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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
1
A mother pens a sorrowful message about losing her son to heaven and seeks comfort from friends. The letter, filled with faith, gratitude, and longing, speaks of grief, trust in God, and hope for eternal peace for the child.
Twenty years ago the Free Press issue notes the first interment of a male father, obituary lines for Mrs. John Motsch, and local business updates. It reports on Maple Vent Facubator, town hall painting, Epworth League activities, a visit to Belk Church League, and religious essays about home and motherhood.
A wealthy lady questions a poverty stricken family run by the Bradys. She discovers they pretend to dine on grand fare while surviving on bread and potatoes. The elder girl hints bread tastes sweeter when named with strawberries, highlighting hunger and sly substitutions.
A boarding house keeper Mrs. Finnegan recalls a young man named Johneos who visits with complaints and dreams of fame. The piece blends domestic memory with reflections on youth, ambition and the golden days of a past year.
A confused tale unfolds with a masked suitor courting a married woman beside her husband and a youth seeking a position. The scene shifts to a public school lesson where a teacher quizzes a child on light and strikes, prompting a witty student reply.
A rustic fairy mother warns her many identical fairy children to gather dew with ivory buckets before sunset. The children, distracted by games, forget their task and return to find all buckets sealed to rocks, yielding a whimsical yet cautionary tale set in a village garden.
A peculiar scene in a xealogical garden features an old lady discussing remedies with an assistant. The ad touts J D Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy for long standing asthma and worm-related infant ailments, claiming it expels worms to improve health and growth.
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