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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1925
Page
3
A 1925 Acton Free Press exhortation urges residents to boost their city church homes shops and neighbors. It encourages supporting every forward movement and improvements while shunning chronic knockers to improve schools and community life.
An explorer describes a 560 B C loaf found in a sarcophagus and Pompeii ovens with eight parts. A Brussels antiquarian dinner featured bread wheat butter and apples aged 1800 years. Guests tasted modest portions from jars and stone shelves.
A historical piece envisions future homes built from synthetic lumber made from sugar cane waste. This material weighs a quarter as much as pine, costs less to transport, and acts as a sound deadener and heat insulator. It could enable affordable durable housing even as natural timber becomes scarce.
A compact collection of aphorisms from various authors. It muses on praising God, the limits of strict rule following, human arrogance, and the value of silence at times. Includes quotes attributed to J. 1. 8 Perowne Bulwer Ure May Miller and John Raskin.
A Vermont border tale shows a French seller praising a horse with constant digs about its looks. The Yankee buyer, ignoring appearance, buys but later cries foul after discovering the horse’s quality. The seller quips that the horse “not look ver good” and notes the horse may not see at all.
An American minister noticed his enslaved servant scribbling during his sermon. Afterward the man claimed he was taking notes, but the pages appeared more like Chinese than English. The minister dismissed the notes as nonsense, accusing the servant of misreading the sermon.
A poem recalls a dim old forest and a departed little brother whose memory shines brightest among the pictures on memory’s wall. The speaker cherishes the saint-like gaze and pale arms folded in an embrace as sunset arrows rest in tree tops.
A nostalgic quiz recalls the spring when the Nicklin dam broke flooding mills and flats, the 1873 big tannery fire, the 1878 G T R tragedy of Mrs McAlpine, and other historic town events. It lists residents and incidents with a reflective tone from the community memory.
An Acton fire destroyed shops above the Barracks on Main Street, forcing residents to flee and relocate in a drill shed shelter. Homes above burned residents found new quarters on Willow Street with community help rebuilding a house under rough board construction.
The Zuider Zee in Holland is to be drained over ten years to reclaim more than 800 acres of dry land and form a 250000 acre freshwater lake. Islands Marken Urk Wolringer and Scholkind would become mainland as coastal lines return to 13th century conditions. The project requires a large loan but locals expect long term repayment.
A dialogue between a bristling haired boarder and an unemotional listener on learning from analogy. They compare human growth, Norse longevity, and a flea’s leaps to illustrate reasoning, then drift to other topics.
Acton Police Court granted penalties for hawker frauds and drunkenness while a flood of local items records summer holidays church repairs charabanc trips and family weddings. Notables include Mr T W Devonport of the Acton Chamber of Commerce and a marriage at St Dunstan East Acton Green between Miss Elalo May Holloway and Mr Christopher Harold Barrett.
A garbled exchange shows a buyer insisting on a purchase from a shopkeeper. The dialogue hints at a barter or small daily need with limited goods. Details are unclear due to transcription errors.
Describes a stylish frock with smart jersey fabric in natural color. Front long sleeves are trimmed with brown buttons and side pockets. An underfaced front forms revers with white silk vestee showing, collar matching the ventee, medium size needs 224 yards of 54 inch material.
North Carolina senator Matt W. Ransom famed for courtesy in Mexico and the U S capital. On the way to the Senate he faced a protracted encounter with a bore. After a tense moment he broke the strain with a playful farewell and a sincere but sharp rebuke about Simpkins.
A patent remedy claims rapid cure for rheumatic trouble including lumbago arthritis and neuralgia. The ad asserts guaranteed results or money back and urges purchasing Rheuma from E. J. Hasgard or any drugstore to remove the ailment promptly.
In the Halton County Surrogate Court notice announces the estate of Annica Moloxz deceased. Creditors of Annie Molozz late of Acton must file claims by Sept 20 1926 with Andrew Morozzi administrator. Distribution of assets begins Sept 20 1925. administrator not liable for late claims. Dated Acton Aug 20 1926. HH. N. Farmer solicitor.
A municipal notice from August 15 1925 by John Marshall Clerk calls Nashagaweya voters to verify lists under the Ontario Voter List Act. It directs posting at the office and urges voters to correct errors or omissions before elections for the Legislative Assembly and municipal offices.
An annual Western grain harvest drive will mobilize about fifty thousand men from Eastern Canada with recruitment efforts extending to workers from offices factories and women. Railways offer enhanced cooling and comfortable Colonial cars for travel as fully prepared for the exodus to wheat fields with August departures from Quebec Toronto and Ontario while Western routes begin late August.
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