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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 20, 1925
Page
3
Editorial pays tribute to Sir Adam Beck and Sir Adam Beck's vision for electric power in Ontario. It credits the late Controller F S Spence with promoting electric energy for public benefit and notes the unprecedented accessibility and low cost of power and heat for Ontarians.
The Financial Journal notes the savings deposits grew from 8.43 billion to 20.87 billion over twelve years, a rise of 148 percent. Per capita savings increased from 89 to 186 dollars, up 97 dollars, and depositors climbed from 12.58 million to 38.87 million, more than triple.
The article describes classroom mental tests such as the Porteus maze to gauge temperament and mind, using eleven progressively difficult mazes and a cube sequence task. Scores derive mental age, with observed sex differences: girls excel in memory tests while boys show strength in reasoning.
The piece urges Acton to imitate Rockwood's village improvements. It highlights a playground, swimming pool, and readable street signs, praising Rockwood residents and the police village commission for enterprise. It notes Rockwood's smaller population yet notable initiative and cooperation.
The piece argues that justice is degraded when the U S accepts insanity as a defense to stave off capital punishment. It laments that Murderers have repeatedly escaped execution by this plea and condemns the perversion of laws.
Opinion urges consistent enforcement of the Highway Traffic Act beyond cities. Criticism of traffic officers is deemed unfounded as motorists in towns and villages should observe the law to prevent endangering traffic and public safety.
Arnprior Chronicle notes the Noxious Weeds Act requires highway overseers to cut down noxious weeds on highways to prevent seed ripening. The province covers part of road maintenance costs and municipal units should similarly maintain township and county roads.
English wheat production hits twenty one year low as Canada expected to supply Britain. Premier Ferguson forecasts five year protective tariff for England. Exhibition talk includes British exhibit at Toronto’s Canadian National Exhibition. Brampton hospital seeks $10 000 in bonds. Newmarket rejects Cane property hospital bid. World attention on the Toronto show draws visitors from many regions. Quebec receives historic escutcheon back from Hastings. Federal Conservative gains in New Brunswick noted despite local Liberal factors.
At a Toronto Board of Education meeting R E Howe of Westmount Quebec urged training youth to think nationally rather than provincially. He argued adults cannot be quickly changed and teachers should foster national outlooks in children. The piece also discusses Nova Scotia’s miners strike costs and New Brunswick’s defeat over hydro electric ownership plans.
A grieving father, mourning his Hitler daughter, finds solace in a stranger’s simple act of faith. A woman plants a common live forever weed at a grave, inspiring him to leave Easter lilies and a new wreath. The act binds memory, hope, and humility in a shared reverence.
A collage of proverbs and humor discusses hard coal this winter and thrift, urging selling a car to rise on one’s feet. It mocks summer thermometers, notes a man letting his whiskers grow, and jokes about a bishop's bath tub abuse by a maid amid temperance praise.
A Canadian experiment in finishing western lambs aims to develop a strong Ontario market for well finished lambs. Chief MacMillan notes lambs should be of proper mutton type and under one hundred pounds. He predicts a profitable future for Western breeders focusing on stock quality despite limited supply.
A housekeeper enters an Italian bakery and learns fresh cream puffs cost fifteen cents a dozen, far cheaper than her usual thirty cents. The baker, quoted as saying the price is fair, pauses to mention closing the health office line and their staff, including a girl named Antonie, preparing to close for the meal.
A young orator presented a speech to Doctor McClintock seeking approval. The doctor, in his gentle manner, praised it as good but noted excessive rhetoric. He cited imagery of two midnight owls two midnight wolves three American eagles and four unfurled banners as an example of oversupply.
Town and Country reports Bandmaster Williams of Guelph hired to reorganize the Georgetown Band. A 20 acre wheat field yielded about 66 bushels per acre after threshing. Council fixes the current year's tax rate at 42.5 mills. Halton Rifles to attend Brigade Camp at Long Branch over Labor Day weekend. Mr and Mrs E Louis Heartwell of Pittsburgh visited Georgetown. Milas Annie McGibbon of Presbyterian Hospital New York visits McGibbon family. Action team defeats Georgetown 5 to 3 in a 32 inning game. I B Shorey and Mrs Wollough win two clubs in Thursday mixed foursome with prizes donated by P Hill. Chief Jackson Hill warns dumping rubbish on streets will be prosecuted. park designated for rubbish disposal.
A council read a Chamber of Commerce communication about the proposed suburban area and the erection of signs at the town entrance. Other items note residents traveling, tax payment reminder before the 6 percent penalty, band formation call, and a small fire at Freeman due to a spark with no damage.
Judge Elliot serves on the Wentworth County commission to establish a new equalization plan. Local news notes a harvest excur sions to the Northwest, a garden party to be held on the Campbellville athletic grounds, and a chicken theft affecting Miss Peacock and W. A. McCartney.
Honorable F. O. H. Eton, a farmer near Alix Alberta, inherits the title of Lord Cheyleamere after his father’s death in London England. Captain Eton has farmed at Alix since 1921, having moved to the province from England.
A customer's letter praises a bicycle sold for his boy noting the machine allows five miles of exercise to equal twenty five miles on other bikes, reflecting strong endorsement. The correspondence ends with a curt sign off.
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