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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 02, 1925
Page
2
A 1975 ActonHrew Press excerpt features Aaron 1400 dreaming of knowing celestial distances and weather mechanisms. He longs for medieval curiosity, compares past and present knowledge, and laments lack of electricity and science for boys.
A starving mother asks for a Christian like burial for her dead infant. Jackson, keeper of the morgue, helps by visiting an undertaker and arranging a simple coffin burial, paying the cost himself. The act reveals quiet compassion amid hard urban life.
The history recounts Charles Haddon Spurgeon courting Susannah Thompson in the 1860s. Their engagement included shared readings and letters, leading to a January 8, 1866 wedding at New Park Street Chapel.
In Maine a dairy herd yields bitter milk and bark-eating cows. Uncle Solon Chase, a Greenback figure, suggests acorn a) caused bitterness from red oak acorns and b) suggests Cayenne pepper to deter feeding and cure rumination issues. The narrator tests Solon’s remedy and warns of farm wisdom versus city views.
A provincial call urges planting trees and shrubs around rural schools to build a love of nature. The piece argues gardens aid botany learning and long term beautification of homes, citing John Burroughs and the role of early outdoor education in shaping character.
A humorous tale traces a Puritan minister whose habit of exaggeration frustrates three deputations. The story ends with the congregation recognizing that even good men can have an incurable fault. A local business note promotes Kyuss Press as a widely circulated family newspaper.
Ottawa March 24 1925 after seven days of debate the House of Commons approved sending the proposed federal agreement with Sir William Petersen to a special committee next year to control ocean freight rates. Liberal and Progressive voices pressed for deeper inquiry while Conservatives criticized the contract and urged another route. The Prime Minister stressed rates control as part of broader policy including immigration and industrial development.
An old slave worker, shaped by harsh toil, is praised for simple piety and steady virtue. A Church Union writer notes the man’s unwavering belief in truth as he faces death, illustrating wisdom in humble, daily acts and quiet resilience.
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