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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 26, 1876
Page
7
Practical tips describe purifying vessels with charcoal powder after scraping impurities, removing putty or paint with caustic pastes, and whitening cloths with ammonia solution. It covers leather and paint care, linseed restoration with onion juice, soap, Fuller’s earth, and vinegar to treat scorched linen.
A juvenile trickster trained a tame parrot to feign purchases in grocers shops. The bird helped him steal delicacies then return to his cage, while onlookers chased the culprit. The scheme prompted police action after two offenders were caught in the act.
An excerpted, fragmented pastiche features a pastorlike narrator musing on wages sin and debts with anecdotes about a tailor a blacksmith and a clergyman in Boston. The passages weave proverbs about character and lessons to teach sons amid hard times and legal disputes.
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