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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 08, 1926
Page
4
A memory piece by Marion Couthouy Smith portrays an aging pianist at Acton Bree on a Thursday in April 1926. Her thin fingers coax tender, bygone tunes from yellowing keys as children listen, while adults recall youth and lost days with bittersweet nostalgia.
A Bellman joke follows a revival service where a minister greets a stranger and learns the man is submerged Presbyterian. The man explains his family attends many denominations, and he contributes to all, keeping him submerged in faith.
A mused essay compares a puppy, a cow, a child, and a pioneer driven by reluctance to disobey. It links temporary obedience to desire for freedom and the impulse to explore new worlds, noting that barriers spark the drive to progress and scientific advancement.
The article argues poor cooking harms cabbage reputation yet proper cooking enhances its appeal. Boil gently until tender then season with butter or white sauce. raw cabbage offers many salad possibilities.
Mrs Saunders laments scarce supplies after her husband returns home from Toronto. He grumbles about breakfast lacking and a tired hired girl, while she lists chores and food prep, insisting on keeping watch over the doughnuts and biscuits as they plan meals.
Addison Phelps works at Gregson's Corner and joins Silas Merritt on a Sugar Farm. The pair race to beat rivals by delivering first syrup to Sherman in Boston. Addison traps his ankle while tending the fire but, guided by Merritt, fuels through peril to haul twelve pails on the Leamington express.
The seventeenth annual Acton Chamber of Commerce dinner at the Clarendon Restaurant drew over 170 attendees including Sir Harry Brittain and Sir Barry Brittain. Toasts celebrated Empire trade, shopping weeks, and Acton’s role in industry, with remarks from Mayor Davenport and Chamber president W. T. Davenport and reports on the Shop in Acton campaign and British goods.
An old advertisement touts McCoy’s Cod Liver Extract Tablets as a powerful flesh producer claiming rapid weight gain. It promises 10 or 20 pounds of solid flesh in 40 days with a money back guarantee if no gain, and targets men seeking a healthier complexion and strength.
A Lincolnshire visitor sent a swan to the Athenaeum Club for a secretaries dinner. The bird proved extremely tough to carve after thirteen hours of cooking and drew jokes about the Rock of Gibraltar. The donor later revealed the swan had been kept as a family relic for centuries.
A Brooklyn Life tale notes many reasons women leave office work but highlights a writer’s quip about Miss Smith departing not for good but for better or for worse.
Poem promote local weekly paper urging readers to subscribe for two dollars yearly. Praises the paper as essential and beneficial, claiming it offers news and ads and elevates readers. Mentions subscription details and mythical local figures, ending with a call to enroll.
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