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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 18, 1926
Page
5
The excerpt presents a playful poem dated February 18 1926 from Acton Free Presa focusing on twisting and untwisting twines. It uses repeated phrases and invented forms to create a rhythmic tongue twister about a twister and twine.
The Free Press notes D Tarswell sold his dwelling on Maria Street to James Drow. A Presbyterian history lecture by Rev Bradley of Berlin is announced for Knox Church. Edward Forbes of Beardmore Co. visits for a funeral. Board of Education to add four pipes to primary room. Robert Holmes to take over W Brawley’s grocery store. Acton defeats Georgetown in hockey with Malone scoring. Eckhard family concert in Town Hall praised. Ann Easterbrook widow of James Adamson dies at Willow Street Acton at 69.
A French paper reports a scene in a reservist camp where an officious lieutenant demands shaving from a passing soldier. The barber, revealed as only named Barber who plays the fife, resists and the officer is skewered for poor leadership and mistaken authority.
Groups of Mennonites who sold large Western Canadian farms in 1923 and 1923 fled to Mexico after crop failures and hardship. Now they return hopeful to reestablish homes and farms, willing to follow Canadian laws and living in peace while preserving their religious schools and churches.
A visitor to Abergelfle Castle near Balmornt, Scotland recalls a seven year old Prince testing a drying pavement and leaving a footprint that stayed viable for 26 years. The imprint, once kept secret, became a noted sight in Scotland.
A stranger arrives by train and asks a long-time resident for a criminal lawyer. The elder doubts, saying the town may have one but they cannot prove it, reflecting limited legal access in a small community.
Sunday school lesson summarizes two incidents from John chapters 11 and 12 the Raising of Lazarus and the Bethany supper. It notes Jesus wept and the grave clothes of Lazarus and discusses resurrection doctrine and Passover timing. It cites Bethany near Jerusalem and references Simon the leper as host and Mary anointing Jesus.
Alaska described as a land of striking contrasts and endless surprises. The article notes its appeal to tourists, the fusion of native culture with modern architecture, and references to Skagway and the White Pass Yukon gateway. It mentions totem poles, Sam McGee, and Canadian National steamships linking Alaska to Vancouver and Prince Rupert.
A cryptic meditation on habit claims removing initial letters gradually reveals the core message. By stripping letters you expose that to end a habit, one must discard it entirely despite the playful word puzzle. The piece uses a riddle-like structure to urge total release from habit.
A playful exchange shows Joann Wag asked to practice piano for half an hour. She moved to another room and played for 40 minutes but her father could not hear due to her quip about practicing the rests.
The passage discusses Jesus humility intercession at the tomb and sympathy for the bereaved, His power over life and death, and the Lazarus resurrection as a type of salvation. It emphasizes Christ calling the spiritually dead to renewed life and anticipates the future resurrection in Christ. Activities for study and daily readings follow.
A humorous notice praising advertisers and community contributors. It extols merchants who advertise, correspondents who send in reports, and readers who provide tips, all claiming benefits for a prosperous and well known town. The tone is earnest and playful about cooperative journalism.
A convention in Washington ends with a delegate dropping a camera from the balcony. It hits another woman on the head as the crowd reacts. The injured attendee declines the offer of a hat or doctor, joking about finances before receiving help. An earache remedy ad follows.
A Scottish laird refuses to lend more money to a neighbor who pressures for repayment, arguing that settling now avoids later quarrel. The tale echoes a Boston Journal report and frames timely repayment as the wiser course. Also referenced is Miller's Worm Powders marketed as an effective remedy for infantile stomach worms and related ailments.
The note presents a string of quirky wordplay and riddles about clocks cooks and donkeys followed by a quotation on courage. It ends with attributions to Hugh Black via a partial signature.
At a New York dinner Carnegie spoke on varied topics including Prohibition. He joked about bonuses for abstinence and shared a tale of an old servant seeking the golden shore. The fragment ends with advertising lines for Holloway's Corn Remover and Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator.
An American traveler recounts an incident aboard a Mexican train where a ragged tramp clambered onto a car bumper. A scuffle ensued on the rear platform before a fellow traveler intervened, and the American swore he would not judge by appearances again in Mexico.
An elderly man, age 60, reports feeling much better after taking Adlerika and this simple mixture of buckthorn bark and glycerine. He says it removes gas in ten minutes and relieves stomach discomfort, releasing old waste matter and easing chronic constipation.
Readable agricultural statistics list Halton farm acreage and yields for crops like wheat oats corn and potatoes plus livestock counts including horses cattle sheep and poultry. The notes cite alfalfa expansion silos costs and a call for stricter highway weed control along with hog improvements under government supervision.
The piece urges vigilance against delaying decisions even on simple matters. It warns that postponing for tomorrow fosters a serious weakness while affirming that prompt decision is a key quality of success. It advises taking necessary time to consider but not excessive delay once all facts are in.
The text promotes Dr J D Kelloge's Asthma Remedy as a preferred cure for asthma affecting women. It asserts women worldwide suffer from asthma in every climate and credit testimonies praising the remedy, promising new hope and life to many.
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