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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 27, 1928
Page
2
The text presents a late 1920s era New Year message with a cheerful verse. It greets the new year and hopes for joy and contentment, calling for friends to share cheer and banish sadness. It reflects a community tone and seasonal sentiment from a local publication.
Messy community update from Manitowaning and surrounding areas notes visits by Miss Dorothy Trotter and Miss Mary Frith, social rounds in Toronto and Ottawa, school and church events, and local tributes. Mentions include Mayor Dale on Ottawa delegation prospects, engineers certificates won in Toronto, and several residents’ travels and illnesses. A theft at Jas G Wilkon’s garage and plans for industry in Burlington are also recorded along with railway trouble near Hornby and various medical updates.
Ellen Carter, four, slipped into a boat on the Bigkey Rapid at Kettle Falls. Joel Quimby, armed with a rubber bag and hunting knife, swam through the current to reach her, then was swept to the rock and back to shore with Ellen, who escaped unharmed as rescuers pulled them from the river.
A restless man, anger over a failed business deal, contemplates a fresh start and invites a partner to lunch to mend ties. A newspaper boy quotes a season’s wish as the man contemplates letting himself be happy this New Year while reconsidering his next steps.
A severely bruised man lies on the beach with a large gash and bruises as doctors insist he is alive. The physician, long considered stoic, reveals rare emotion while describing the injured man identified as Quimby. The scene hints at a deeper mystery surrounding the event and its aftermath.
A critical poem by J. W. Bengough, written about fifty years ago, denounces pubs and liquor trade as public nuisances. It links female temperance prayers with barroom closures, reflecting early Women’s Christian Temperance movement sentiment in Toronto and North America.
Nassagaweya farmer Big John, tall and steady, was admired in Acton for his work ethic and hospitality. The Sons of Temperance grew from humble beginnings to a prominent local society promoting abstinence and mutual aid, transforming social habits and tying members to community betterment. After years of observation he finally joined, sharing his personal story of entry.
A witness recalls a dramatic incident where a man’s thirst led to a fatal accident and a life ruined by whiskey. The narrator credits this tale with shaping his vow to join the temperance movement and to advocate sobriety. The piece laments liquor’s social cost under the Liquor Control Act and notes Premier Ferguson’s call for stronger temperance societies in Ontario.
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