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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 22, 1932
Page
7
A reflective poem fragment honors Molly Bevan with lines about returning home for Christmas. The text evokes magic in simple verses, starlight and snow, and a longing for a familiar place filled with memories. An angelic carol voice frames the seasonal nostalgia.
The Free Press notes Christmas morning services at St. Alban's Church, a new wire fence around Lorne School, and busy farmers and sleighs delivering wood. Post Office staffing endures a record Christmas mail week while a High School “At Home” event in Town Hall features tableaux, readings, music, and student reunions.
A mother counsels readers on recognizing and overcoming the blues by counting advantages and avoiding dwelling on disadvantages. The piece promotes Mother Graves Worm Ex Terminator as a remedy for children troubled with worms.
A collection of historic quotes on justice from Joubert Froude MacDonald Addison Mary Baker Eddy Epictetus and Conway. The excerpts emphasize justice as truth in action wisdom moderation virtue reform and ethical living.
A rough tale describes a man boasting of catching large trout at a market and asking a dealer to throw them to tell his family he had caught them, while admitting he is no mariner and not a professional.
A Sunday school lesson on the birth of Jesus from Luke 2 emphasizes God’s fulfilled prophecy, the shepherds’ faith, and the heavenly chorus. It contrasts hearts preoccupied with worldliness with those who welcome the savior, urging immediate faith and action.
Fragmentary diary notes from SLATS recount local events and rumors across a week. Entries mention a breakup between Ora Erks girl and a proposal, a funeral, a professor’s egg laying contest honors, an airplane purchase, a sick spouse, a slick dancer at a lodge, a tea bottle scam, and a radio host influencing timekeeping.
Henry Ford and Jack Miner, close friends, arranged a four book set from the McGuffey readers. Ford photographed pages at Dearborn labs and autographed each copy for Miner. Miner recalled poems from memory after a start.
A fragment quotes a surgeon note on human body parts that nature endowed, suggesting some could have been omitted. The dialogue “Queer, isn't it?” “What?” frames a tentative reflection on medical discovery and natural design.
The shepherds announce the newborn Messiah and praise God as they return to their work. Mary treasures the revelations in her heart while the shepherds’ belief and prompt obedience lead to a grateful, faithful journey ending in praise.
Canadian Government scientists on mineral anhydrite explore its use in commercial plasters. Tests show anhydrite plasters setting and tensile strength on par with gypsum, with higher density and easy workability. They do not require calcination, and sorting from gypsum may add value.
A Jamaica report notes 20 million acres of cultivable land outside swamps and woods, with only 2 million currently under cultivation. The colony remains sparsely populated and serves as a terminus for several Canadian National steamers including the Lady Rodney and Lady Somers.
A colored minister tells the audience no such chapter exists in Matthew sixty nine, prompting nearly every hand to rise as proof. He declares the audience are the people he intends to preach to.
A quotation reveals a mother advised removing the word obey from a marriage service while the speaker suggested a sense of humor. The dialogue captures tensions over traditional vows and personal beliefs.
Speechlike plea in dialect urges marriage as a safeguard for government aid. The speaker questions the woman's willingness to risk death, framing union as insurance and survival, reflecting social pressures and dependency.
A Scotsman Anglo Welsh debate on speed features a telegraph pole fence vision and milestones resembling a churchyard. A Welshman boasts a faster train and a line of sights including potatoes a field of leeks a butcher shop and an Irish stew like scene.
A brief OCR fragment lists various prices and figures including 1 percent, 7.25, 1.40, 65, 5.60, 6.25 and 5.25 likely reflecting a historical market or exchange listing. No clear event or entities identified.
At 9 25 eastbound near George Town a tent accident occurred with injuries reported. Police and emergency crews responded to the scene and details are being coordinated.
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