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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Feb 06, 1936

Page

3

Shadowy campus rumor tests Hugh Barrick at college club

The campus whispers that Pred Livingstone’s vote kept Hugh Barrick from the Scarlet Club while Barrick faces questions after a dormitory incident. General Cobb notes Barrick’s charm, teachers’ doubts, and a girl seen near Willetts Hall as investigators weigh truth and trust.

Livingstone Hugh Barrick Scarlet Club Barrick Fred Livingstone Old King’s Building Fred Willetts Yiall Raritan College General Cobb Ias Alona Hugh Barrink Bearlet Club Westville Isa Barrleck Scarlet_Club Gophomorm Preshnan Nugh Carrick Enlene Fred Avingstone Ing Willetts Hall Barricks Aratin Vo M Huntor William Denman Denman Pred Cieneral Dari Ieohe

Dormitory Mystery Ends With Costume Reveal

A campus dormitory incident unfolds as Hugh Barrick is unmasked after posing as a girl. A student reveals the deception used to prank Livingstone and the Scarlet Club, leading to a pledge to focus on character over acting. Regular frost notices follow in the column.

Grand Exalted Ruler of the Universe Joke

A worker explains his late arrival by being taken into the lodge last night. He jokes that he was elected to an office and busy this morning, claiming he was appointed Grand Betts Ruler of the Universe, only to learn that is the lodge’s lowest office.

Rastus Universe

Newfoundland Discoverers Cabot Brothers Open North America

A Montreal Herald writer notes Newfoundland’s British descent and native born population with few immigration issues. It recalls John Cabot and Sebastian Cabot as pioneers who sailed from Bristol in 1407 to Newfoundland and Labrador, predating Columbus’s mainland reach by a year.

Newfoundland Agset Montreal Herald Jobn Sebastian Cabot Theas Bristol Town Bristol Labrador Columbus West Indies Cabots Newfoundland and John Cabot Privy Purse Bym New Yale

Canada Homes Study Shows Rural Owners Far Outnumber Tenants

A Dominion census analysis finds most rural Canadian families own their homes while urban tenants outnumber owners. Six to seven room homes are common, with four rooms or fewer predominating in prairie rural areas and smaller homes common in Ontario and British Columbia.

Dominion Canada Maritime Provinces Halifax Saint John Quebec Ontario Ottawa British Columbia

Reverend Rowland Hi Cleaned Hall With Quirk

The Rev Rowland Hi an English eccentric overheard maids arguing over who should wash the hall. He summoned them, sent them on errands, and upon their return mopped the hall himself. The two maids protested the task, but he declared it his duty, and thus the hall was cleaned regularly.

Rowland Hi Peggy Jane

Moving Pictures Early in New York City and Money Orders Rules

The article notes the full face value payment rules for domestic money orders within one year and mentions fees for international cases. It recounts early cinema history including the 1895 Way Broadway debut of a boxing bout and names early film figures such as Blanche Bayles Willon Courtenay and John Bunny. Also discusses eggs exports from Cairo and a 16th century French gambling law suite with an ornate description of deceptive litigation tactics.

United States Ihw Post Office Way Broadway New York City Grise Barrett Noving Blanche Bayles Willon Courtenay Mles Jerry Terry Wamsaye Bia Willlow John Bunny Starrad Lara Maury Pickford Mabel Newmand Arthur Johnson James Kirkwood Henry Walthall

Mexican Barbits Laughing Exchange in a Kansas Mine

A Mexican and an American co worker in a Kansas mine share a rabbit dinner routine. The Mexican explains his wife shoots rabbits every night as they come around the house making noise with a meow sound, prompting the puzzled American to question the rabbits’ noises.

Kansas Jose

Private exchange at shop over rouge and powder

A humorous exchange shows Jost wor Gurtomer asking to buy rouge and idea powder. The clerk inquires if it is for his wife or to match his coat lapel, highlighting a light market scene and social norms of the period.

Gurtomer

Rapids Run Upstream On St John River Tides

A historical note explains that the St John River in Canada runs upstream twice each 20 hours. The river feeds into the Bay of Fundy known for extreme tides. As tides rise, rapids reverse flow and in some springs the tidal rise can reach about 80 feet daily.

HE John River Canada St John River May of Fundy Rapida

Ancient Azulen Seeds Bring New World Bloom to Mobile

A French colonist Langlois returning to Mobile from a Toulouse voyage planted seeds he brought. By the end of the Peeneh period azulen plants had spread across the town, believed to be the best azulen varieties in the New World.

Neighborly Living Creed by Franklin D. Roosevelt

A wartime-era creed promoting goodwill and understanding among neighbors and nations. It urges sympathy for differing viewpoints, patience, fairness to people of other nations, and using reason and good will to settle differences, with peace on earth as the aim.

Mince Itill

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