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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 05, 1926
Page
2
A Washington Star excerpt notes Finis plants potatoes beans tomatoes and greens then leaves the task to a hired man. The hired man attends a moving picture show while insects maraud under sunlit growth. The piece ends with a lament on repetitive, sorrowful daily joys and a reference to jimson weed.
Twenty years ago the Free Press notes a rotting early potato crop and work begins on enlarging the bowling-green to double current playing capacity. Local anglers explore stocking Fairy Lake with bass as Open air concert scenes unfold and clamor for social life. The Acton Cornet Band performs at Town Hall and at a garden party near Ospringe, while Rev M Wilson returns from holiday and conducts services with Rev Sherrard of Toronto filling Knox Church pulpit.
The article explains the general rules for eligibility to vote in Canada including age, citizenship, and residency requirements. It details advance vote qualifications for railway workers, sailors, and traveling commercial staff, and outlines the registration process with revising officers and registrars, stressing timely checks to ensure names appear on the voters list before the election.
A Canadian sporting periodical offers updated game laws for Canada and Newfoundland in its August issue. It showcases fishing, guns and ammunition notes, Outdoor Talk by W. C. Dootley, and various reader articles, cartoons, and product notes from Taylor, Limited of Woodstock.
In Bath on a hot August morning the aging ferryboat Wawenoe suffers a devastating stern impact from a rafted pine log. Engineer Lem Stilwell is trapped in a manhole as water floods the boiler room, but Billy Brackett saves him by freeing the jumper and pulling him to safety before the vessel sinks.
A local pest control firm, praised for safe palatable approaches, demonstrates effective worm extermination methods. The service emphasizes prompt results and child safety in its operations.
An observer notes a blind desk musician performing with finesse. The talk among onlookers questions whether blindness matters, since the man never looks at the piano yet produces music. The dialogue highlights surprise at his talent and a philosophical remark on perception.
An advertisement claims Rheuma rapidly drives out rheumatic poison and uric acid. It guarantees relief from lumbago, sciatica, arthritis, or chronic neuralgia with money back if not solved. The text urges readers to buy Rheumna from P. J. Hasna or a local druggist.
In a narrative from Mr. Austin Tubby of Toronto, the writer recalls a day trip tracing former neighbors and landmarks around Acton. The trip visits farms, schools, churches, and the old Beltline era sites, reviving memories of Sandy Mann, Squire Brown, Rev. James Broley, and many others across Bannockburn and nearby streets. The piece blends memoir with local history.
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