23 Sep 1897
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 23, 1897
Page
1
A fragment shows J M Bond and Co of Guelph promising varied lamp pricing to please customers with flexible options for lamps and prices.
A boy famed for laughter disrupts a bustling city home. After a prank involving a French bonnet, he returns in rain with a bandbox, earnestly atone, and learns the cost of mischief as Nelly Knox and Mrs. Petherick face consequences and kindness binds them.
In a rain soaked street scene Guy assists a distressed woman with a sprained ankle as she worries about delivering hats meant for the shop. He offers to help carry the band boxes toward her home on Bleecker Street while she battles pain and uncertainty.
A narrator recalls a vision of a refined life for a girl, describing a "great lady" with a house, velvet floors, maids, and a boarding school named Fonata, all sparked by Nelly’s small banana peas night. The speaker reflects on gentility and truth.
A girl recounts Dick Rashleigh’s advances and her indignation at his attempts to Kiss and marry. She confirms her mother’s opposition and notes diary entries reflecting conflict, resentment, and a longing for affection.
A moral note urges children to avoid vulgar language and seek purity through faith. A humorous, reflective squirrel anecdote follows, showing how nature and kindness can outshine harsher actions. The piece ends with a Washington Post reference to a driver job interview and a dishonest past.
A damaged verse from a Hamilton girl to a Toronto youth shows a playful start about closeness and affection, then devolves into unreadable garbled lines and corrupted text. The readable portion hints at romantic longing and neural rush but ends with scattered letters and broken phrases.
A wife pleads for her husband a proto prison convict amid a city mansion built from vice. The scene contrasts wealth and luxury with the man’s fall, the judge’s strict stance, and a providential reproof that crime leaves a lasting stain. The tale ends with a moral rebuke on wrongdoing.
A Saturday night drinker becomes forgetful about his hiding places for money. His canary, hung in front of the window, is observed by a neighbor. When the wife angrily refuses to sell the bird, the man realizes the bird’s perch yielded several coins, revealing missing cash.
A young Nell visits her aunt as a cousin asks for a repeat of a simple mandolin tune. Nell listens entranced, begs for more, and smiles as the melody is played again and again, watching the strings move up and down with delight.
A self described self made man recounts his father’s early life and contrasts it with a public reception. He praises Hood's Sarsaparilla as the proper path to health, claiming it makes the blood rich and pure.
A fragmented devotional text emphasizes daily piety and self discipline. It requests guidance to perform diligent work, speak kindly, avoid idle words, and follow one two daily vow pattern for today only. It repeats a plea to God to keep one from sin tomorrow.
A Sunday service near a church becomes a comic scene as Willie and his dog Dan disrupt the sermon. Dan answers to the name Daniel when called by the minister, prompting laughter from the congregation. Willie admits the dog slept and asks for forgiveness, ending with the minister’s resolve to tie up the dog next time.
A man escorts a girl and her chaperon to a theater. Lacking funds for all three, he borrows from the girl who pays for the others, while the humor of the evening eludes him. The girl laughs at herself and the couple’s awkward moment shifts to shared amusement.
An old advertising piece touts Diamond Dyes as superior for strong bright lasting color and promotes Kyora Sarsaparilla as a purifier for workers. It urges women to try the products and claims no starving or loafing while using them. The copy emphasizes business success and self care.
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