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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 08, 1946
Page
15
A fragmented verse recalls memories of Maud Stewart and past songs. The speaker asks about present activity and wonders about larks, meadows, and travelers as a broken heart longs for familiar voices and moments from long ago.
The report notes a 1896 style event with 170 men at a farm for a new hay, a lightning strike destroyed a bank barn owned by William McArthur, and local figures like Councillor Williams and MP Mrs Do Hembseon attend meetings. It mentions Acton baseball labor, mills, and town gossip with scattered names and places including Newmarket and Pentise.
In 1926 the tallest hollyhocks in town reach 10 feet 6 inches in John Cameron’s garden as they bloom profusely. A new Sons of England Lounge forms at Milton under Woolgreen Lodge with Rev. Dr. Charles A. ard Mere Cook arriving from Seattle to visit for a month then proceed to New York and home via southern states. Farmers in Halton County win crop prizes led by G. EF Wilton and TW. Chisholm in fall wheat. ELLERY: William James Elliott dies at Campbellville home on Friday August 6th.
Downtown Prince Rupert endures a rat invasion as the city dump no longer supplies food following troop withdrawal. City officials study methods to control the pests.
A notorious Black Ghost gray wolf known for killing cattle sheep and dogs in Francois Lake area was shot and killed by farmer Evered Hickey after it attacked his two dogs.
A Kentucky judge greets an elderly acquaintance, calling her Aunt Jemima. She replies that she is going to the law, using a colloquial refrain. The exchange captures regional dialect and social tone.
A Sunday School lesson on the Fifth Commandment urges honoring parents and obeying them in the Lord. It discusses Jesus’s childhood, parental authority, and the balance between obedience and God’s will, citing Deuteronomy Eph 6 and Luke.
Analyzed piece argues the consumer wields ultimate control over employment and wages. It portrays capital as the driver of production and asserts workers and manufacturers must align with the consumer to avoid unemployment and poverty. The essay treats the consumer as central to wartime economic harmony.
An English inventor has created the rectoros cope a new instrument to improve vision in fog. The device already goes into production weighs about twenty ounces and is as easy to handle as binoculars. Early sea tests showed high effectiveness with initial cumbersome use, a shortcoming now overcome.
In northern tropical Australia a small fish known as Periophthalmus or Jumping Mangrove Fish climbs trees and moves on dry land. The 3 to 4 inch mud skimmer uses pectoral fins to travel mangrove roots and flats, startling other fish as it ventures out.
Freighters arriving from India to Vancouver face strict food constraints as varied crews demand specific meats and diets. Each Indian seaman group requires particular rations, with shortages risking port delays and potential shipboard refusals.
A South African tug named Mamba funded a holiday for a Transvaal agents group during a Natal Seutie Comat event. The tale mentions GM Wassoner and a feared black mamta in a clash with friends, with whisky tiles and audits noted in a chaotic report.
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