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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 22, 1919
Page
4
A historical verse excerpt by Oxenham praises moral qualities. The speaker extols fighting for truth and right, maintaining cleanliness, resisting evil, and keeping thoughts pure as admirable deeds. The poem centers on integrity and virtuous actions.
A collage of spoken lines from a children’s corner feature with family quips about manners and listening. A farmer’s boy chats with a neighbor about a pig while snippets touch on self discipline and avoiding alcohol and tobacco.
A moral pledge urges restraint and charity in speech and thought. It emphasizes avoiding prejudice, talebearing, and unkind words while seeking the good in others and praying for deliverance from evil.
An English emigrant in Florida has begun a sponge farm using government backed methods to boost yields. He currently cultivates about 600,000 sponges and aims to split them to multiply tenfold, with a company formed to expand this effort. After three years the venture expects annual production around 7,000,000 sponges.
The message stresses soil fertility as essential for farming profitability and frames soil health as a community issue. It links poor soil to hardship for farmers merchants bankers and the countryside, urging collective interest in restoration.
Naturalist Louis Agassiz Fuertes warns that over twenty five species of American birds and animals have vanished from living memory. He cites the wood duck as a serious threat to extinction and notes woodcock and several shorebirds are also endangered.
A judge questioned an Irish man during a trial about a confrontation. The witness described being grabbed by the throat and choked, with strong phrases recalling fear and potential harm. The exchange reflects tense testimony and scrutiny of the assailant's action.
A London correspondent profiles President Wilson and asks what the nation's wise mind should aim for. Wilson says the plain people must seek safeguards against future war as delegates tackle great issues. He implies clear action from statescraft is needed to steer nations toward peace.
The piece contrasts two boys John and James showing how precision and integrity lead to success and happiness. John is promoted for careful work while James, careless, fails in ambition. It argues honesty and discipline shape noble character and mentions Parmeleon Vegetable Pills as a widely promoted remedy.
A fragmented column urges resilience via the University of Hard Knocks and warns about internal parasites in children. It extols Ailler's Worm Powders and Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as remedies, then digresses to banana varieties in Hawaii and home gardens.
A reflective piece recalls a young Italian boy’s rare laughter and the broader value of humor. It contrasts innocence with hardship, notes that laughter lightens heavy times, and cites Charles Kingarey on the prevalence of mirth in England.
A narrative recounts a roadside moment where Charles Garrett offers a helping hand after a fall. John Answers with a calm vow to not repeat the lapse, and the cabman’s gratitude seals a quiet act of care and forgiveness on a perilous day.
Fragmentary reminiscences recount Yen-Toon-Ling, China’s renowned fisherman and sage, living simply a century ago with a bamboo rod and rice, admired by many officials. The piece contrasts his humble life with tales of greatness and ponders lasting memorials along the Woo-Thoon River.
Mrs. Peck reads about marriage visions and jokes about etymology from Greek and Latin roots. The dialogue features Henry and Mrs. Peck as they laugh at the idea of “monogamy” meaning agony. Holloway’s Com Cure is advertised as relief for skin ailments.
Commerce and finance notes that deposits surged in New York banks with large gains in November and December. Several savings banks report dramatic increases, including one with a 1,000,000 rise and another around 700,000, while Brooklyn banks also show growth. The article links deposits to wartime fears and shifts in funds amid unrest and recovery.
A weary local train struggles through a rough journey as the engine wheezes and the cars rattle. A drummer aboard mocks the conductor, sparking tense exchanges until the conductor threatens to stop the train. the drummer jokes his wife would not expect him home until the trip ends.
A New York Bible student argues the armistice was signed at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. He compares this to an eleventh chapter verse about kings, suggesting the passage has modern application for covenant keeping and authority.
In a 1820 vignette a child cries to his mother I hear somebody on the roof. The father returns from the club in his airship prompting cautious jokes about sneaking through the attic and taking off his shoes.
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