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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 02, 1925
Page
4
The poem describes a weary traveler in a storm seeking the light of home as night, wind, and rain press on. A figure appears in the darkness, offering hope that someone cares and awaits at home, transforming fear into joy.
A fragment from Doctor Good relays Gaboon Africa justice notions. An American Missionary William Walker loses a calf to a leopard. the chief claims payment for the loss. Explorer Cameron faces a native attempt to seize goods after money was paid to obtain them. The tale centers on perceived obligations and misapplied justice.
A fragmented tale depicts interracial relationships across the South. Cynthia recounts marriages to Chinese partners and mixed families, while a neighboring town shows a dying stranger aided by a Jew and a Chinaman, highlighting complex social bonds amid prejudice.
Ditchfield recounts an English clergyman who would prefer an English living over a Welsh one. The bishop questions the reason and the chaplain replies that his wife lectures while Welsh is not spoken at home. The parson’s world is pictured as the wilds of Wales.
Readable bits describe a scene in Hingland and Canada with references to new arrivals in a hardware store window and a young man commenting on a toilet display. The text is heavily garbled and lacks a coherent event or date.
A young girl recounts a voyage mishap for her doll Claribel and visits a London dolls hospital. She describes the clinic, nurses, and other dolls from around the world, noting Claribel’s repair and a friend’s doll transformation while stressing the hospital’s care for fragile toy patients.
The warden recalls Number Ninety-Eight in a penitentiary tale. The man, once repellent, found a blue-glass bead kept as a memory of his dead daughter. After a hospital stay and the admission, he sobbed and softened, revealing why the bead mattered and how it changed him.
A quirky list of questions and answers pairs about birds and terms, including meadowlark buntings quakers dove snowbird wagtail kingfisher whippoorwill and kinglet. It mixes hints on colors tools and sports as if in a playful quiz.
An account describes inspectors touring a Lunatic Asylum where workers repair a wall. A harmless patient pushes a wheelbarrow upside down and, after a kind trustee urges a turn, retorts that he turned it over yesterday and they played tricks.
Fragments describe Jones walking in rain when a stranger offered an umbrella after an awkward moment. The incident ends with mutual apologies as the two part with the umbrella still in the stranger’s possession.
A dense list of crossword clues and fragment notes including hints for horizontal entries such as areas of habitation clip weapon dignity response to applaud and many archaic abbreviations and foreign language terms, with scattered references to Canadian provinces and miscellaneous topics.
The Life of Rahman, Amir of Afghanistan, portrays a ruler who keeps loaded public safety items, bread, coins hidden in saddles, and revolvers at hand. He asserts a sovereign must always be prepared for emergencies, likening himself to a soldier on the march.
A 30 day all expenses paid tour from Toronto to the North Pacific coast is being arranged for teachers. It travels via Canadian National Railway with stops at Banff National Park Edmonton Vancouver and Prince Rupert then returns through Portland Yellowstone Salt Lake City Estes Park Chicago and Toronto. Directors are A Bryson and Martin Kerr. Details available from Bryson at 44 Silverthorn Avenue Toronto or Kerr at 4 Beulah Avenue Hamilton. Open to teachers and the general public.
A missionary and his boy face an approaching war band in Africa. Sally, a small dog with a big bark, charges the armed warriors, convincing retreat as the dog’s loud warning saves the caravan. The traveler recalls witnessing a tiny creature producing a mighty bluff.
In a New England Public Garden a child and aunt debate a swan-boat ride on the pond. A vendor’s call to “take a ride” attracts Marjorie’s curiosity yet alarms her when he mentions babies being thrown in.
A group of women toured Pike's Peak guided by a knee-pants youth who shouted rock and stream names as they ascended. Near the summit he announced the Lion's Mouth and confessed he did not know the reasons behind the names. He claimed his job was simply to holler the labels.
A farmhand of nine years quits after the farmer adds poultry work. The worker jokes about starving rather than being secretary to the hens and leaves following the task of dating each egg and naming the hen that laid it.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a man named Roman asked questions about a hypothetical plan. The wife ponders the feasibility and placement of a vast pump and a new dry, raising curiosity about the handle of a future project and its practical details.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports a 32.2 percent rise in total building valued at $11.21 million for 60 cities in January and February 1926, up from $8.46 million and $9.41 million in 1924. February 1926 permits show a gain of $348,648 from January and stronger year‑over‑year growth versus 1924.
A Willowby postmaster Mr. Watson describes his four sons. Jack is a minister without a pulpit, Fred a lawyer without a seat, William a teacher without a school. Sam, the youngest, sets out to be a farmer, works a hired plot, shares profits, and shows early promise for farming a future.
A story from a Christian Leader recalls a United Presbyterian minister in Dumfries who halted his sermon to wake a sleeping member. He warned the offender named James Stewart that a third interruption would expose him to the whole congregation.
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