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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 26, 1876
Page
3
Practical instructions describe purifying long retained shells with charcoal powder after scraping loose impurities with sand and flannel. It warns against certain soaps and suggests paste made from water, caustic soaps, lime and potash for old putty, plus methods to clean black cloth and restore scorched linen using onions, soap, Fuller's earth, and vinegar.
In a Police Court report a clever youth used a trained parrot to aid theft. The boy entered grocers shops with the caged bird to distract shopkeepers while he pocketed costly items. The ruse worked too often, drawing protests from traders and two arrests in the act.
Fragmented antique prose features a printer’s typos and a tailor friend of the poor, plus fables about wages, debts, and a blacksmith in a county court. A Boston clergyman, a Yankee lady, and several humorous vignettes illustrate cautionary tales about money, character, and rulings.
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