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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 25, 1926
Page
5
An odd ancient tale describes Methuselah eating freely without measuring calories or fats and living over nine hundred years. The piece contrasts his carefree eating with modern concerns over grain fat vitamins and desserts.
Nora, a cosmopolitan guest, teaches Elsie a cigarette may be chic but Elsie resists. Nora jokes about pipes and chimneys while recalling a line a day entry. The scene unfolds in a house near a railroad station with gossip about modernity and social critique.
An anecdote contrasts a French student prank with a priest’s sly reply Au revoir and the reminder that friendship and kindness endure. It highlights how a gentle word can outpace hostility and how anyone can become a true friend with effort and character.
A Sunday School lesson explains Jesus answering the tribute question with Render unto Caesar and unto God. It links Roman governance and moral reform, urging citizen action for justice, temperance, and spiritual leadership amid global crisis.
A college janitor named Sandy parries playful taunts about his small dog with a witty wager. Students propose twenty dollars for the dog, but Sandy slides out a fifty cent piece and pockets the money, quipping a retort about his readiness to take a smaller bet.
In mid January Victoria showcases Crystal Gardens with a warm pool area under a glass roof. Sea water fills the 150 foot long pool as dancers and palm plants create a tropical ambiance despite frost outside. Evening crowds enjoy lights music and a water fete.
A vignette from Robert H. Davies recounts a Carson Nevada Appeal night scene where a tramp printer’s theft leads to a sheriff inquiry and a highwayman pursuit. The piece invokes editor loyalty, subscriber service, and town morale with local color and quirky riddles.
A pompous man accuses an Irish neighbour of stealing a silk handkerchief. After confusion the handkerchief is found in the accuser's pocket and he apologizes. The Irish man replies that it was all a misunderstanding and they both misread the situation.
S J Stefnsson of Brandon summarizes alfalfa seeding methods in Manitoba. Use a gram drill without attachment, keep seed in grain box half full, and mix with nurse crops like oats or barley to improve distribution. For a nurse crop of wheat use a thin mix and calibrate to sow little wheat. If sowing without a nurse crop, add inert material and consider a seeder attachment. Stand density of two to three plants per square foot is good. experiments show up to ten plants per square foot with heavy seeding. The bulletin notes free copy from Ottawa and mentions three-crop use. Miller’s Worm Powders are advertised for children’s health.
Smith Falls Record-News comments on student life and the need for balance between social events and study. Parents should set expectations and hosts should manage gatherings so students can prepare for the day ahead. The piece argues pleasure has limits and staying up late harms work.
Mrs. A. Howard reports fear of eating due to stomach trouble, but Adlerika helps her eat and feel well. An advertisement claims Adlerika removes gas and old waste from intestines, reduces fullness, and ends obstinate constipation with renewed appetite.
A reflective piece urges readers to value health and happiness over money and status. It argues mortality makes wealth trivial, warns against exhausting friends and health for fortune, and extols Dr Thomas' Electric Oil as a trusted healer for cuts burns and inflammations.
The text argues for harsh penalties for liquor violations and foreign offenders, calling for immediate deportation of foreigners, heavy fines, confiscation of property, and long prison terms to deter prohibition breaking, then abruptly mentions Holloway's Corn Remover.
Austrian chemists develop a new glass that bends, bounces, and breaks without shattering, potentially produced in England at similar cost to ordinary glass. Experts say it stays clear under all conditions and could yield windshields and windows with flexibility and reduced splinters.
The advertisement touts Dr J D Kollogzs Asthma Remedy as a proven national cure, claiming thousands wasted on ineffective treatments and appealing to readers to purchase the affordable remedy through their dealer.
The bride tells friends of Uncle George promising kitchen furnishings. A box arrives with a can opener and a note claiming it is all the equipment needed in the kitchen. The gift reflects his notorious cross temper and the bride’s reaction.
A reader exchange quotes a man scolding a necktie and a reply about repeating a remark before a wife. The Rocky Mountain Herald presents the fragment in a garbled, humorous fashion, with no clear event or attribution beyond dialogue.
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