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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Dec 20, 1928

Page

5

Sunday School Lesson on The Birth of Jesus Tune

The article reviews the Sunday school lesson The Birth of Jesus covering Luke 2 1 20 the shepherds visit Bethlehem and Mary treasured these events. It discusses the birth of Christ the meaning of Christ the Lord and the prophecy of childhood with reflections on Mary Joseph and home life in Israel. It also notes chronology dating Jesus birth around 4 B C and contemplates the impact of child life on future leaders.

Levon Jesus Christ Cyontilus Exiguus Uebirth Herod the Great Herod Rome Jecun Dethlehem Merod Filma Joseph Mary John the Caplai Chepheris Naxoreth Israel Feaf Atatea Scientiata and Philscophers Lfe Dhuat

Health as a Means to End in Canadian Public Life

The piece argues health as a means to personal and national progress. It urges full physical and mental development, notes untimely deaths hinder culture, and asserts public health spending yields returns, protecting infants and workers. Inquiries to the Canadian Medical Association are answered by letter.

Ife Lfe Adan Cungda Medhera Canadian Medical Association College Btreat Toronto

Christmas Concerts and Club Opening Announced

Old newspaper notes a Christmas concert by the Methodist Sunday School, a formal opening of the Acton Aquatic Clubhouse by Mr A Heardmore, and an informal dinner. It also reports a Methodist Sunday School annual meeting with year totals and staff elected, plus obituaries and a medical ad for Thomas electric oil.

Acton Aquatic Club A. O. Heardmore Methodist Sunday School HP. Moore J. A. Coleman A. K Wickin Milly Anderson Toronto Mill Bigget

Farm horse feeding costs shown by Ontario station study

Dominion Experimental Station at Hapuskasing Ontario records show horses work 14045 hours yearly on Canadian farms with 8.7 hours daily per horse and 19 pounds grain per horse daily. Average feed cost per horse per year is 168.05 dollars, higher than typical idle periods. Local prices for hay and grain used. study notes substantial cost differences between active and idle teams.

Canada Dominion Experimental Station Hapuskasing Ontario A. Belzile Dominion Experimental Htaen Hapuskesing

Nature's Gifted Lineage Brightens Winter Scene

The passage describes Nature preparing Christmastime scenes with snow covers trees and rocky ledges. It portrays crystal beauty from snow and rain on bare forests, highlighting winter jewels gleaming as sunlight reflects off snow and ice on brown surfaces.

Ume

Fragmented Uw road bend creates puzzling table joke

A garbled snippet mentions a bend in Uw road and going tables with a playful line about a bib. The readable text is fragmentary and offers no clear event or identifiable names.

Uw Road

October Cocktails and Rolled Fruit Pastry Doings

A fragmented cookbook style passage lists recipes and steps for an October cocktail with ginger syrup lemon juice and orange juice, crushed ice serving, plus a rolled fruit pastry procedure involving butter sugar orange rind and flour. It mixes instructions and ingredients with many garbled phrases.

Salmon Casserole Recipe Guide

Salmon casserole method with rice and dairy sauce. Cook rice, mix with canned salmon, milk, batter, paprika and a pinch of salt. Combine with salmon, bake one hour, serve with white sauce.

Portrait parallels in Thackeray’s Pendennis and real life

A study notes that coauthorship of fiction risks copying real people. It cites Thackeray’s portrayal of a Garrick Club member said to resemble Andrew Arcedechn e as the character Poker. The piece recounts Arcedechn e’s eccentricities and his playful feud with Thackeray, including taunts and staged pranks in social rooms.

Roy Jesus Jecun Jomua Jesu Thackeray Harry Poker Lewis Melville Poker Garrick Thackeray Baling Travellers’ Club Andrew Arcedechne Henry J. Coke Phoca Arcedechne Norfolk Gar- Fick Allence Deghna Literary Cove Major Dobbing

Dr Thomas Eclectrics Oil Helps Frost Bite Relief

A historical ad describes Dr Thomas Eclectrics Oil as an effective treatment for frost bite and related inflammation. It promises quick relief and ease of application despite a garbled old text.

Thomas

Firestone Christmas Eve Radio Concert Preview

The fourth Voice of Firestone radio concert on Christmas Eve promises a Yuletide treat broadcast on the Red Network at 8:00 p m eastern time. The program features March of the Toys and other selections with Franklyn Mauer Vaughn De Leath and the Lana Orchestra performing pieces such as A Dream of Love and Hello Your Dear.

Yroor March of the Toys Lo Mngs Voice of Firestone Red Memory Lana Duatt Franklyn Hauer Vaughn de Leath Vlanover Winlar Wong Mata Cayuga Laughing Waters Franklyn Mauer Wigenansin Mala Choma Clanjag Meawry Lane

Durant Motors of Canada expands Ontario plant

Durant Motors of Canada Limited of Leaside Ontario advances expansion at its Leaside plant to increase production and support a new service clock system. The move aims to boost capacity and accelerate delivery through the upgraded facility and extended service capacity.

Carata Lance Stacs Courra Durant Motors of Canada Limlod Leaxida Ontario

Dorla and Doris in a London Flat Mystery

A fragmented diary scene unfolds with Dorla and Doris debating a strange case in a London flat. A workman is trapped in a cupboard while police and electric bells are discussed, exposing marriage tensions and moral conflict.

Yunth Dorla Doris Hitchom Milator Altcham

Christmas origins and pagan influences in early Christian practice

The text outlines how Christian leaders adopted pagan customs to ease conversion, noting December dates, Saturnalia traditions, and festive practices tied to Christmas. It cites Chrysostom and early missions, mentions gift exchanges, and links Danish and Norse mythologies to Christmas symbols while warning about herbal worm remedies.

Gallagher's Tonic and System Builder Claims Cure All

The Natural Herbal Goodness of Gallagher's tonic claims to clear up eczema and indigestion by purifying the blood and stimulating bowels kidneys and liver. Advertises as a reliable old remedy for nervousness coughs and colds sold by A. T. Brown Acton.

Gallagher’s Galelagher Gallagher Bal A. T. Brown Acton

Pre-Reformation English Christmastide Traditions

In old England Christmas Eve was seen as rare and fascinating. Romans called it the Great Night with many lights kindled and people exchanged gifts while even animals were said to kneel at midnight in devotion to the holy birth.

England Chriat Rome

Life among Nigerian headmen in the Story of My Life

Rory Robes recounts encounters with African rulers around Calabar including King Kyo Honesty of Creek Town and King Duke Epraim IX of Dukes Town. He describes traders' names and clothing customs, noting traders and jurists like John Boka Cobham and Asibon Edom, and ends with a vivid scene of King Epraim in royal and informal dress.

Ir Warry Johnston Chiafa Old Calabar Kyo Honesty Creek Town Duke Epraim IX Dukes Town Duks Epraim Honeaty Inherlad Soma John Boka Cobham Asibon Thesa Ehlofa Harry John Hoke Duke Epreim VM Aincauntil Evey Lone Sir Harry

Christmas Scale 1938 Boals Appeal for Consumptive Hospitals

A vintage appeal urges buying Christmas scales bearing the double barred Cross to aid Muskoka and Toronto Hospitals for Consumptives. Funds support hospital maintenance. packets sold by schools, banks, and post offices, with proceeds helping patients in need.

Muskoka Toronto Tts Muskoke Wouton

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