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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 20, 1930
Page
6
The page shows garbled OCR text with fragmentary lines about civic matters and personal notices. It mentions people and places in a blurred sequence, including vague references to events, duties, tenderness, and beauty, with no clear coherent story or dates.
A local Acton community update reports auction plans for Mr Bret’s property holdings and sale of a farm, with intentions to auction next Thursday. It notes negotiations to purchase a brick shop at the corner of Main Street and Park Avenue and mentions upcoming visits by Mr Well and Rev W G Mannar. Also listed are obituaries for Peter Munn and William McColl and a public health advert for Miller's Worms Powders.
An 18th century note examines Life on Journey and the hymn by Yoplady, presenting how humility, prayer, and the blood of the Covenant guided believers. It recounts Yoplady’s birth, ordination, and contentious ministry in London, plus later praise and scandal surrounding his preaching.
A Sunday School lesson discusses the harvest parable and Jesus calling the twelve apostles. It highlights prayer for laborers, the selection of Matthias, and the early church commission to spread the gospel to Jews first, then to the world.
A miscellany of anecdotes on Lorene Dow and Aunt Kate illustrate practical and comic takes on household milk use and nutrition. Stories recount Mr Dow’s resourcefulness, hotel misadventures, and a community puzzle about milk lacking households.
A fragment discusses spiritual duty over bodily needs and the Twelve Disciples mission, stressing simple living and hospitality. It contrasts charity with humble behavior and warns against beggary, urging readers toward cheerful self-improvement and practical kindness at home.
Fragmentary OCR text presents a chaotic mix of phrases about traps, travelers, a baby, a verandah, bold youth, and a mysterious incident. The readable portions lack coherent events, names, dates, or locations to summarize into a news item.
A garbled OCR snippet shows a letter exchange with phrases about quilts and misunderstandings. It mentions a company, a New York World Tribune reference, and a caller addressing someone named Hird with complaints about a take of their concern. The text is unclear and incomplete.
The readable text mentions breaking up gas in the stomach and hints at medical or digestive aids. It includes garbled phrases and broken references to relief, health and executive terms, but no clear individuals, organizations, dates, or actionable facts.
Fragmentary article notes discuss early telephone history with mentions of Alexander Graham Bell and near global telephones. It references desires to advance work, ambitions, barber council bylaw actions, and a mix of translated or corrupted phrases about progress and communication.
A farmer’s helper recounts the tale of a wealthy man who uses an apprentice to test a remedy called JOINE to ease a back that aches from hard labor. The narrative blends rustic advice with a salesman’s pitch, ending with the product claim and a price of 60 cents.
Railway timetable fragment lists daily and Sunday departures with notes on daily except Mondays and Sundays. Mentions times such as 11 pair 8 17 pm 8 15 pm and 2 29 pm with variations for Sundays and holidays.
Fragmented OCR notes show times and figures for deliveries and routes in Toronto. Mentions Eastbound, special express flight, and terminal names like Verunta and Kerala Aireet with dates and pago-like values.
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