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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 07, 1921
Page
5
A nostalgic verse vignette describes birthday scenes at home with children of various ages. It highlights a playful, intimate celebration rhythm as a family marks another year, imagining birthday dolls, watches, books, and simple joys. The piece conveys warmth and daily life in a domestic setting.
Local notices report Knox Church Sunday school session at Wednesday meeting. Tennis Club reorganization results list officers and management committee. Inland Printer feature photographed by A T Brown Acton. Acton Adolf Club officers elected at council chamber. Knox Church hosts a successful Rock Social with program and refreshments. Obituary for Charles T HM age 61 at Ell Street Acton. Frank Burgess dies at St Josephs Hospital Guelph aged 41.
A lad devoted to outdoor life inspires his Sunday School class through a winter hike and a woodland bonfire. Fred Boott Shopard recalls how a teacher’s personal effort forged loyalty, fellowship, and respect among his young charges.
Fragmented wartime satire laments lawlessness and crime in society. The speaker rails at thieves and predatory behavior, describing a decay in industry and public virtue as dangers rise and “highway robbery” roams openly. The passage closes with a bitter taunt on a dying civilization.
A fragmented text compares the concept of a million to time, noting Rome’s founding and major events like Trafalgar as distant markers. It blends misheard phrases and eroded OCR hints about numbers and eras, with stray references to Alderman races and public notices.
Sunday school lesson by B. W. Thornton analyzes first Corinthians 6 19 20 urging believers to honor their bodies as temples of the Spirit. It contrasts athletic training with spiritual self control, discusses temperance and self discipline, and outlines practical questions for study including how to glorify God in the body and the role of self denial in Christian living.
A dense, local reading describes Vancouver Inland coastal industry and prospecting. It notes Tidewater Copper Co. mining near Hydnay Juliet, Nootka Packing Co. plant at Nootka Sound with 3,000 tons daily herring and pilchards, and substantial whale byproducts. It mentions Nootka tribe burial grounds, Quatsino Sound, and distant logging camps with sparse settlement, hinting at wealth and unknown fortunes in the inland terrain.
The article recounts how Iowa farmer Jack Miner started teaching a Sunday school class after a boy invited him. He initially struggled with reading but found purpose guiding a tough group, whose interest grew as they discussed humble life lessons. Miner eventually leveled land for a baseball diamond to inspire the town's boys.
A fragmented passage notes how various peoples including Chinese and other Asians craft paper and apply it creatively, producing goods such as window planes, arm broiling fins sandals and more, reflecting a wide range of papermaking uses. The text contrasts practices across regions and hints at global exchange of materials and techniques.
Fragmentary rail timetable text shows scattered entries with days and times. References to daily and Sunday schedules indicate limited legible times and destinations. Names and exact routes are unclear due to OCR damage but signal a railway timetable snapshot with irregular formatting.
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