Something Good Be Said Aims at Mercy and Honor
A poetic exhortation urges gentleness and remembrance of virtue. It appeals to readers to speak kindly and to honor the memory of others, invoking Christian imagery and moral duty.
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 03, 1938
Page
6
A poetic exhortation urges gentleness and remembrance of virtue. It appeals to readers to speak kindly and to honor the memory of others, invoking Christian imagery and moral duty.
A vintage guide promote fruit salads and citrus rich combos for winter meals. It lists a Cream of Celery Soup, Chefre Straws, a New Style Fruit Salad Bowl, and Lemon Mincemeat with various fruits. Instructions include assembling greens, orange slices, apple wedges, avocado or pear, and lemon juice with a lemon mayonnaise dressing.
The writer notes driving to town for a car license amid flooding and ice jams at Niagara Falls. Hydro power progress, local institute activities, quilting projects, and a busy family week discussed, including high school furnace repairs and a creek bridge joke about strength versus ice.
A critical review discusses Clara Edwin Allcox and Walter Prescott Webb books. It weighs Divided We Stand and This New America for Canadian readers, noting Webb’s analysis of Northern dominance, corporate power, and the Civil War's economic consequences.
A mixed column offers scrapbooking tips for women, recipe curios, and social notes including a playful tale about a pig roast origin, a brief weekly devotional, jokes, riddles, letters, and household hints. It references a nurse column and thin trivia on women living longer than men with age based statistics.
After lunch Grandpa naps in an armchair as father enters. Joan, the child, twists a waistcoat button and insists she is not disturbing him, but continues her small mischief.
The former heavyweight champion Max Schmeling signs autographs for soldiers near Friedrichshafen during a roadwork pause for his bout with Hen Moord. Moord, a South African rival, had Schmeling beat in a twelve round decision previously.
A vintage note suggests quick dress refreshers for winter via approachable accessories. It advises lace collars and frothy lace over daytime frocks to add festive flair, plus a shawl or necklace options and inexpensive costume jewelry to lift outfits for evenings or travel south.
C FP Leatherland and B A Barrlater announce rotating clerical operation with prompt court work and public records assistance. Contact Acton Georgetown for appointment details and office hours, including Thursday sessions and phone contacts.
Schedule snippets list daily departures with Sunday restrictions. Times include 700 am structure 426 pm 104 pm westbound and eastbound services, with Sunday only and exception notes. Possible line for standard traffic.
A fragmented timetable lists eastbound and westbound coach times around Acton with multiple numbers and stray letters. The legible entries show several arrivals and departures such as 63 am and 337 pm, 908 pm, 8503 pm, and 728 pm among others, but many digits are garbled.
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