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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
4
The Acton Mus Power Press publishes its weekly edition in Ontario with a December 26 1990 date. Subscription price set at 1.60 per year in advance. Advertising rates listed for class and display ads.
The piece critiques anti profiteering while noting living costs rise as money tightens. It discusses Canada’s military manpower in England, hunting licensing rules, and a public call to generosity. It covers Ontario prohibition politics, bridge spending criticism, and Sir Robert Borden’s health affecting his premiership.
Amid war fatigue, nations move to end liquor trade and enforce prohibition like New Zealand aiming for dry status by June. US Senate backs deportation of anarchists while Canada grants military amnesty. discussions mount on Versailles ratification and League of Nations participation in a bid to stabilize postwar order.
The notice urges Acton ratepayers to nominate intelligent businesslike candidates for the Municipal Council and Board of School Trustees. Nominees will be chosen next Monday at noon in the Council Chamber to oversee large expenditures and new commissions. Several current members may not seek reelection, making qualified, willing citizens essential for 1920 governance.
A sermon-like discussion questions wealth creation and duty. It argues money comes from God and communal effort, warns against speculation, and urges investments in churches, Christian schools, missions, and humanitarian causes as the most enduring wealth.
An English clergyman recalls a Christmas night in Sussex where a poor aging woman asked for lodging. He shares how her tears and a simple home scene, with toast and hot tea, left him with the most moving Christmas message he has heard. The moment, described as the finest sermon, echoes in Youth's Companion.
An analysis credits temperance education as a key factor in the prohibition movement, arguing it shaped national will by engaging youth and aligning emotion with practical policy. It cites widespread support and a strategic push against alcohol production and sales as pivotal to the era’s reform.
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a nighttime scene with a chimney, a playful threat to a boy, a note about a nurse and a nursery, and various garbled names. The text reads like a stray poem or dialogue with disrupted punctuation and misspellings.
A garbled account discusses social ruin from prosperity and a youth who gains beauty after education. It notes temptations and danger of rising status leading to downfall, with references to church and moral decline amid poverty.
A muddled compilation of quoted aphorisms on happiness, duty, and thought. It cites Marcus Aurelius, Henry Drummond, Hir J. Lubboak, and Robert Hal, noting that thoughts shape happiness and that action follows belief.
A Philadelphia Times urgent meditation on sharing kindness and appreciation. It urges readers to voice gratitude to friends and helpers to ease burdens and keep connected hearts alive during difficult journeys.
A father admonishes a child named Harold to pray, warning that without prayer he will not go to heaven. The text reflects an admonishing tone and a concern for religious instruction within a family scene.
Acton based auctioneer R J Kerr licensed for Hulton Wellington Peel Dufferin and Guelph areas arranges sales at any mall or residence. For listings contact Acton Free Press Mercury Office Guelph News-Nocord Fergus and W J Gordon. Residence on Young Street Aston phone 36 call at my expense.
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