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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 03, 1919
Page
5
A fragmented poetic fragment depicts spring's arrival with floral imagery. It lists various flowers and seasonal transitions from March to summer, mentioning bells, chandeliers, and vivid colors. The text personifies flowers and nature while hinting at the changing seasons.
A 1839 Acton column notes James Russell advertising the Glebe arm and moving downtown. Indian doctor Qa W Hil of Brantford travels to college, a dressmaking school opens in Acton, and Mrs. Thompy Brunt hosts daily dress cutting lessons. Local temperance efforts by the W C T U push for women’s franchise. An Indies meeting in Knox Church discusses the issue, with literature distributed in Acton. Elders present a Bible to Jas Moffat. relatives gift Mrs Moffat and Mamie and Jennie with a rocking chair. John Moffat receives a writing desk from the local band.
Caleb Peaske touts Cy Kilgore as stubbornly contrary while Dan’l Siggons tests a smeared scent box on him. Kilgore recoils, insisting the odor is not lilac and mocks the experiment, exposing his fixation on being right or on the far side.
A garbled police transcript shows a lawyer grilling a witness about a robbery. The witness stumbles with uncertain responses while the attorney presses for facts and knowledge, and the transcript contains stray phrases and nonstandard wording.
The essay extols rice as affordable and versatile, usable all year in many cuisines. It highlights global practices from India, China, Japan, Turkey, Italy, and Provence, noting rice as a staple for nourishment, varied meals, and health, with easy preparation and economical benefits.
The article argues that back yard cleanliness mirrors a population's health education and influences town sanitation. It stresses maintaining gardens and yards to improve air and breathing, linking yard standards to overall intelligence and village cleanliness. It also promotes Dr Thomas' Eclectic Oil as a remedy for respiratory troubles.
Afilua Hwoetgirt was engaged to her curate and chose to look after him. A funeral officer stood nearby as she guarded the curate and warned to protect him. The girl remained anxious recalling a warning not to stand with her bare head on the dump ground.
A hot humid afternoon in a nearby town finds two elderly Indies on an electric car. An unplanned storm hits as wind and rain lash the open carriage. A worker’s coat is torn from a stranger and returned with a note of gratitude. The act, though simple, reveals human decency amid hardship.
An ornate prose piece extols faith healing and moral reform, contrasting a physician’s care with allegorical exhortations. It promotes Dr J D Kellogg’s Antha Remedy for asthma and argues liquor laws, education, religion, and patriotism suffer from alcohol. The Union Club of Cincinnati is cited with quotes on prohibition.
An unusual natural wonder in California features a maple growing from a colossal redwood stump. The stump is eighteen feet in diameter and estimated to be about four thousand years old while the maple appears to be in flourishing condition.
The article discusses how straw and tannin interact with clay to improve plasticity and strength in dried bricks. It cites findings attributed to Dr. YG Achellan and mentions carborundura and graphite production as context. The piece notes straw’s lack of tabpin but shows straw treated with water enhances clay properties and brick hardness.
A fragment shows a Nouve painter chatting with a fellow artist about preferred subjects and work, mentioning figure and landscape interests, and describing a country day with barn, fir trees, a hillside, and a lightning finish as part of a small talk exchange.
A fragmentary reflection urges seeking a model beyond self to improve. It notes that patterning only after one’s own past limits growth and that continued repetition of prior actions is unsatisfactory. The speaker encourages finding a distant example to imitate.
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