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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1923
Page
4
An editorial calls Brampton to mark its jubilee with memorials while urging council action. It stresses youth life planning, character over wealth, and the weekly newspaper’s role in community and personal news. It recounts W. H. Storey’s punctuality example to emphasize timeliness.
The United States Supreme Court rules foreign owned steamships must observe American prohibition laws in ports and in American waters there is no immunity. Foreign vessels must obey US laws when within American jurisdiction and face consequences. The Dominion Government marks its first anniversary since December 1921, noting no change in ministry and progress in administration. Rubber industry faces price rise as export tax aims to limit oversupply and lift crude rubber prices.
The Federal Parliament is summoned to open on Wednesday the 31st with expectations of lengthy debates over private member resolutions and a government redistribution bill following the 1921 census. The session will also address a revised Bank Act and proposals for a national bank and broader credit support for farmers and small banks. Other topics of Canadian public interest are expected to be examined in Ottawa.
Editorial notes discuss Britain’s freight rate cuts, Canada's grain value rising to 455,030,800 in 1922, and debt-free Ramsay township. Articles praise Canada’s favorable trade balance, rising dollar value, and youth involvement in reforestation. Highlights include hotel profits, Canadian books nationwide, and new trade treaties with France and Australia with talks with Italy and Belgium underway.
Local items note a public library meeting January 15 and a hockey game where Grimaby defeated the Nelson and Hurlington teams 7 to 3. Reports cover deaths, births, repairs, school board plans, lodge moves, new homes, and a busy holiday season with church cantata, New Year celebrations, and community events across Erin and Milton regions.
An old book cutout project becomes a makeshift game where players use motor or animal cutouts and paper fans to slide tokens across a table. Participants align at one table end and aim to reach the opposite end first while others heckle or assist, creating a playful competitive scene.
Cautionary instruction offers a home remedy about removing beans from a child’s nose using pepper paste with warnings against digging. The note emphasizes avoiding forceful probing and suggests gentle measures to alleviate blockage.
A historic exploration of radium detailing its discovery by Mme Curie, its natural abundance, and the vast effort required to extract it. The piece notes uses in watches and medical treatments, the risks of exposure, the method of containment, and the enduring curiosity about this luminous element.
The piece discusses a Thomenta girl likely to marry and the impact on family. It notes the mother bears neglect and loneliness as the daughter seeks companionship and help, while the father’s absence creates tension. The essay weighs duties of home life and the changes marriage brings to relatives.
A London Tit-Bits note recounts a geologist Atclergymay and a navvy Ways arguing over a windlass failure at a well. The navvy, carrying dinner in a red handkerchief, ends up splintering into a comic verbal exchange about the missing tools and the bottom of the well.
Fragmentary prose motivates readers to trust odd numbers and wisdom earned by experience. A Judge’s wordplay hints at justice and judgment, while lines hint at three dangers tied to true love and fate.
A historical notice claims a new lamp that uses 94 percent air and burns cleaner than kero. It states Ural Government and 36 Jeuding Universities tested it, finding it superior to ordinary lamps with no odor or smoke. The ad promises a ten day trial and asks readers to write for details and to explain money needs.
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