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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 24, 1925
Page
5
A festive poem by Aule J. Cleator urges readers to buy sturdy stockings for Christmas. The rhymed lines celebrate Santa, gift giving, and cheerful winter scenes as a local holiday feature in the 1926 Acton Free Press.
In December 1905 local events include St Alban's Watchnight services, and Christmas offerings totaling 7.45 for the Sick Children's Hospital. Town YMCA and multiple Sunday Schools hold programs with choruses, solos, dialogues, and Santa Claus gifts, plus a Thomas Cameron estate sale cited as very successful.
A reflective piece urging readers to observe Christmas as more than a holiday. It asks whether one can forget personal gain to serve others, consider the needs of children and the lonely, and sow seeds of happiness. It concludes that keeping Christmas requires communal love and selflessness.
A fragmented reminiscence traces the Christmas festival as a timeless goodwill rite. The text evokes ancient origins before railways and radios, awakening dormant brotherhood and desires to give and bless others in a spirit of peace.
A hesitant bridegroom rises for his speech at a wedding feast and, under pressure, awkwardly turns to the bride for support. He attempts a prepared line but stumbles aloud about being forced into the toast and ends with a strained claim of unpreparedness.
British emigrants in the Canadian West sail back to Britain for Christmas and a view of familiar sights. Families like Mrs. George Patterson and her children cross Canada aboard Imperial specials to Saint John and Windsor, reflecting a booster mood as hopeful farmers seek renewed energy for the new year.
Summary of a Sunday School outline on Paul from Romans 6 1 emphasizing faith and peace through Christ. It traces Paul s life teaching and includes lessons from I to XII focusing on his ministry perseverance love and faith and ends with daily readings.
Acton timetable pages show No. 39 No. 3b No. 38 No. 36 No. 26 services with Sunday exceptions and times from 1.43 am to 11.40 pm. Freight handling notes indicate special express service and pickup at any address in Toronto.
A Toronto Saturday Night humorous note recounts a plantation worker hired to drive Beme visitors to the Natural Bridge. Upon asking about the bridge’s height and width the driver confesses limited knowledge and recalls helping lay the cornerstone but insists he cannot recall precise measurements, ending with a vow not to forget that day.
The Rev. Angus AM Gl as Glasgow, a long time Scot, makes a brief visit to the Jamiesons who once attended his church. They offer tea coffee cocoa and whiskey but he declines each drink, remaining reserved in his conversation.
A young American in a Paris shop balks at a 20 frank pin price and offers 5 francs. The clerk responds in broken English, suggesting the pin is a gift to his sister, highlighting cross cultural misunderstandings in a humorous exchange.
A London paper notes the old verger at St Bidulph’s, now in conflict with a new dean. The verger boasts of leading the Sunday School, teaching from the Gospel, dispensing “cataplasm,” and finishing with anecdotes to keep children attentive. He admits warning of bibulous language.
The Georgetown Hockey Club announces officers including Hon. Presidents H B Rigby Dr Marcellus and Dr McAndrew with H Cleaves as President and M V Grant as Vice President. Roy King treasurer and J McGibbon manager of intercollegiate team. Two strong teams planned under 0 H A with lineups to be announced later.
A church notes a morning sermon at 10 30 with a quartette planned to sing. The column jokes about rambling sermons, a minister’s powerful preaching, and a scatter of humorous exchanges including a demand for the preacher to run the old car and a pointed remark from a lady about quarrels with the minister not the gospel.
A playful set of holiday word games. Questions tease which key fits Christmas time and why December 25th recurs. Riddles touch on turkey roasting, round pudding, misletoe and a day that won’t keep beyond twenty four hours.
Sirloin tale recounts two stories from Maine remembered by old narrators. A landlord Barney McGauldrie hosts famous visitors for a merry joke while two meat dealers challenge his trade. Barney defends loyalty. banter centers on meat cutting prowess and local humor.
In a Western city a man traveled by bus to meet a firm but forgot the company name and left memoranda behind. After wasting time he telegraphed his partner for details and learned the message announcing his business partner’s instruction that his own name was Brown and the firm was Smith Jones.
An immigration official in the West proposes special homeseekers rates to entice farmers to inspect Western lands, challenging Eastern objections. The piece argues prosperity hinges on mutual dependence between farmers and railroads, with rates shaping what settlers produce and market, and the regulator must balance profitable movement with farmers’ returns.
An advertisement claims asthma sufferers face exhaustion and says early use of Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy quickly eases air passages and brings comfort. It urges every home with even minor asthma presence to keep the remedy on hand.
A reflective meditation on daily conduct and character. The piece urges steady moral balance, tact, patience, and small acts of kindness as the foundation of lasting success and a well lived life. It stresses that quiet choices, not grand gestures, determine one's future.
An exhausted traveller contemplates a sudden shift in a man's behavior as a storm looms. The driver and passenger discuss a mysterious loss of animation in the subject, amid rising clouds and tense urgency.
An advertisement extols Burns and Spalds-DrThomas Eclectric Oil claiming it instantly relieves burn and scald pain without preparation. It advises keeping it in every kitchen so it is available at any time and promises pain relief within a short time.
A fictionalized recount of the classic poem Night Before Christmas. It notes its creation on December 3 1822 by Clement Clarke Moore in New York and recounts Saint Nicholas reindeer and the sleigh delivering toys to good children. It mentions Moore's birth in 1799 and his death in 1863 in Newport Rhode Island.
Frost bites and chilblains arise from winter cold and slush exposure. Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil is praised for counteracting inflammation and relieving pain with prompt action and simple application.
A dubious old remedy titled Mother Graves Worm Exterminator is promoted as a cure to "destroy worma" and ensure a healthy child, though the text reads as a promotional line with unclear efficacy.
The notice claims Milleca Worm Powdera expels worms and promotes health, arguing worms cause restlessness and pain in children and that these powders effectively remove the source of suffering.
Acton Village bylaw approved December 8 1926 to issue 240 dollars debentures to defray cement sidewalk cost on Wilbur Street north east side between B G Arnold residence and MMA Street. Registered December 10 1935 Halton County Registry. Objections to name or parts due within three months after first publication. Clerk HB N Farmer.
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