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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 24, 1919
Page
3
A 1919 poem depicts life as a baseball game with Truman versus Fate as teams and Thomn the umpire at home plate. The speaker urges persistence at the plate, swinging hard when a good pitch arrives, and to keep fighting to score and win the game of life.
The article contrasts spring’s arrival at home with outdoor garden work and then shifts to agriculture. It warns farmers about varied grain varieties and promotes the Dominion Experimental Farms revised list of recommended varieties for Canadian provinces, urging adoption of proven, high yielding seeds and directing readers to obtain copies from Ottawa.
A column critiques how leaders and workers often pay the price for others blunders. It argues that better effort by each person improves overall performance and instruction. The piece stresses doing your best where you are to enable superiors and peers to excel in their roles.
In a crowded kitchen a family joke grows into a plan for study and graduation. Larry Sullivan, a night watchman, pursues a grammar school diploma with daughter Katie as his tutor and teacher. After setbacks from quarantine, Katie’s health and schooling improve and Larry earns a civil service diploma, surprising Katie with a ribbon and a note of gratitude from Miss Katie Sullivan, on graduation day.
A citizen reflects on neighbors raising chickens and keeping animals, the desire for civility in shared spaces, and a town focused on improving appearances. The piece recalls visitors, fashion shows, and reactions to new designs, and notes plans to repurpose the Mine brick edifice for manufacturing employment, signaling local economic revival.
AGP J. A. Muburg reports Canady Mannot expects exports of the 210 crop wheat to the United States while Canada faces tariff and price constraints. The Dominion Government may grant foreign credits conditional on borrowing from Canadians, aided by War Savings Stamps to boost credit capacity. The West is urged to acquire stamps to facilitate foreign credits.
A compact field test describes the Mash Veht pocket lamp using two small chemical batteries hidden in the handle to power a tungsten filament lamp. The device, compact as a cigarette lighter, produces a straight beam from a tiny vacuum bulb and uses a push button to start the chemical reaction generating electricity.
A clergyman counsels a man who plans to retire with riches saying real security lies not in private wealth but in caring for others. He urges shared resources to aid the despondent and weak, insisting one should measure wealth by needs of the brother with empty hands and teach peace and beauty to others.
A garbled item lists various actions and events. It mentions dying eloping marrying leaving to win embegzled debts and a party with several undetailed incidents. The disconnected phrases include theft, arrest, purchasing a home, stealing a cow and a car, with references to neighbors and an airplane runaway.
A letter from a woman in Houston and a reply to Capt Hunkers shows how puns and garbled OCR style wording can twist a simple invitation into a confusing exchange. The amusing misreadings highlight language quirks and miscommunication.
A garbled reminiscence recalls Jenkins borrowing a trombone from Delow in a comical exchange. Jenkins jokes about taking what he wants while Delow grants the loan willingly, and the pair tease about who will play next as a playful misunderstanding unfolds.
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