02 Sep 1886
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1886
Page
1
The notice outlines subscription rates with advance payment required and penalties for arrears. Advertising rates list quarter column and casual ads at seven cents per line with space-Measured pricing. Transitory ads must be prepaid, and contract ads require bids by Monday morning. a moneylending offer at six percent is also mentioned.
Fragmentary OCR shows a 1886 fall term start with 170 graduates and 187 diplomas or certificates across fields like Music Fine Arts Commercial Science and Collegiate Courses. Mentions Rev W P Dyer and various locations and terms but many words are garbled.
A poem about a poverty stricken family by the sea. A barefoot girl, her mother, and distant strangers. The mother promises better clothes when the ship comes in, but no ship arrives, leaving the girl to watch the horizon and reflect on hopes unmet.
A humorous dialogue between Mr. Bunby and Mrs. Bunby reveals the newspaper production steps from copy to press. They discuss editors, reporters, compositors, type setting, galley, proof, and the terms quoins, a chase, and form, with light master and pupil banter.
The passage argues that curiosity drives effective advertising and that consistent, well designed ads outperform high rent with flashy signs. It urges ongoing, frequent campaigns, changes in sensational ads, and continual visibility to keep a business in the public eye and in the reader’s mind.
The passage extols choosing the right course over the rough path and praises silence, restraint, and self discipline. It argues against ignorance, honors self control, and asserts that true progress comes from personal effort to be right and engage in the world’s work. It notes theories arising from thinking without knowledge.
Old' Folks, Herr Richini and other aging icons are referenced as decades of fame endure. Rumors of a wedding in Ypsilanti pair an 86-year-old bride with a 60-year-old groom. A 101-year-old Plymouth County woman, a choir alumna at Washington’s memorial, dies. A 114-year-old Mme Gorol is laid to rest beside a 113-year-old sister. A 106-year-old Chinese student seeks a degree with family present. The piece blends reminiscence with light satire on aging and learning.
A periodical outlines a calculation to show vast dimensions of a city from Revelation. Using a 12 000 furlong measure, it computes volume and room counts, assuming 990 million inhabitants per century, 1000 centuries, and 100 worlds, yielding more than a hundred 16 by 16 foot rooms per person.
An Indian Bengali child endures severe punishment after refusing to pray to idols. A relative explains the father struck her head against the ground, drawing blood, to force idol worship. The girl, smiling, says she believes only in Jesus and will not pray to idols.
The autumn apple picking season is October with caution against frost. Hand picking is standard, ladders of varied length needed, and fruit gatherers on poles reach end fruit. Hooks on baskets aid hanging from ladders, while a grain bag slung over the shoulder frees hands for gathering without bruising.
Aged prose extols Ager's Barsaparilla as a purifier that purifies and vitalizes the blood to improve overall health and mental clarity. The piece links blood purity to relief from fear, despondency, and weariness affecting the mind.
A nostalgic verse describes a golden head and two chubby hands as grandpa's pet. The child reigns from morning with a clock set by rule, riding cradles of imagination and demanding homage, while the poem laments time changing life’s dream of youth and the joy of being grandpa's pet.
An account extols Holloway's Pills and Ointment as curing and purifying agents. It describes steam as a vehicle for their spread and claims vast international support, including government sanction and princes’ patronage, with sixty clerks handling foreign correspondence.
A mother’s plea to her daughter to keep a chocolate for tea ends with a sticky-faced confession. The child answers with a comically curt justification about her stomach, as a plug for a worm medicine claims.
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