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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 16, 1926
Page
2
Three shoppers roam a gift shop filling baskets with tokens for teacher dad friends a dog bell cat ribbon for dolly and a mother’s gift. They tour showcases and walls select the best final present wrapped in tissue and red ribbon.
The judge should define good seed grain as weed and inert matter free, bright and uniform, undamaged by threshing, and free from disease. Clipping grains to enhance weight harms seed quality, while evaluating vitality helps distinguish samples under varying weather and storage conditions. Judges rank samples by merit, then verify each occupies its proper position.
An English settler in early Australia recounts a frontier blaze near Walker's hut. While flames consumed the thatch and goods, Walker calmly finished his interrupted breakfast, offering the visitors chops and tea as they helped extinguish the fire. The tale blends danger with rugged neighborly humor.
In a farm tale from our town, a famed but balky horse named Neptune is swapped for a dealer’s mount after a stubborn fit. Addison refuses to yield, finally trains Neptune with a post and crowd control until the horse learns obedience.
A cheery drug clerk chats with customers on an overcast day as they make small purchases. Visitors remark on the weather, trading quips about warmth and chill while the clerk responds with enthusiastic small talk and friendly banter.
The Acton Gazette column highlights the Acton Junior Imperial League opening, a wet winter forecast for 1927, the Acton Safety Match launch, real estate boom, and obituaries. Social events include bowling club suppers, Globe Theatre musical interludes, Boy Scout activities, and hospital council visits. Community figures such as Mrs. Symons, Mrs. Perry, and Mrs. Loxton are noted, plus business discussions at the Acton Chamber of Commerce and charity drives by the Acton Christmas Dinner Fund benefiting local families.
In a New England dairy region, three Boston hired travelers carried butter from a farmhouse to a distant stop. A bull in the back lot chased the group as they fled uphill, dropping their goods. They escaped toward higher ground as a milk train crept away below.
Senior Third Edith Mills 602 Adabel Brown 476 Thos Gibbons 453 Total 550 Senior Second Elsie Anderson 317 Ruth Jennings 209 Halen Campbell 306 Total 400 I Anderson Junior Second Lorraine Jacque 130 Barbara Taylor 360 Lois Cripps 333 Total 400 Senior First Kathleen Huard 347 Margery Mann 340 Marlon Nigel 436 Total A MacDonald First Class Frederick Turner 226 Wilma Hansen 217 Helen Lamb 204 Total 250 Sr Primary Elma Braida 243 Lawrence Leatham 178 Helene Lavallee 170 Total 260 N Anderson Ar Primary Senior Class Thelma Cripps Norman Braida La Verne Smith Intermediate Class Grace Stewart Dorothy Philip Ernest McHenry Junior Class Lyla Evans Teresa Campbell Jackie Winter M R Moore
Commodore Bridge recalls Hawthorne visiting after an African and European voyage. The author arrived to a cluttered Portsmouth home and, fearing intrusion, considered leaving. Mrs Bridges prompted him to stay and assist, and he spent a week helping with chores and boxes.
A downtown bank scene ends with a woman tapping the window and demanding payment while the teller calmly replies that they do not pay anything there. The exchange ends with the teller directing her to move to the next window.
A hotel door man in Rome jokes with an American guest about languages spoken and the supposed sameness of English and American. The man demonstrates an English accent, predicting weather and adding playful phrases, highlighting humorous dialect contrasts.
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