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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 28, 1921
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR reads as a local newspaper item with little coherent detail. It mentions Ontario and a person named Jane along with editor and publisher roles but lacks clear event or outcome. The readable text is insufficient to determine a definite story or dates.
The editorial comments on Ontario prohibition nuance and voter behavior. It notes the referendum turnout, warns of ongoing liquor import restrictions, and criticizes public notices like billboards. It cites Toronto and Pembroke Star context, mentions Armistice Day timing, and reflects on voter experience and political tension in Ontario debates.
The first journalism course in Canada will open in Toronto this September at the university. Practical lecturers will lead the curriculum and the program aims to help young people pursue journalism as a vocation.
Ontario electors approved the Referendum last week, producing a margin over 150000. The result triggers the Dominion law ban on liquor importation from other provinces or countries and activates the Sandy bill prohibiting delivery of liquor within the province. The combined effect blocks beverage liquor sales in Ontario once the laws take effect around June 48.
Sarnia physicians announce they will refuse liquor prescriptions except for the sick in line with the Ontario Temperance Act. The practice follows concerns that non sick individuals obtain endorsements from doctors for liquor, prompting calls for stricter adherence to the act.
The New York Evening Mall argues that a direct popular vote on prohibition in universities would not yield overwhelming support for abolition. Referring to Ontario results, it contends that claims of strong support are ill-founded and that voters do not deem personal liberty enough to outweigh moral and economic benefits of prohibition.
A historical reflection contrasts the vast buffalo herds once roaming the Western plains with today’s few government herds. It condemns past slaughter by Native peoples and argues modern conservation as essential to spare natural wealth for future generations, warning against waste, debt, and reckless exploitation of rivers, lakes, and mountains.
A Natal Advertiser note reports Johannesburg meetings adopting singing Good Company instead of the usual introductions. The piece argues that harmony replaces discord, praising orderly song over interruptions and cat calls. It suggests British colonies may copy this approach to reduce chaotic speaking.
A National Council of Women delegation urged the Justice Minister to enact laws granting women equal status. Proposals include jury inclusion for women, criminalizing adultery, equal homestead rights, raising juvenile court jurisdiction age to eighteen, abolishing fines for immoral crimes, and making desertion extraditable.
A Vancouver World item reports Hon. Frank Carvel warning that Canada’s railway woes stem from past construction choices and the Myer Adoo style overtime scale. He urges retrenchment during hard times to avoid higher rates and taxes, noting labor strain and economic burdens on lines in Fraser Valley and Yellowhead Pass.
Tom Follett and friends launch in a ramshackle punt loaded with quilts and a bed spring. A capsize near Singing Beach leads Follett to improvise a rescue as onlookers tease, and the group moralizes on pride before a laugh and a lesson.
A troubled child endures harsh discipline as a nurse and mother administer punishments. The scene shows a tense family moment with a resolved child attempting to leave, planning to tell neighbors about the pain and control exerted at home.
A stranger knocks, selling fortune via effort, naming Opportunity. The man dismisses the pitch, the stranger warns of sleepless nights and long days as a moral on toil. A dairymaid mutters, the pony responds, and the kitchen scene echoes the theme of work shaping fate.
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