Acton Free Press 1919 Advertising Rates and Contact
The Acton Free Press published weekly on Thursdays in Acton Ontario lists subscription at 1.00 per year in advance with U.S. postage extra. Ads price 10 cents per line first insertion and 6 cents per line each additional, with display ads 16 cents per inch annually for 100 inches or more. Editor H P Mooij and office contact details provided.
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Foam
Pass
Mil Street
Acton
Ontario
United States
Curiosity at WWI Graves and Ontario Housing Trend
Editorial notes visitors to French and Belgian graves should show reverence. It highlights Kipling’s appeal, Canada drug import restrictions cutting narcotics use by over 50 percent, and the shift to Union Government as advantageous during reconstruction. Ontario housing acts fund 91 municipalities with plans for 5,000 more houses, $20 million loan potential, and $30,000 to Acton. Sir John Withigan discusses farmers as Ontario Premiers and governance.
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France
Flanders
Rudyard Kipling
Imperial War Graves Commission
French
Canada
Department of Public Health
Department of Health
Board of Commerce
Lloyd George
Reform Club
Manchester
United States
League of Nations
Great Britain
Canadas
Ontario
Acton
Toronto Government House to remain as residence under legal limits
Announcement shows the new Lieutenant-Governor and Government will work to cut maintenance costs at Toronto Government House. Public demand favors converting the costly pile into a public use, but the Attorney General notes a restrictive clause prevents changing its purpose under current conditions. The matter may be debated in the approaching Legislature session.
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Toronto
Government House
Canadian Press Association outlines postwar aims and structure
The association emphasizes broader usefulness and nation building, proposes three groups the Daily Press the Weekly Press and the Trade Journals while maintaining autonomy. Ontario labor data show rising job applications and placements with women increasing demands and Workmen's Compensation Act aid rising while factory inspections cut accidents and costs.
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Canadian Press Association
Canada
Dominion
Times
Weekly Press
Liberal patience urged as fuel crisis looms for Canada
The piece urges Liberals to back the new Premier and cabinet and adopt a cooperative stance. It notes Canada faces a severe fuel shortage this zero weather period, with Central Canada receiving only 70 percent of normal coal and reliance on the United States debated. It proposes expanding use of peat and lignite and developing domestic fuel resources to reduce dependence.
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Canada
Central
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
The Importance of Accuracy in Communication
An essay on precision shows how a single omitted or misplaced word or comma can cause costly errors. It warns that inexact reporting and exaggeration create trouble for individuals and others, emphasizing the broad impact of accuracy in all communications.
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United States
Wall Street
Millon Dollaca
Forget the Shadows and Seek a Lovely Memory
A short moral exhortation urges leaving past faults behind to improve happiness and life span. It encourages forgetting neighbors faults personal quarrels and unkind stories and focusing on the good in friends. The note calls for starting fresh today with a clean slate and cultivating lovely memories.
A BUNCH OF PALEEHOODS AND MISSHAPEN TALES
A humorous anonymous piece recalls women confessing wardrobe woes and a boastful man with a sharp knife. The tone mocks social pretension and blunt self critique, noting silly errors and exaggerated claims in everyday talk.
Do Something And Be Somebody
A condensed motivational note on self effort. It argues real goodness comes from personal exertion, not fortune, and warns that ease dulls energy and growth. The passage emphasizes taking action to achieve happiness and success rather than relying on external gifts.
Just Preceding The Storm Mr Meown Dream Inquiry
Comic dialogue features Mr Meown and Mr Brown as they discuss a surreal dream before a storm. The exchange includes a misheard name and a puzzled reply about someone running off with another person in a quirky British tone.
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Mr Meown
Mr. Brown
Mr. Hrown
Nurse Finds Dying Woman in Filthy Hovel
A Muskoka Free Hospital nurse discovers a consumptive woman dying in a squalid, crowded hovel on a dingy street. Two young children nearby also die after failing to receive medical help, highlighting neglected poor health care. Donations to William Gage or George Held support hospital work in Toronto.
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Muskoka Free Hospital
Case
Sven
Anildat Dt
Tols
Sir William Gage
Spadina Avenue
George A. Held
College Street
Toronto
Tailoring Shop Opens in Acton District
J P Scarrow announces the opening of a new high class tailoring store next to Kenney's Boot Store. Suits made to measure and military coats dyed and remodelled. All orders will receive prompt attention. patronage warmly solicited.
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J.P Scarrow
Acton and District
Kenney’s
Wyndham Street
Gualph, Ont
Willigans
Cochineal Insects Shaping Color Traditions Through History
The passage describes cochineal’s origins with the Zapotec, noting how dried females provided superior color. It explains misbeliefs about the insect's seed association, describes their attachment to leaves, rapid growth, and the scale needed to weigh a pound. It mentions curing in ovens and the modern shift to starter preparations in trade.
Be a Forgetter and the Unforgettable Listener
A short exhortation on memory and character urging readers to seek lasting truths in every Sunday. It contrasts unforgetting, regal spirit with earth-bound imitation and emphasizes eternal lines guiding worthy citizens.
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Taxzas Christian Advocate
Long-Suffering Father Faces Endless Questions from Ben
An eight year old boy Ben relentlessly questions his father, testing patience as the parent fends off repetitive inquiries about dust and identity while reading a newspaper. The humorous exchange highlights a patient dad enduring a flood of questions.
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Ben
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