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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 03, 1922
Page
3
A compact verse excerpt by Sam Walter Foss explores contentment and tolerance. The speaker asks to reside by the roadside with both good and bad neighbors, viewing humanity with patience rather than judgment. The poem contrasts narrow cynicism with a welcoming, open stance toward travelers and strangers.
The writer recalls life on Bowser Avenue in a developing town, detailing neighbors, owners, and changes over years. Vignettes include John with plums, Gordon Hayward and family at the tannery, Mrs. Denny renting and leaving for Toronto, and reflections on memory, time, and the steady rhythm of rural living amid modernization.
The Feira la Cantre festival reveals upcoming fall dates and schedule details. Organizers emphasize community events, performances, and market activities guiding attendees through the season.
A city office recalls a young messenger who tackled a task with precision and initiative. The narrator notes the boy’s practical sense, reliability, and role in shaping future employer friendships, contrasting with missed opportunities when others hesitate or delay.
A reflective piece discusses the influence of rural communities on national life and stresses protecting farm youth. It notes farm clubs, migrant workers, and educational opportunities, plus a list of Ontario agricultural fairs with dates. It ends with a brief survey of ancient wedding ring customs and the origin of the left hand ring finger tradition.
The Rod and Gun in Canada issue from Woodstock Ontario offers warm reading for campers and vacationers. It highlights Boma, a Suggestions Regarding Outfit piece by an unnamed author, aiding hot day outings. The magazine also features recollections of Hower Avenue and a brick bungalow once home to Mr and Mrs John Moore, with flowers and garden details recalled.
A garbled passage mentions inspection, a Jakes side trust, Oakville, Lombard plum trees, and a prison visitor. The dialogue recalls complaints, memories of plums and life, and an event tied to September, with unclear participants and setting. The text is heavily OCR’d and partially unreadable.
Prize list details entries across flower and ribbon classes. Asters to Zinnias specify collection sizes and color options, with separate sections for houseplants and vegetables. Notable items include best display prizes for phlox begonias geraniums and tropical plants, plus ribbon classes for beans, cucumbers, onions, potatoes, peas, greens, and tomatoes with specified pod counts and display criteria.
Fragmentary overheard exchange shows two speakers debating whether Robert Burns or William Shakespeare was the finer writer. One mocks Shakespeare’s influence while the other defends Burns against a claim Shakespeare authored the saying about the crown and bed. The clipped dialect paints a lively, humorous portrait of literary pride.
A fragment notes a cautionary line about not asking a telephone operator the time from a clock stone. The quirky adage appears as part of a humorous or instructional snippet. No identifiable people or organizations are named.
Coral harvesting along the coasts of Algiers and Tunis, once depleted, appears to be reviving with renewed activity. A shift from grapnels and nets to divers is urged to improve yield and protect banks. Divers can reach about 150 feet, yielding better quality coral with less damage.
A muddled local notice describes a back and forth about a protective union asking about time use and a wife’s role. It mentions a neighbor, a jewellery store, and a protest, with confusion over responsibilities and repeated inquiries.
In a chaotic dialogue the speaker argues that nature proves God’s existence. He cites a single human footprint in sand as absolute evidence of a divine creator, asserting that all of creation reflects a purposeful, loving, ruling God across mountains valleys rivers and the world.
A practical guide on keeping lawn mower blades aligned and sharp. It warns that rotating knives must shear against a stationary blade with precise gaps. The text notes poor results if bearings are misaligned, and stresses careful adjustment and sharpening for optimal performance.
Women's pink and blue chambrey dresses with elbow coves trimmed, voile kimonas with elastic waists in sizes 36 to 44 175. Girls' gingham and voile dresses for 4 years and under 1 25 and 1 50, 30 inch width fabrics 7d per yard. White gabardine sport skirts 225. Black silk hose seamless with side seams, gray back seams second quality sizes 0 1 4 and 10 75e clearance sale. WE STOCK BETTER GOODS AY & LOWER PRICE.
Ans Joan soil well fenced good basement barns comfortable house on a gravel road with a stream flowing through property water in both house and barn convenient to village. 100 acres for 9000 dollars or 100 acres with crop for 10000 dollars.
A humorous verse shows a skeptical man gradually swayed by an advertisement. After initial defiance he is drawn in, spends money, and discovers the product meets a long felt need, praising the ad’s persuasive power.
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