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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 14, 1919
Page
5
Fragmentary patriotic verse praising Canada as a homeland. Vague references to loyalty, royal power, and victories. Scattered phrases exult Canada, lauding national pride and future peace for the land and its children.
Readable fragments describe a Sunday tornado causing minor damage in Acton and Erin Township, a large potato crop, carrier pigeons sent from Toronto, and young men leaving for the Northwest to settle. Births marriages and a long moral fatherly boy-advice column appear alongside notes on the Canadian War Memorial exhibit in New York.
A reader sent a humorous paragraph to a daily paper but it was not printed by Tima. The editor replies the joke arrived safely yet was not published and an earlier inquiry about receipt remains unanswered.
In a department store scene three girls and a young man discuss a photo of one girl. A mother letters warn mothers to guard daughters as beach fashions push boundaries. She urges restraint to avert delinquency as authorities note rising concerns. An advertisement for Dr J D Kelloges Asthma Remedy follows.
The text presents aphorisms on judging deeds and character and notes misused virtues. It also references Holloway's Corn Cure and comically mismatched musings about conscience and arithmetic in life.
The naturalization of Nicholas Emil Adolph Ablors, former German consul at Sunderland, England, naturalized in 1905, has been revoked. The London Gazette reports he was sentenced to death for high treason, later quashed on appeal and he was interned. He was known for the phrase Once a German always a German.
A terse notice states that the result of expedience is at your service, signaling readiness to assist promptly. It references oral guidance and patient availability in a concise, service oriented tone.
A reader complained to the National Board of Motion Pictures about animal cruelty in a moving picture. The board explained the scene used a tilted camera angle to create the illusion of a donkey running and being pulled, clarifying no rope was real and no cruelty occurred.
Colds are the most common ailment and can lead to serious conditions if untreated. Dr Thomas Electric Oil relieves bronchial inflammation quickly and strengthens passages against future attacks. It eases inflammation stops cough and allays throat irritation. Try it and prove it.
A book agent praises a farmer’s boys and offers an encyclopedia, but the farmer insists the boys ride horses and don’t need it. A separate note warns worms in children harm the intestines, with a remedy claim for Miller's Worm Powders.
The Ontario Department of Agriculture released fall fair dates for numerous towns. Ambiguous OCR shows events in Brampton Burlington Caledon Erin Galt Georgetown Milton Oakville Rockwood Streetsville Toronto Weston and Woodbridge with fairs in late September to October.
A local trainman notes frequent auto crossings with trains where drivers race to beat the locomotive. He recalls cars driven at high speed attempting to cross before the train arrives, often causing fear and serious injury to unsuspecting motorists amid reckless driving on crowded roadways.
An historical advertorial touts Parmeloo s Vegetable Pills as a remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia. The copy asserts the pills soothe the stomach, restore healthy action, and have long been a standard digestive aid.
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