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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 04, 1932
Page
7
Two stubborn mules refuse to move until they share a rope and work together. They learn cooperation yields better meals and harmony. The fable urges unity to lift their town onto the map and ensure communal success.
Wheat and barley harvest has started in Acton area. Raspberries expected this week. Mrs W Stewart bought a Brock Avenue cottage from Adam Stewart. James Carnahan of Nassagaweya brought rye sample seven feet two inches tall. Knox Sunday School excursion to Berlin at 10:25 AM. Alban’s Sunday School picnic at Stanleyey Park, Ein. Forbes and Mackenzie form partnership to dismantle the old hop kiln and move flour store building to property edge. St Joseph’s Sunday School picnic hosted by Mrs George Mulholland in Dublin. Rafters plan fishing trip from Ospringe to Nottawesauge Bay. Robert Bennett bought new brick Lake Avenue house by Jeremiah Bell. St Albans Church improvements ongoing. Locomotive and cars seen near John, Elgin, and Frederick streets amid cheaper yards. One farmer quotes selling at 50c a bushel. Civic Holiday demonstration raises funds for Eddie Waddell injured playing baseball for Acton/Judeans. Two baseball games and afternoon athletic events held.
Persian Balm promotes daintiness charm and beauty. It is unrivalled in its magical effect on the skin. Swiftly absorbed by the tissues it leaves ever a vestige of stickiness. Delightfully cool to the skin. Stimulating and invigorating softens and makes the hands flawlessly white. Subtly fragrant it imparts youth and loveliness to the complexion.
In Lennoxville Quebec J A McClary cites seven years of trials showing grain mixtures for ensilage often yield more dry matter per acre than corn on poor soils and require less labor and no special machinery. Asthma remedy ad follows.
The article discusses the Ten Commandments as eternal principles given to Israel, their relation to Mosaic law, and how Christ fulfills the law. It covers the first four commandments, stressing devotion to God, prohibition of idols, reverence for God’s name, and the Sabbath, with cross references to Deuteronomy, Romans, and Galatians.
In Lac Beauvert a famed angler nicknamed Old Faithful died after a golf ball lure caused him to strike a fatal blow near the sixteenth green. The incident halted play as mourners from Edmonton and the lodge community noted his loss at the pro shop and at the nineteenth hole.
The tale recalls Babe Ruth meeting General Ferdinand Foch backstage after a Baltimore vaudeville show. Ruth worried about what to say until partner Wellington Cross advised a simple handshake and casual chat. Ruth, impressed by Foch’s uniform, asked about the war in a light moment.
Percival arrives in a western country and is assigned to a cross cut saw. After an hour the veteran lumberman warns him to stop scraping his feet along the ground, implying the harsh, practical lessons of frontier work.
In Churchill and Hudson Bay regions residents use home made harpoons from scrap metal to hunt white whales in Canoes with a board or tin can as a marker. They haul the carcasses ashore to cut up for dog food. locals say the whale population should be reduced to protect small fish stocks.
A high handicap golfer, frustrated by perceived cheating, declines to concede and quips that given extra strokes would still not change his game. The club member remarks that the golfer should give up golf altogether.
The text argues the Sabbath rests on a universal human need for rest and worship, not strict Gentile binding. It identifies the resurrection day as the intelligent Christian observance, stressing freedom from legalism and viewing Sunday as a gracious privilege tied to faith and church history.
Transit notices show limited Sunday service with a Chicago-bound filer passing through at 9 47 pm and a George Town stop at 9 55 pm. Weekend adjustments include daily runs except Sundays and Sunday only slots.
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