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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1926
Page
7
A satirical letter from August 19 1926 mocks repetitive begging phrases used in correspondence. The Nation's Business blames the tedious style and imagines sending beggars away on horseback.
Twenty years ago Acton news notes report hotels and licenses, a large oat harvest, hot week weather, dairy buyer activity with prices, residents moving to Hamilton, Epworth League picnic at Riverside Park Guelph, Niagara Falls excursion by 1.20. O F and Cornet Band, and a garden party plan disrupted by rain at the Town Hall with Milton Brass Band providing music for a receptive crowd.
Nails show health status through features such as lunule color, ridges in gout, and thimble nails linked to psoriasis. Growth rates vary with age, typhoid illness can cause transverse furrows, and white spots are common in children without clear meaning.
A San Francisco merchant who met a Filipino youth in the Philippines educated him as a clerk. The youth drafted a letter demanding immediate settlement of an old debt, using stiff wording that alarmed the employer and carried strong intimidation.
The busiest week centers on berry picking and wheat harvest. Caravans head toward Goring Park and Edgewood Park as the Ladies' Aid of Acton United holds a picnic at Spring Park on Wednesday afternoon. The day is ideal and the park attractive.
A devotional lesson examines the Ten Commandments with Exodus and Deuteronomy references, noting they address individual duties to God. It discusses worship of one God, avoidance of material images, honoring God's name, and keeping the Sabbath, plus modern applications and study questions.
A Shanghai born Chinese student Paul C Fann known as Fann in Montreal argues that beauty derives from surroundings and credits Canada and the Canadian Pacific Railway with shaping a more beautiful nation. He notes poor Chinese regions produce less beauty and plans to return to China after completing studies at McGill and work on railway issues. He has trained at Windsor Street Station and in Angus shops during a Montreal stay.
Partial readable snippet shows scattered numbers and letters. No coherent event, names, places, or dates emerge to identify a specific person or occurrence.
Rev Dr C E Locke recounts how Ninety and Nine was inspired when Mr Sankey sang along with a poem found in a Scottish paper. Moody praised the hymn as the most wondrous ever heard and wept at the moving moment.
An elderly man and woman called on a clergyman and asked to marry that evening. Each claimed no previous marriage, the woman quipping she never had a chance. The ceremony was fast, and the minister refused a fee, joking it was a privilege to violate.
In Dr. Albert L. Shelton's autobiography Pioneering Tibet a grateful Tibetan couple kneels and offers a rooster butter and eyes as thanks after their son's head wound is treated. The scene illustrates local customs and trepidations about accepting gifts. Separately Miller's Worm Powders claim to safely treat worm infestation in children with no harmful ingredients.
Fragmentary verses note Percival Rapp and William Raines and a William Jay grave markers. A distractingly garbled advertisement extolls J. D. Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy as curing severe asthma and easing suffering, with crude spelling and sales pitch.
A Portland Evening Express writer relays a cautionary tale about strict obedience. Mrs. Flint demands instant compliance from John before a storm, the boy shuts a roof trap, and hours later Aunt Mary’s absence prompts questions about the safety and truth of the household obedience.
A farmer should choose the best variety and obtain high vitality pure seed. Advice from experimental stations and agents helps identify top varieties for districts. After harvest, select uniform vigorous heads, thresh and clean seed, and store in a dedicated plot to steadily improve crop quality. Also note Mother Graves Worm Exterminator advertised as a standard remedy.
Col Allen Harkness recounts a bragging elf soldier in town talk. The physician asks how many of the boys in gray Jake truly killed, while a minister suspects Jake may have matched enemy fatalities in the famed battles.
A visiting lady recalls an old colored man who asks a watchmaker to fix the clock hands. The tale reveals the man’s distrust of overcharging and his desire to keep honest service, ending with the man seeking an honest watchmaker.
An advertisement touts Hem-Rold internal remedy as a safe quick cure for piles by relieving blood congestion in the lower body. It claims a strong track record and offers a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved.
A collection of quotes on peace love and virtue followed by an advertisement for Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil claiming wide uses for humans and horses. It emphasizes its fifty years of popularity and broad healing claims for cuts burns rheumatism sciatica sore throat and chest ailments.
An inventive plan sent a trolley load to a chosen picnic site for a city Sunday School activity. Hares with long straws started twenty minutes ahead to find good ground, while hounds chased signs left behind like a peanut shell and a colored handkerchief. The scene ended with a ready fire and coffee aroma as the hares arrived.
An advertisement touts McCoy’s Cod Liver Extract Tablets as a miracle cure for weakness and underweight people. It claims men and women can gain up to ten pounds in twenty days or thirty days with four doses daily and vows dramatic flesh production and vigor, urging readers to buy the original product from any druggist.
Travel notes list Acton departures to Guelph Kitchener and Toronto with times 1.30 p m 10.45 p m 4.00 p m 11.30 p m 10.30 a m 9.00 p m and a Sunday car to Toronto leaving Acton at 3 32 p m All conches call at Wiles Cafe Acton.
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