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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
3
A verse lyric from Three Partners extols the wife as bright future, home cook, and close companion. The speaker praises the wife’s care and affection, framing her as central to daily life and mutual happiness. The tone feels playful and intimate.
The Shipping Board will build two 1000 foot long oil burning ships capable of 30 knots to cross the Atlantic in four days. Supervised by the Navy Department they will serve as commerce destroyers in war with 66 000 gross tonnage and a 7 000 mile cruising radius. Fort Pond Bay Montauk terminal would shorten transatlantic trips by about 112 miles.
Prof Dean at Guelph offers practical cooling methods for sweet cream during ice shortages. Use a cement or insulated tank, or a coal oil barrel cooled in water near a well. Cool each cream batch immediately after separation, keep pails clean, and ship frequently to prevent souring.
A woman named Mrs. MacGregor is praised for embodying the Beatitudes as she speaks with a hotel group. A young man and a companion note the scene, admiring her compassion and purity of heart, calling the moment a fitting tribute to her character.
A professor proposes a self quiz for genuine education with ten and twelve items asking about sympathy public spirit friendship honesty love for others and happiness. The list includes questions on charitable causes being public spirited and daily tasks versus high thinking and personal contentment.
The text argues voting No on four referendum questions about temperance and alcohol, citing weight measures and government control. It reflects the Pioneer newspaper’s stance, urging readers to canvas opponents of liquor.
A fragmented local history recalls Coopers near Acton, mills and barrel shops, families like McMackons and Coates, fires that scarred the town, and residents such as Eva Coates and Nelson’s kin. The piece ends noting current ownership by W A Matray of Blue Spring Park.
Toward late summer amateur gardeners seek ways to increase geranium stocks without lifting old plants. Start cuttings in a shallow box with moist gritty sand, using 4–5 inch stems, trim leaves, and remove blooms. Plant rooted cuttings in individual pots or shallow boxes in a sandy loam mix, keep 60–70 degrees Fahrenheit, and move indoors as needed.
A fragment lists fashion curiosities from aprons to silk stockings. It notes the apron as the first cloth article, the emergence of gloves and hand painted bags, 1643 pins in England, and various European influences on dress. It mentions Vella shawls, goats needed for cashmere, the red hat costing fortunes, and Queen Elizabeth in the context of attire and footwear.
The Osage Indian Reservation in Oklahoma is portrayed as the least developed region with growing prospects. It notes roughly 2,200 Osage people, each potentially worth about $60,000, drawing around $5,000 annually from tribal treasury funds.
The head of the family jokes about a hippo at the Zoo prompting his son Barry to laugh. Harry Heaton Globe reports a playful exchange as the father imagines a stork delivering a hippo.
A 1919 discussion urges women to vote against liquor to protect child welfare, arguing neutrality aids vice. It cites Barngoorn case in Ontario and notes need for informed study, while contrasting ice cream health claims with cooling beverages and referencing a Times dispatch on Partizanski and Cossack troops with distant cultural notes.
A nostalgic look at children’s dress noneur mothers and fashion writers recall that little girls prefer practical clothes over adult styles. The piece argues five year olds dislike stiff outfits and corseted bonnets, favoring comfort for play and sing along rather than posing for dolls.
Two men compare horse stories from far days. A Yankee recalls a mare named Malaytop sprinting thirty miles to Chicago. A Canadian says his pony ran fifty miles from home, nearly winning the race while his dog swam behind.
The puzzle item features a dialogue where a son asks about his parents birthplaces. The mother is born in New York, the father in California, and the son in Indiana. The exchange plays on how their origins connect in a humorous way.
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