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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 08, 1926
Page
7
A short verse describes how various birds like Jenny Wren Cardinal grosbeaks and doves choose nests in trees on barns vines and bushes. It notes nests of mud straw and plant materials kept safe by shelter and blends natural nesting with gentle domestic imagery.
A Sunday school lesson explores Genesis 1 with focus on God as Creator, the poetic form of the creation account, and the harmony between religion and science. It contrasts divine word, order, and man made in God’s image with reflections on knowledge, faith, and daily life.
Easter Sunday will be observed in all churches. Snow storms again hinder roads. Local businesses report repairs, fencing orders, and property sales. Church renovations include carpet and a ceremonial gong. Community clubs elect officers and organize. The Tennyson Club gifts a poetry volume to Mrs. Wilson. Choir leadership changes at the Methodist church.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports prairie per capita wealth at 3296 dollars in 1923 up from 2626 nationally, with agriculture contributing 1916 of wealth. Prairie population reached about 2.06 million over 446 million acres. Output totaled 968 million dollars, yielding 432 dollars per person. Saskatchewan leads in farming share. Alberta and Manitoba show mining and manufacturing as secondary sectors.
A distorted extract presents fragmented imagery of a generation, frogs, flowers, and nature. The phrases mix references to robes, Chinese origins, and repetitive sounds, creating a surreal, nondirectional poem fragment rather than a clear narrative.
A new village teacher misreads pupils as he asks a riddle about seven oranges and eleven more. A student hesitantly answers that they always do sums with apples. The item contrasts old and modern hunting methods.
The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Scotland moored at Kowloon near Hong Kong. A fantastic tale speaks of a huge bell near Nara, Japan, weighing forty eight tons and sounding like a woman’s voice, forged by Hop Si Wong for an emperor. The bell’s famed resonance moved listeners, with a legend about a daughter’s sacrifice and the bell’s creation, echoing through the Temple of Todai.
A guileless widow, Mrs Godard, explains she has only a quarter and cannot walk home. A cheerful tramp offers to change a bill, shows a dime and nickel, then behaves strangely as she heads home. The text abruptly shifts to an unrelated line about a worm exterminator named Mother Graves Worm Exterminator.
Experimental Farms Branch announces Mackay a vigorous white flowered field pea variety from Mummy and Black Frye Marrowfat cross. It yields about 10 bushels per acre more than Arthur, with longer straw and strong forage potential. Recommended for trial across the Dominion and for oat pea hay mixtures.
Angus Weber bought 28 western cattle last fall and sold them with a total weight of 32 980 pounds at 8 cents per pound for 2336 65. A 1796 pound bull sold at 5 cents and two butchers sold at 6 5 cents. The herd averaged about 60 pounds gain per head per month. Hurley Holloway’s Corn Remover is advertised.
The article notes Molktinns Canadian Newspaper Directory reporting 1 538 publications in Canada across provinces led by Ontario and Quebec. It then surveys apple variety selection for growers and promotes a Department of Agriculture booklet and Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil with claims of medicinal benefits.
In James Greenwood's The Wilds of London the watercress man, a 76 year old crippled former soldier, faces harsh poverty amid frosty Hackney beds. He resists workhouse life, choosing dignity and independence over charity despite rheumatism and a frigid dawn market hustle.
A reflective essay on honesty and secrecy, urging that true love serves others, keeps promises, and avoids harm by not defaming or spreading idle talk. It contrasts self-respect with misplaced reassurance and stresses active kindness over mere talk.
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as effective both externally and internally. It claims external use opens pores and relieves trouble by touching the seat of the trouble, while internal use stirs irritation in the throat to stop coughing and relieve bronchial and respiratory afflictions.
During a Sophocles performance at Theatre Royal Dublin the gallery called for the author and laughed when it was reminded Sophocles is long dead. A manager’s explanation sparked louder jeers then a demand to “bring out his mummy.” Asthma Overcome. Dr Kellogg's Asthma Remedy claimed to aid rheumatic attacks with numerous testimonials. Obtainable from dealers.
Danny Tracy, a widower, marries Abigail Jones with a frank confession about a wedding present. He reveals four children waiting at home as his surprise heirs, making the ceremony quickly lighthearted and quirky as the couple begins married life.
A fragmentary tale recounts a minister testifying about a past clash. The witness misreads actions as enticement using a crowbar, with a series of pokes and blows described in a murky, sensational tone.
Mrs A Howard reports relief after Adlerika easing stomach trouble and gas. Ad claims one spoonful removes gas stops bloating and old waste from intestines and says it makes you feel happy and hungry. A Brown Druggist endorses the product.
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