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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1924
Page
2
A speaker describes an overnight journey from a gray brown autumn land with dancing leaves to a stark winter landscape. Morning reveals a changed scene without familiar trees or leaves, contrasting the first land’s colors with the new cold setting. The poem reflects on shifting seasons and travel between worlds.
A woman law student in a Wisconsin town cleans a judge’s dusty private library to prove women can pursue legal work. The judge finally jokes that they will dust the books, illustrating gendered perceptions in the profession.
In a flood tale set around Nahway a one horse Relief Wagon No 13 from Way and Webster of Richmond arrives with food and gifts for Lydia Whitten. Roger Perkins delivers sixteen bushels of potatoes thirty loaves of bread butter pickles and more while Cynthia’s letter of love accompanies the loot. Lydia accepts with gratitude and directs distribution to the town’s needy.
A writer argues that belief systems extend beyond theology to civic creed. It outlines six duties for intelligent, conscientious citizens including informing themselves, voting by conscience, obeying laws, serving on juries, respecting others' views, and treating citizenship as a public trust.
A three year old child heiress of medical lore plays doctor to dolls with handwritten prescriptions. After tiring she rests, then fans the alarm bell and learns Jennie Purdy needs her services at once. She replies that Mr Purdy cannot come as he’s busy in his office.
A reflective village father tells a boy that birth and privilege do not grant worth. He stresses character over lineage, saying true superiority lies in actions, not family or race, with a personal note from Lelia Munnoll.
A guide on training memory by focusing on important facts and developing new interests. The text contrasts forgotten daily details with vivid recollections of youth and encourages engaging with lessons and people to boost recall.
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