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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 17, 1925
Page
2
A poem recalls a grandmother and her Paisley shawl as a symbol of memory. The speaker notes lavender elegance, wedding fashion, and faded dreams linked to the shawl, ending with ghosts of lost hopes lingering in the fabric.
The piece explains how time is standardized from Greenwich by the Royal Observatory and US Naval Observatory. It describes star-based transit timing, chronographs, and telegraph distribution leading to precise noon across nations.
A writer argues housework can build strength and beauty for women. By using chores like vacuuming, making beds, kneading dough, or shutting the oven, women gain toned arms, solved posture, and better wrists. Rest for fifteen minutes daily and proper breathing enhance health, while routine tasks can be done hygienically to improve both appearance and usefulness.
A young state assemblyman arrives at the capital with expensive luggage and a curious fire escape contraption. The hotel porter discovers ropes, a block and tackle, and a steel hook. The proprietors question the device as the man jokes it’s for quick escape in case of fire.
A travel party learns about a geyser nicknamed tramp when offered soap cake. The guide jokes that such offering triggers a violent eruption, a noted peculiarity of some geysers in the Yellowstone region and similar to the area’s famed eruptions.
In Riverdale a young woman Amy Farland AD doctor hangs out a sign and earns wary approval as she aids a poisoned child. Amy cures the girl with rusted iron, lime, alum and a stomach rinse while neighbors rally and Doctor Firmley concedes the merit of her quick action.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a distressed speaker urging urgent medical help. He mentions critical cases awaiting in the village and asks to hurry to finish with a doctor visiting Amy and Mrs. Jackson in the morning.
An illustrated anecdote recalls a female reform speaker whose earnest talks empower women. A hostess child’s innocence prompts the speaker to reflect that a woman’s attire should mirror inner expression, not mere fashion, as she recounts a pivotal wardrobe lesson from early in her advocacy.
A clerk testifies about pantaloons worth in a Southern court case. The judge presses for a precise value while the witness humorously fluctuates price offers from two to four dollars. Spectators laugh as the judge finally declines to buy, leaving the case unresolved.
A Connecticut tale recalls Uncle Zero, a colored carpenter who fails in business. Facing two creditors, he borrows through deceitful means and then plans to settle by paying one and offering sympathy to the other to “fix it up.” The story highlights human sympathy easing sorrow.
The report lists pupil standings across classes with names and marks such as Annie Smith 460 Marjorie Garden AUT Inabel Lanty 442 and Lorna McComb 425. Totals per class range from 260 to 660, with multiple teachers noted including D Foluster M Il Moore and A McDonald.
A French passenger on a steamer, pale and disheveled, is asked if he has breakfast. He replies humorously that he has not breakfasted, and on the contrary, implying distress while maintaining wit. The exchange reflects a tactful, refined humor from a cultured traveler.
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