesses, prompting the juror to say he would trust a Chinaman as soon as a white man, though not a direct answer. The attorney remained unimpressed.
A collage of quips and anecdotes spans portraits of Death as art, Lincoln’s tale, sleeping poleward, moral maxims, and reflections on virtue and prudence. It fuses jokes, aphorisms, and brief vignettes from a historical Irish journal and Canadian communities, with scattered remarks on language, manners, and character.
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