Tam Acton Free Press announces weekly publication
The local paper in Acton Ontario lists Thursday home delivery at the Puss Puta building. Subscriptions cost 12 per year in advance with US office charges noted. Advertising rates are given for transient and contract placements with per line charges and yearly commitments.
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Tam Acton Fim Uum
Pullahol
Puss Puta
AW Grenot
Acton
Ontario
Pontase Ia
Addional
United Statis
Uno
T Homooml
Referendum Liquor Question Sparks Controversy
The editorial discusses debate over referendum wording on liquor and how voters favoring prohibition can simply answer negatively to all four questions. It notes confusion on how repeal and amendments to the Ontario Temperance Act could be enacted if the act were repealed by the first question.
Two-Cent Letter Postage Reverts in North America
The United States reopens two-cent letter postage as Canada did, while wartime three-cent rates failed to boost revenue. The shift aims to revive mail use, with penny postage historically increasing revenue and expected to raise postal income again once adopted.
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United States
Canada
Canada Forest Values in Pulp and Paper Industry
The Forestry Branch and Dominion Bureau of Statistics report a surge in Canada's forest sector during reconstruction. In 1917 total product value rose about 140 percent from 1915 levels, with pulp wood use up nearly 50 percent, and wages up 96 percent as employment grew by roughly 50 percent. Cards used numbered 2,100,000 with value around 18.8 million dollars.
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Canada
Forestry Branch
Department of the Interior
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Improvements to Educational System Venture in Legislature
The first major address by Hon Dr Cody as Minister of Education surveys the province's schools. He outlines consolidated rural schools, revised attendance enforcement, rural library libraries, and teacher training split for technical and industrial education. Grammar and composition reform and lighter homework are hinted. Special secondary agricultural, commercial, and technical schools will be established with support to raise rural teacher salaries.
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Cody
Ontario Prohibition Stance Highlighted in Editorial Notes
Editorial argues Ontario’s prohibition success proves voting against four referendum questions will keep wine and beer ban. Notes Quebec’s last week vote favored alcohol, while Ontario witnesses fewer drunkenness and healthier homes since 1914. Calls for non-partisan rural inquiry and reform.
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Quebec
Ontario
Michigan
National Liberal Convention to be Held in Ottawa
The Liberals announce a National Liberal Convention set for August 5 to 7 in Ottawa to reorganize and select a new leader or line up in Dominion matters. The plan, announced early, aims to mobilize constituencies to send delegates and forge a unified stance.
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Dominion
Ottawa
Gleg at the Uptake in Walter Mayne Tale
Walter Mayne and family navigate daily life with quiet acts of care. A title phrase “gleg at the uptake” defines alert readiness as Walter closes a door, helps others, and responds to requests with understated support within a family scene.
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An Irish Soldier Teaches Decency in War Time
An officer punishes a rebellious regiment by forcing a young Irish soldier to march the line for all to see. The tall tale ends with the soldier declaring the regiment’s discipline has failed to impress him, in a bold display of stubborn humor.
New York Paderewski Meeting Inspires Tale of Flight
A fragmentary reminiscence features Jack Londen and pianist Paderewski discussing a daring plane performance. The speaker recalls a plantation owner father, a flood washing away a house, and the dining room table surviving as the father floated downstream while the speaker played the piano.
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Remarkable House Gathering Sets Example of Care
A distant visitor arrives by train to a small gathering at 1 Gilead. An elderly neighbor, poorly dressed, is guided home by a younger woman praised for kindness and support. The hostess remarks on the gesture, noting how society should honor such acts of grace and charity.
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Gilead
Jending
Asham
Aden
Far Iran
Clerk fools thieves with grain of wit and bird seed trick
A local clerk recalls foiled thieves who are too clever for talk and a later joke about fetching sweet potato seed and birds, ending with a wary warning about quick wits in a busy shop. The anecdote, from the Lop Angler Times, highlights shop life and sly customers.
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Bomeone
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Amart Alecks
Mirda
Eres
Not Much Chance
A soldier grouses about a company dominated by various professionals including a lawyer a minister and an auctioneer. He argues their debate on Egyptian law disrupts daily life and hampers even a plumber from stopping a gas leak.
A Household Industry Advertisements Attract Notice
The paper features lively talk on home industry and advertising. Mr Hobart and his wife discuss stockings and furniture making with claims of aging furniture via a secret process. The playful banter hints at domestic enterprise and possible rental ideas.
Are We Downhearted The Sailor Waiter And The Admiral
A collection of humorous and moral sketches touches on temperance hospitality and service. An American admiral recalls a courteous Japanese waiter who later proves his value as a leader after years apart. The piece contrasts cheerful civic spirit with caution against petty jealousy.
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Europe
France
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Unclear Motivations and Hidden Truths in a Leader
A fragmentary reflection argues that leadership relies on vision and restraint. It asserts that fortune favors the prepared, duty to others comes from divine provision, and stresses work, kindness, and honest effort over showy power.
Unknown 19th Century Event Noted in Fragmentary Report
A garbled OCR fragment describes wind damage from a church outing with a hat marked “reduced to $276.” It mentions a Cuban sugar plantation modifying a railroad locomotive to avoid danger from sparks. The text is unclear but indicates weather and industrial events.
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Cuba
They Agreed Only Once in Forty Years of Marriage
An old couple who wed forty years ago recalls their rare consensus when the house caught fire. They both agreed the best action was to leave at once, illustrating a rare united moment in their long marriage.
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Dominion
Omer
West
Local Trader Seeks Various Goods and Hides
A dealer advertises purchasing 1000 head fat hens and chicks at up to 10e a pound and also buys apples hides skins and second hand items. The notice seeks all kinds of yank bought.
Notice to Creditors for Wally Grien Deceased Acton Hatton
Notice is given to creditors of Wally Grien late of Acton Hatton deceased who died around March 18 1915 to send their claims with full details by May 10 1919 to Harold Nan Warmer solicitor William Grima of Erin and Henry Philp Moore executors of the will. After May 10 1919 the executors distribute assets and will not be responsible for claims not then proved. Dated April 13 192?
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