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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 20, 1913
Page
2
A church session analyzes Luke 14 with a focus on salt losing its savor when detached from duty. The preacher links material appetite to spiritual decay and urges believers to live for others, inviting all to come to Christ and renew their lives through his power.
The council met with the reeve presiding. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The treasurer was ordered to pay numerous accounts for gravel, work, and fencing, with warrants to several residents and shops. A by law for a sanitary inspector was passed and the auditor’s report adopted. the treasurer was instructed to print copies and pay miscellaneous expenses. Council adjourned to March 17.
Mies Hosle Bennett of Macdonald Ball Quelph spent few days at her home near Acton last week. Janet MacDonald visited Guelph. Ballinafad youths enjoy moonlight at Peter Cole's rink. Mr Leslie Thorpeon was confined by a cold. A large number attended the anniversary service at Aston Presbyterian Church. Mr Ackerman of Gall organized "Chosen Friends" spending a few days in Ballinafad. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be observed next Sunday morning in Ballinafad Presbyterian Church. preparatory service Friday at seven thirty.
The Ureesook Literary Society met in a regular evening session led by President M. J. Pearen. A varied program featured music, readings, and a debate on naval policy with speakers including Mr. Wak, Basil Jobston, and Burlingham presenting mixed stances on peace versus war. The audience applauded the program.
A scattered text notes that money is merely a fee and that destroying one's own notes carries no penalty when not passing them. It credits Humphry Davy for a wire gauze experiment and discusses why certain gauges block heat. It ends with a curious word riddle about letters signifying male female great and great woman.
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