A Good Ridance
Poem reflecting on shedding old year troubles as a New Year wish. The speaker lists memories of irritations and small grievances to be packed away in the old year and hopes for a brighter year ahead. The tone is hopeful and playful.
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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 01, 1925
Page
2
Adult Education and Public Libraries in a Democracy
The education of the adult remains vital beyond school years and should be central to democracy. Public libraries serve as the chief platform for continued citizen education, offering resources and services that support self development and community learning.
First Moving Pictures on Display History of Motion Imaging
An excerpt traces early ideas toward motion pictures from 1826 experiments seen by Sir John Herschel and Charles Babbage to the thaumatrope and zoetrope. It notes the eye’s brief image retention, experiments by Doctor Fitton, and early photographic timing by Edward Maybridge in 1877.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir John
Herschel
Charles Babbage
Babbage
Thio
Babago
Doctor Fitton
Edward Maybridge
Recommending a Lazy Worker Letter of Praise Rejected
A shopkeeper fires a lazy employee and writes a noncommittal recommendation. The letter reads that the worker lasted one week and the employer is satisfied, illustrating a reluctant endorsement born of frustration.
Father uses ladder lesson ends in fall
A boy named Abie ages seven is coaxed to climb a ladder by his father Cohen. After initial hesitation the boy jumps, but falls with a bump. The father warns that the incident teaches not to trust anyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohen
Abie
Papa
Able
Cohon
Reading Offer Promises Value With Canadian Flavor
The Family Herald and Weekly Star of Montreal touts constant policy soundness and honest value, contrasting it with trashy weeklies. A 1926 calendar prize features ten thousand dollars, with a free entry per subscription. the annual rate is twenty dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star of Montreal
Tila
Uma & Irge
Old Dobbin
Family Herald Tx Jenty Wo
Trapper’s Vengeance and Mercy on the Cariboo
In the Cariboo region Fraser the trapper pursues Louis Gouyon a half breed poacher who stole fur. After a harsh winter chase Fraser traps and overcomes Gouyon saving his life then offers mercy and work promising a fair share of fur and a chance to reform before parting at the snow covered trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cariboo
Towand
Colin Fraser
Fraser
Avery
Louis” Gongen
Arraser
Fay
Rock River
Lfe
Lttle
Traser
Allences
Hill
Hind
Louis Qouyon
Far North
Enat
Frayer
Louly Gon~ Yeo
Louis
Ignee
Avith
Tragor
Hig Charge
Louip
Frraner Jon
Grandmother Remedies From an Old Family Bible
A Philadelphia Record item recalls health hints from an eighty year old family Bible owner. Tips include brimstone in a pocket for cramps, water gruel with rum and brown sugar for a cold, pressing a wrist for hiccups, onion in the ear after roasting, and eating walnuts before bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Family Bible
Vanishing Farm Prompts Suburban Real Estate Talk
Fragmentary copy describes a scene near a town with farm products and suburban development. It implies a shift from farming to real estate and market concerns. Names, places, and precise details are unclear in the readable text.
Through All The Coming Year Prayer
A short devotional verse by Queen Exthor praising steadfast faith and charity. The speaker pledges to comfort the sorrowful, support love as best, and seek rest, promising to carry a single guiding word through the year. The text reads like a poetic hymn fragment.
Round to Disagree in Local Talk on Kilgore
In a rambling on set exchange, Mr. Caleb Peaslee challenges Mr. Cy Kilgore’s grip on truth and temper. Mr. Lysander Winchope counters with cautious take as Mel Deering’s illness and a wife’s sympathy fuel heated remarks among the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caleb Peaulee
Cy.Kilgore
Any.pusson
Sander
Lysander Winchope
Mike
Winchope
Cagion
Mel Deering
Peasles
Mel
Cy Kilgore
Mel_Déering
ayas_ alek
Paris Collar Sizing Confusion Triggers France England Comparison
An observer recalls shopping in Paris for collars and facing mismatched sizes amid decimal metric systems. A French draper and his wife misread English measurements while the buyer discovers a No. 44 collar fits, prompting notes on British standards marked in Trafalgar Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
France
Paris
Britain
Trafalgar Square
London
F. W
Reg Peor
Trench
Delayed marriage tale of Dianthy and Joshua in New Hampshire
In a New Hampshire village an elderly woman recalls courtship delays that stretched over a decade. Dianthy prefers patient resolve as suitor Joshua stalls, citing not hurrying love and apples. After five more years of waiting they finally wed, while villagers watched and waited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Aho
Joshua
Shere
Diantha
Dianthy
Joshuay
Dimthy
Dimnthy
Mystery at the Fairground Shelters
A garbled dialogue captures a driver and pedestrian debating horses and a loaded Jerry amid confusions at a fairground setting. The exchange hints at a misplaced delivery and a tense moment near a family funeral, with stray questions about the correct horse and duties.
Not Married Your Vominini in Congyaeroetion
Fragmentary dialogue shows a man debating marriage proposals amid a humorous mispronunciation. He recalls a girl who preferred Browning Kipling and Niccoloy over him, joking about his chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodge
Dentiona
Bie
Browning
Kipling
Niccoloy
Canada Leads Wheat Yields But Faces Yearly Variation
Canada shows the highest average wheat yield per acre among major exporting nations, aided by soil climate suitability and scientific farming. Yet year to year output varies more than in other countries, driven mainly by rainfall. efforts at Experimental Farms seek to reduce drought losses and stabilize production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Provinces
Canada
United Kingdom
Cermany
Denminy
Leven
Italy
Rumania
Osworld
Fens
United’ States
India
Argentine
Australia
Russia
Australy
In My Opinion on Women and Intellectual Life
A critical look at how women juggle clubs courses and lectures in small towns The piece argues that home makers join Shakespeare clubs current events classes and church history guilds yet risk losing personal judgment by deferring to group discussion It urges independent thinking and the value of opinions in advancing enlightenment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lves
Hamiet
Ophelia
Canada
Boas Madae
New Husband Easiest To Get
A woman widow received $5 000 for her husband's railroad death but learned a man got $7 600 for losing a leg. The claim adjuster explained the higher amount could buy a new leg, and perhaps a better husband, prompting the widow’s fury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aum
Spooky Relative Tale From Ayr Bar Hoping to Scare Husband
Walter Coling of Brooklyn recalls a strange tale about a frail dish woman who tried to wean her husband from a public house by hiring her brother to act as a chant and frighten him on his way home. A guide encountered a figure behind a bush who asked Who are you and the reply was Tam Auld Nick. John, undaunted, offered a hand and claimed he was married tav a sluter and a rea) yours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter , Coling
Brooklyn
Ayr
Salbon
Tam
Nick
John
Pretend Play Sparks Fashion Moment in Dinner Scene
Little Edna watches as mother reveals a shimmering wrap for a future dinner event. Edna suggests pretending papa is a gentleman, while mother clarifies the garment is reserved for when guests arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Edna
Mamma
Will
Papa
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