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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Feb 16, 1939

Page

3

An Offering For Bee Nto

Polly Pepper a reporting nurse leads a rescue by the coast guard in Frenner's Cove crisis. The Ghost Girl yacht aided by Reuel Lukens One and Captain Moffatt helps the injured and the sick, while Polly writes the dramatic account and returns to the newsroom praised as a heroine.

Pop Merrick Pop Miss Pepper Ted Harper The Post Frenner’s Cove Frenner's Cove Polly Barney Gould the Cove Reuel Lukens Frenner Sit Reuel Crackar Merrick Coast Guard Moffatt Lukens Polly Pepper Ono Mra Monson Conway Post Ami Ted Harper Gruffanti Lalapaloosa Ted Harp

Grand All-Powerful Potentate Beat Up After Meeting

Dialogue shows a lodge meeting postponed last night and a boastful claim that the Grand All-Powerful Invincible Most Supreme Potentate was beaten up. The fragment hints at local social tensions and humor in the community.

Rufus

Grapes Query Shocks Shopper in Curious Exchange

A shopper asks if grapes are poisoned for a sick husband in a tense exchange. The reply suggests obtaining poison testing at the chemist's. The brief scene captures a moment of fear and a practical, mundane resolution.

No Facts Blamed Amid Row Over Blinkin Lies

A fragment shows a heated exchange where a workman accuses another party of falsehoods. The quote insists there are no blinking facts, only alleged lies, in a tense confrontation.

Esa

Revolution era tale of heads and hats in rumor

A villager outside Paris recalls a friend arriving from the city amid the Revolution. The friend reports mass beheadings, sparking disbelief. The exchange ends with a quip about hats and heads, implying fear and dark humor during upheaval.

Paris

A Mean Fello w The Postman And His Daily Card

An urban tale recounts a resident who mocks the postman for delivering to the top flat. The postman replies that the top resident has long sent a postcard daily, forcing the carrier to climb five flights of stairs.

Nad

Job’s Trials Recounted by A Child’s Essay

A child’s piece describes Job facing continual trials. It notes Job loses cattle and children and then must live in the desert with his wife. The account preserves a simple sequence of hardship and endurance.

Texas tourist cited for speeding on Kansas highway

A Texas tourist traveling between 100 and 110 mph was pulled over by a highway patrolman who quipped that the driver was not flying high but too low. A nearby office manager mistaken words and a grumbling exchange followed about a new stenographer and grammar.

Texas Kansas

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