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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 02, 1920
Page
5
The vignette recounts Lucille visiting and a mishap that ends with a confession of love and a blossoming romance. A humorous retelling marks the misunderstandings and the budding feelings between two lovers amid family reactions. The narrator reflects on the consequences and hints at a forthcoming marriage.
A compact review of local items notes scarce coal, Indian Summer weather, and upcoming sales at Johnstone & Co furniture. School staff at Acton Public School 1901 includes Moore, McPhail, Howes, Currie, and Allen. Obvious birth, marriage, and death notices appear, plus advice on sleep and work from local columnists and advertisements for pills and remedies.
The Toronto Hamilton highway project in Ontario advanced during wartime with a special commission led by Gen. H. Gooderham. It introduced cement concrete roadways 28 feet wide, large reinforced concrete spans up to 120 feet, and two major interurban bridge structures built without interruption from 1917 to 1919.
A Sunday school text analyzes Matthew 13 24 43 the parable of the tares or weeds. It contrasts good and evil within the church notes the harvest and end of the world and explains the kingdom of God as the active spiritual agency bringing life to people. It discusses the growth from small beginnings and the need for discernment between wheat and weeds.
A fragment reflects on public approval and personal conviction. It argues that fear of ridicule spurs caution, while true progress comes from acting on beliefs, regardless of others’ praise or lack of recognition.
The article notes a drop in drug addiction under prohibition with shifts in smuggling routes to Canada and decreased trafficking after U S and Canadian actions. It cites figures from 1914 1920 and argues federal measures reduce drug related offenses and diversions despite rumors of rising prohibition effects.
Stanley Merrill of Lambeth Ontario reports on a Camden potato experiment near London with five blocks on an acre. One block unfertilized, four receiving varying fertilizer rates and Bordeaux Paris green spray. Yields show 137.6 bushels per acre with fertilizer, 100 lb and up to 30 g bushels per acre for other treatments, amid anecdotes from navy days and farm life.
In a rough village scene Aunt Mary pleads for divorce from her husband after a long spell without food. A local lawyer, Uncle Bits, is mentioned as handling the case amid a gritty, colloquial exchange.
Fragmented passage discusses alignment of individual interests with those of the employer. It references pride in big business and the idea that workers identifying with their firm aid the employer, noting a contrast between insiders and outsiders and the right track for prosperity.
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