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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 19, 1925
Page
5
The Acton Free Press recounts a string of alcohol lawbreakers during Prohibition era. Old Mr. Brewer is jailed for bootlegging with pockets lined with bills while another figure, Mr. Röfiner, escapes harsher penalties after printing pro law stories. The piece taunts the era and its offenders, noting arrests, jail terms, and shifts toward enforcement.
The narrator reflects on Acton’s tanning works Beadmore Beardmore and Co their rise and decline recounting workers managers and neighbors. He recalls the tannery yard memory of barge pastures tanneries and the social life centered on the old tannery area and nearby homes and streets.
The Free Press presents a dated horizontal and vertical word puzzle with clues. Entries include definitions for topid instructive sharp conjoints and various entries ranging from a valley to a Roman emperor with multiple parts and ambiguous fragments.
Clara notes another tumbler shattered as Mrs. Fields frets over funding a birthday party for eight year old Marjory. With scarce money and dwindling tumblers, they improvise a small celebration using a cracked cup and hopeful plans, hoping Lottie and others will contribute.
A radio address from Mr. Lloyd of the Canadian National Parks Branch urges steadfast protection of wildlife across North America. He advocates full protection of vanishing species, public hunting grounds for common heritage, even protection for fragile plants, birds, and forests, to prevent extinction and ensure balanced stewardship.
An excerpt recalls brutal schooling in historic England. Pupils at Eton and Winchester faced early rising, meager meals, cold, and flogging. Peter, son of Sir William Carew, endured brutal punishment and chained confinement before a kinder master helped him grow into a respected man.
A collage of quotations on love, virtue, modesty, charity, and faith. From G McDonald and Walter Scott to George Eliot and Grace Arundel, it contrasts heartfelt sentiment with moral exhortation and religious hope across brief aphorisms.
An essay argues that wealth does not equal freedom and urges readers to pursue meaningful work. It notes many would quit jobs for easy living, but true success comes from commitment to purposeful labor.
A client storms a Barter-shop demands silence as the barber explains his practice of telling tales while cutting hair. The exchange centers on ageist jokes and the customer’s frustration with stories that feel disruptive to the service.
Tourists urged to join a Canadian Pacific run aboard the Empress of France sailing January 14 from New York and arriving Vancouver May 3. It visits San Francisco Balboa Miraflores and Colon with a Panama Canal passage and ends in New York May 23.
A Houston Post item notes a restaurant owner took down a provocative sign reading Homo Cooking after observing that it discouraged customers. A patron comments on the sign’s removal while the owner explains he watched pedestrians react to it.
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