15 Sep 1887
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 15, 1887
Page
1
A visionary narrative describes a divine vision that inspires joy and faith. The speaker mentions mountains and fountains, Humiliation’s valley, and salvation gates, suggesting a sacred mission to write and share a message with the world. The text frames a chosen writer as one sent from God to stir nations.
A minister recalls Benny, a country boy who funds mission work by hatching 13 eggs for a local charity. Benny's steadfast giving, despite taunts, inspires his family and tests his mother's temperance efforts amid cider mill conflicts. The tale traces his growth into Ben, a strong advocate for temperance and service.
Five year old Kitty Clover eagerly heads to her first day of school with primer in a satchel. A chorus of animals and townsfolk cheer as she learns a line from her primer and meets Miss Mary, then softly decides it is time to go home.
A cautious guide urges careful bathing behavior to avoid drowning. It stresses staying calm, learning to float, and using a supported grip on overturned crafts rather than panicking or scrambling.
A fragmented collection of biblical citations and phrases urges obedience worship and virtue. References include Exodus Deuteronomy Joshua Psalms Romans Corinthians Colossians Thessalonians Colossians 317 1 Peter and Revelation urging trust repentance hospitality and moral conduct.
A collage of dialog fragments and stray scientific notes appears, mentioning a family dispute over money, a suitor’s expectations, and a surgeon’s flesh transfer experiment. It also cites Prof James on wood ashes and practical farming tips, reflecting a mixed page of social chatter and scientific curiosities.
A poem-like fragment describes a tired Dustman visiting a nursery at twilight. He lays his hand on sleeping children, smiles softly, and guides their dimples into dreams, leading them away through a green forest to Slumberland.
The text lists major historical advances and events from telegraphy to the discovery of the telephone, plus key global shifts such as Texas annexation, Mexican war, California, gold, 1848 revolutions, Napoleonic era, French Republic, ocean cables, Civil War, abolition of slavery, Italian and German unifications, papal power decline, Russian serfs emancipation, Central Asia expansion, and African exploration.
In a fast moving German carriage an Englishman stuck his head out the window. A gust blew off his hat and he tossed the hat box after it then smiled. Germans laughed and one shouted a quip about returning the hat. The Englishman replied he would recover both hat and box with the box showing his full name and hotel address.
A timid author haggles for space to print Frabilee Ode offering $0.50 per line, while a rival bet sparks tension. The editor praises merit as the author exits $50 ahead after the deal.
A South friend asks a negro girl for her name. The girl replies with a long sequence Matilda Misierva Melvina Virginia Victoria Joe and adds My grandmother died in Wash. The exchange ends with a puzzled smile as memory slips.
The heir apparent is the eldest son of the sovereign and cannot be displaced except by death. If the sovereign has no child, the throne’s next in line is the heir presumptive because an heir would lose the succession if the king’s child is born, triggering the right of succession.
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