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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 16, 1926
Page
5
A nostalgic piece from Acton Hive Press on December 16 2926 celebrates the old hometown newspaper. It contrasts local births marriages land deals and weddings with grand distant headlines and movie stars, valuing the intimate community tone.
The lesson explains Luke 2 8 20 and the Christmas message highlighting the birth of Christ as the light for all nations. It contrasts divine poverty with worldly pomp and urges personal faith and action toward Christ’s kingdom. It notes prophecy, the shepherds, and the universal hope of salvation.
The issue notes Miss Smith of Whitby will replace Miss Kerns at Bannockburn School. It reports rink work nearly finished with expected Friday opening, plus local notices on Christmas exams, Acton ICCF installation, Patterson abbatoir progress, and meat storage claims. It lists property trades and farm sale near Nassagaweg a, with Black of Guelph taking possession February first. It also covers shipping scarcity and Christmas stock prices: Turkey 13 to 11 cents, geese 10 to 11, ducks 10 to 11, chickens 7 to 16 cents.
During frontier times the Seventeenth Infantry endures strict yet comic discipline. Captain Troxell repeatedly accepts sergeant reports of Private Murphy striking others with a pickaxe handle and later seeking hospital care, prompting questions about rules and authority.
A Balkan anecdote from Servia of the Servians depicts Nasradih Chodja teaching politeness to pupils who cheer and clap when an elder sneezes. While he dangles for rescue, the boys drop the rope to chant Hayir Allah, dragging him back into the pit. The chajda sighs that he should have taught common sense first.
A dialogue recalls stealing a letter from a post office box. An advertisement touts Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil as a fast absorbing remedy for inflammation, cuts, scratches, bruises and sprains with simple topical application.
A collection of playful, stray lines from a local page shows a visitor seeking drink, a prisoner praying for police protection, a sterile needle ad with a safety claim, a Swede clerk’s misheard orders, a shoe store error, Ruth’s Sunday School candy purchase, and a minister’s door encounter.
The article describes a large grizzly hunting region along the Upper Columbia in British Columbia from Beavermouth to Rawalotoke on the Canadian Pacific line. It notes twelve creeks as bear habitats, a spring effort to promote access, safety of river trips with rivermen, and advises that April and May yield prime deerskin trophies. It cites past hunts with fifteen bears in twenty-one days and mentions key locals J. H. Munro Revelstoke and Arnold Burton Banff guidance.
The New York state college of agriculture at Ithaca outlines four main reasons to take an annual farm inventory. It shows net worth, tracks progress year to year, supports bank credit applications, and creates a ready asset list for fire or estate settlement.
Ward the sculptor observed horses as models for his works and befriended them. Lex, a thoroughbred, playfully sabotaged his table setup with hidden compass points, prompting Ward to feign busy activity and endure a lively prank before Lex returned to duty.
A tale of truthfulness from Maury Anne Potter and a widower’s marriage scene at a justice of the peace. The text ends with an old ad pitching Holloway's Corn Remover as a simple remedy for corns.
A boy fresh from school visits a big city firm and asks about starting at the bottom. The manager bluntly replies there is no chance, noting the firm works as contractors for digging wells.
A Smith's Magazine piece urges frequent sincere praise to encourage effort. It warns against flattery, notes that many excel with encouragement, and asks readers to notice good work from cooks to office staff, then tell them so.
A doctor prescribes flowers and greenery to boost appetite in hot weather after a London theory echoes in a dining room. The patient learns a single color flower arrangement plus ample green plants can refresh and calm, while cautioning against overdoing it. Miller's Worm Powders are recommended for worm-related stomach issues in children.
H H Williams, chairman of the trustees, urges readers to remember the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto when giving at Christmas. He notes clinics across Ontario bring curable cases to the hospital, funded by local clubs and readers, since the hospital serves all faiths and regions, with substantial annual costs beyond grants.
An old advertising note touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a persistent healer for wounds and sores. It promises to stop sloughing and draw out pus, promoting a clean healing path with many claimants certifying its effectiveness.
A Bavarian king, to aid a favored aide, sends a book bound portfolio with bank notes inside. The officer praises the first volume and eagerly awaits a second. On the officer’s birthday the king presents a second portfolio with the inscription this work is complete in two volumes.
Frederick Harrison recounts in Autobiographical Memoirs a Paris prison scene. A fourteen year old boy steps from the line to offer his watch to his mother before death. The captain orders him away but the boy returns to take his place at the wall, ready to die.
The article extols Dr J P Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a remarkable preparation that defeats asthma quickly. It claims relief comes with a rush and life becomes worth living when the remedy is used, warning to avoid substitutes.
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