20 Sep 1877
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 20, 1877
Page
1
A long compilation lists various social and health moments for taking whiskey, from after meals and during chores to occasions like meetings, travels, or reconciliations. It weaves in moral reflections and snippets on education, science, and morality, ending with a quirky note about marriage records in Kentucky.
Acton announces a December 5 1876 notice from W H Hill offering mouldings and picture frames ready made or custom made. The ad promises prompt service at reasonable rates and invites customers to visit Tao Ontario Photograph Gallery for high quality framing.
The Travelers Life and Accident Insurance Company of Hartford promotes low cash premium plans with dividends in advance and no medical exam. It markets combined life and accident policies as cheap as rivals and claims 436,000 policies with cash benefits exceeding 22.565 million to policyholders. District Agent 33 Adelaide Street East Toronto Wilson Lewin, Special Agent.
A verse admonishes women to dress carefully for church, noting bonnets and gowns and urging focus on propriety. It mocks vanity with lines about diamond pins, gold chains, and curls while urging piety and orderly appearance.
In a confession told to Will, Cyrus Greyson recounts a life shaped by wealth art and temperance. He reveals his family history a father who died a murderer and his own near fall from alcohol after reading the grim tale of crime and punishment. He vows to warn others and honor his friend’s plea to avoid ruin through drink.
Lewenboeck describes minute organisms seen under the microscope. He notes twenty seven millions would equal a mite and insects in sand cavities. Mold forms a forest of trees and hairs become hollow tubes. The body skin bears scales that cover many pores and perspiration leaks through like a sieve.
A Missouri farmer's daughter died by her own hand in Mexico. A week earlier she wrote a tender letter to her lover saying she could not marry him to avoid bringing him misery and would free herself from this world. The note expresses deep love and sorrow.
A transcription of a nonsense verse asks for punctuation to clarify meaning. It presents a jumble about ladies with nails, Lord Palmerston, and absurd images like a rocket walking, a pony, and a blacksmith in a box, seeking a precise punctuation solution.
A Cincinnati liquor dealer faced a customer who wrote a letter praising a whiskey he sold. The customer claimed repeated insect poison attempts failed to match the quality of the old cabinet whiskey. The item reflects a curious 19th century commerce anecdote.
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