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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 16, 1934
Page
8
The speaker wanders a flower scented orchard in May as apple trees glow with rose and white buds. The line of verse notes a shift as rain dampens grass and the year aged from sweet youth to gilded globes. A crafted image promises honey and spice from sun wind and bosom bell.
A izes of notes on wartime troop recalls, local business changes, hospital ship fund donation, Daughters of the Empire, Acton fire incident, a death notice, and an asthma remedy advertisement. Names include H P Moore J P Col Harwood F Coles Lee Lane Wills Gibb Douglas Alego Winterburn Robertson Green Wright Reilly Roulti Sahil Singleton Ward. Standish death in Esquesing July field.
Italy has at Spezia the world’s largest diving school where a year course tests divers in two hours underwater at 125 feet wearing 165 pound suits before certification. Lessons cover dangers such as sharks and sea monsters, tracing diving’s history from ancient forms to modern gear.
The passage argues that people avoid hard tasks but such challenges develop brain power and character. It claims progress comes from meeting difficulties and overcoming them, asserting that you gain by conquest through tough work.
A timeless tale follows a greedy man seeking gold at the rainbow’s end. He finds the bag but its magic is undone by fairies whose anger causes each step to shed coins that sprout into buttercups.
A crotchety Yorkshire farmer asks his solicitor to draft a letter to his neighbor. He wants sharp words calling the neighbor the blackest, low-downest liar and thief, then to soften it with a bit of work ethic. The tale ends with a proverb about regular work.
A farm diary details patching a damaged binder canvas and the daily trials of farm life. The narrator describes hands sore from stitching and the strain of harvest work, plus chicory cutting and upcoming threshing. Partners’ mishaps with tools add humor to the busy season.
A storekeeper asks if the customer wants red ochre for brick painting while a small boy clarifies it is tappy ochre, not ma makes puddin with, revealing a playful miscommunication about materials.
The riddle implies salt water is most likely to escape when the tide is at half. It highlights a playful connection between tidal levels and the chance of water movement.
A playful diary fragment recounts daily antics and mishaps of Slat and family, noting Elzy Filbert twins, tutor plans, and gossip from a shop, with a concluding ad for Miller's Worm Powders claiming safe worm relief for children.
Quick riddles about sunset bringing night, bold eagles in high circles, airship inventors chasing the air, and a dove minding his P s and Q s. The jest relies on wordplay with sounds and letters.
A dialogue notes Mrs Blupe asking about the Smith twins. Blupe agrees the boy resembles his father while the girl resembles her mother, describing the children as “a picture of his father” and “a talky of her mother.”
A reflection on living as a Christian defined by Jesus Christ rather than titles or church affiliation. It emphasizes a life focused on the Sermon on the Mount, mirroring Christ in daily conduct and commitment.
A colored woman inspects a vacant house and learns the previous tenant moved because she had triplets. She pauses then decides to take the house but jokes she will if others don’t object.
A compact antebellum style reflection on benevolence in daily life. It blends aphorisms from Pope Johnson and Lord Chatham to define benevolence as ease to oneself and attentiveness to others in ordinary commerce of life. The piece emphasizes small acts of consideration as virtue.
A company director rebukes a promoter with a sly line about honesty in business. The director implies the honest path is obvious to him but not to the promoter, ending with a knowing smile.
The passage asserts a single infinite substance, God, as the essence of all existence. It argues that everything exists within God and nothing can be conceived apart from Him, framing God as the Universal Being behind all manifestations.
A reader and Phil discuss a sign reading Entire Balcony 25 at a box office. The exchange hints at wanting privacy despite a pro tennis context. The quote attributes a remark to Helen Wills Moody about interest in professional tennis.
Enthusiastic reader claims Kellogg s ALL Bran relieved severe constipation after two months of use. Letter notes shifts from daily bowel movements to two to three times daily with two tablespoons daily, recommends physician if needed. Product marketed as safe laxative alternative. Kellogg in London Ontario.
A light exchange ponders linguistic roots with Minnie' in Indian meaning water. The punchline humorously assigns Minnesota as soda water, playing on regional language quirks and casual banter.
A witty exchange reveals a sensational sequence as a woman recounts how the romance with her second husband began. She claims he ran over her first husband in a car, framing it as a dramatic, ironic origin story.
A colored man takes a flight in an airplane and tells the pilot he has had two rides. The aviator asks what he means. The passenger replies that he has had one ride fast and the second even faster.
The piece argues that materialism is a superstition akin to belief in devils and witches. It cites J Scott Haldane and Emil Ludwig to suggest lack of humor signals poor optimism.
H N Farmer clerk of Acton calls upon voters to inspect the 1934 Voters List posted August 4 at his office for Parliament provincial and municipal elections and to file corrections by August 25.
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