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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 10, 1929
Page
5
A Baltimore Sun excerpt from a 1920 issue asks readers to consider their purpose in making the world a better place. The poem appeals to communal kindness and neighborly help, praising acts that brighten others' lives and strengthen friendship.
A 1920 Sunday school page discusses themes of sin and repentance using 1 John 1 9 Mark 7 10 and 1 John. It emphasizes recognizing sin confessing faults and seeking forgiveness to obtain cleansing from unrighteousness. The piece invites readings and reflections for the lesson on January 1 1920.
A yearly health review cites vaccination against smallpox and diphtheria, pure water and milk, and proper ventilation as keys to family health. It urges readers to act this year, answering questions to improve disease protection and overall well being.
Anxious patient questions recovery while recalling wrong diagnoses. The physician retorts that mistreatment occurs but pneumonia care prevents typhoid death. The conversation reflects caution in medical certainty and patient worry.
On a Canadian Pacific cruise from last year a monkey posed for the official photographer amid scenes of Zulu dancers and tropical ports. The Dutchess of Athalla voyage visited Jamaica, Trinidad, Africa, Italy, Egypt, and England, highlighting the empire’s reach and the ship’s tropical ventilation system.
In Montreal the Angus Shops of the Canadian Pacific employ 65 hundred workers with a near million dollar monthly payroll to build and repair rolling stock for Canadian railways. The plant handles 20,000 railroad cars yearly, with 106 passenger cars and ongoing work on 40 carhouses 7 snow ploughs and 2 rail hoists. The first two 3100 type locomotives were built by Angus staff from the company's own design, marking a major industrial advance.
Mrs Murphy learns her son in Indi will be on leave and shares the cablegram with neighbor Mrs Casey. The two exchange excited remarks about the quick arrival and the uplifting moment in a local scene filled with warm anticipation.
A scrambled late 19th century column fragment recalls a playful exchange about mornings and departures. The text hints at a jokey vow to return soon and a comical plan to hop in again, characteristic of Columbia Jester’s humorous tone.
A fragment of playful rhymes asks why an airship resembles a schoolmaster and why a fired child might choose land best. It puns on roles and objects like clocks, blacksmiths, horses, and books, ending with a riddle about a whale’s tail and a mare’s foot.
In a color ed ward speech Uncle Mose Jackson announces his bid for Alderman. A friend jokes about his qualifications and Mose cites his role as head of a family with sixteen children as his argument for leadership.
Dialogue shows Auntie and Willie discussing playing with rough boys and avoiding Millie, with supervision concerns and maternal reluctance. References a Mr Jumay and cottony terms suggesting comic confusion in speech.
A nervous young party member asks the pilot for a safe return, and the pilot reassures with a confident promise that no one has been left up there yet.
An entry presents a sequence of shorthand numeric values with labels such as pam pan pra and ax alongside times or figures like 8.68 and 0.37. The fragment lists several labeled items with decimal figures and a total 137 pa that appears to summarize or tally the preceding items.
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