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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1934
Page
7
The piece expresses a personal devotion during Christmas Eve, noting what the speaker cannot do or give while stating a inward journey toward Bethlehem. It reflects reverent themes of humility and spiritual guidance, with imagery of stars, angels, and the holy birth.
Twenty years ago The Free Press reports Christmas cheer and local happenings on December 24 1914. Acton adopts hydro electric current consumption rising weekly while churches share festive services. Militia officials purchase army remounts. Mrs J Kerr Brown elected to the City Board of Education. Norman Wriggleforth buys a 100 acre Ash Grove farm. Tannery employees receive Christmas gifts as a high school reunion draws crowds. a man sustains a leg injury from a hay wagon mishap. A Christmas At Home event attracts former scholars and yields success. obituaries note Mrs Elizabeth Thurteil at 84. The ad promotes Thomas Eclectric Oil for frostbite and chilblains with prompt relief.
Worry is useless and harms health and life. An intelligent survey of troubles identifies real issues, discards false ones, and seeks remedies. Focus on present problems with past lessons, avoid overthinking, and you will live longer, happier, and contribute to society.
Two Greenwich Village artists arrived in Spain but spoke no Spanish. They sought roast beef but the waiter could not comore. One asks what to do and the other draws a cow sketch marked with 2. The waiter smiles and returns with two tickets to a bull fight.
A shopper complains about finding the right sample while Christmas shopping. The assistant remains calm and asks to see the sample, highlighting a quiet moment in a busy store. The exchange reflects social manners amid seasonal commerce.
A family visits the city market before Christmas to enjoy the crowds and shop. The narrator recaps sights from puppies to fowl stalls, notes store layouts and sales pressure, and reflects on how shopping changes as children grow up. The day ends with traffic jams and post shopping purchases at home.
A fragmentary diary recounts a week of small town life with playful slang and rough moments. Notes include a fight, a barber's divorce case, a funeral, a new driving idea, and a plug for Douglas Egyptian Liniment.
The Ontario and Canadian Egg Laying Contests at the Central Experimental Farm report best egg production in years. Some pens are in top form while others rise quickly. weather and accidents could determine a banner year. Practical feed tips include ground grains and a mixed mash of wheat barley oats animal feed, fish meal, milk powder, bone meal, and salt. adjust with alfalfa if available.
A flower seller urges a customer to buy violets for a sweetheart while the young man mishears and jokes about taking them home to his wife. The seller insists, the man clarifies he is not married, and the exchange continues with playful banter about celebrations.
A wife warns her husband that his drink is slow poison. He dismisses her concern and says he is not in a hurry. The dialogue contrasts unhappiness as the hunger to get with true happiness as the hunger to give.
A playful exchange turns on affection and habit as a young man asks for love and a girl jokes she learned to eat spinach. The brief vignette captures light romance and comic stubbornness in concise dialogue.
A husband asks how much to spend on his wife’s present and worries about funds left. She responds with uncertainty, prompting playful exchange about remaining money for her gift. The lighthearted moment reflects holiday budgeting concerns between spouses.
A short quotation attributed to Sir Oliver Lodge asserts the brain does not see hear feel plan hope or love, presenting a philosophical view on mental faculties and consciousness.
A short verse contrasts men who smile at different times of day and praises the man who can smile when his two front teeth are gone. The lines reflect a humorous or philosophical take on resilience and attitude.
A pessimistic antique dealer lamented his waning trade. He said if prices rise people cannot afford items, and if prices fall buyers still do not want them.
A young lawyer recalls being assigned to defend a man too poor to pay fees. The judge said the young lawyer could take the case for experience. The case ended with the man sentenced to twenty years, delaying any future business from him.
A grieving widow demands removal of the phrase Rest in Peace from a tombstone her late husband left, seeking a new inscription. The sculptor declines to alter the stone but offers to add an alternative line suggesting they will meet again.
An old home treatment claims Parmint mixed with hot water and sugar can ease catarrhall deafness and inner ear symptoms. It asserts dramatic hearing improvement, even a ticking watch heard from several inches away, and urges readers to share the formula.
Daily except Sunday schedule note indicates operations run every day except Sundays with a Sunday only service.
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