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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1919
Page
5
A poetic meditation on historic routes and the changing gaze from hardship to affection. The speaker recalls ancient trails by river and hill, naming diverse paths from dog trails to cattle trails, acknowledging how hatred gave way to enduring reverence for the land they traverse.
A reflective piece compares children's growth to financial investments, valuing hands arms eyes and inner traits as priceless assets. It urges parents to nurture character, discipline, and hopeful guidance, asserting that the best legacy is the memory of loving, honest parents, regardless of wealth.
An article argues library books in a large city pose no infection risk. It notes early germ ideas about dry, lasting spores are fallacious, citing anthrax as unusually hardy but others, including tuberculosis and scarlet fever, do not retain infectious power when dried.
Italy plans English language and literature chairs in eight universities and aims to raise English to near French in schools. Arthur Herena, a wealthy Italian, donates 100000 dollars to establish chairs of Italian in Oxford and Cambridge, boosting exchange between the two nations.
Peter J. M. Clute describes a simple way to cut glass tubes. Draw a fine line with a sharp triangular file, then hold the tube ends and bend to crack along the mark. If thick, start a second scratch or heat a rod end to begin the cut.
A period essay blend advises using denatured alcohol to wipe windows for a clear finish and quick dry. It also advertises Dr J D Kelloggs Asthma Remedy as a potent treatment, urging readers to keep a supply for asthma relief.
Ralph assists a frail elderly woman carrying a suit case toward the dock. He learns she is traveling to see a sick husband and are promised safe passage, a free stateroom, and a watchful eye from staff for her perilous night voyage.
A housekeeper inquires about portraits in a gallery and notes that a uniformed officer pictured is the great great grandfather of the current owner. She praises his bravery, adds he lost limbs in nearly every battle, and claims he fought in twenty four engagements.
A wartime era notice urges parents to treat internal parasitic worms in children with Miller's Worm Powders claimed to combat worm shapes in the stomach and bowels. The ad argues the remedy saves the child from unrest and risk to development and eases maternal anxiety.
The piece proclaims Illinois will ratify despite years of opposition from minor interests. It lauds Tinolola and cities like Peoria and East St. Louis as leading forces in a saloonless nation, framing the act as part of a long national progress and a fight against prohibition opponents.
The piece reflects on turning new insights into practical daily action. It urges translating bright ideas into groundlevel effort, hard work, and resilience, to meet ordinary life with renewed duty and purpose. The uncommon is found in daily acts done differently.
The article notes London Canadian graves in France to be planted with maples from Ottawa ornamental stock. It recounts a German prisoner and a wounded Black Watch soldier shared transport, joking about holidays. It promotes Parmelec’s Vegetable Pills for digestive and urinary ailments, and includes a satire on appendicitis and liquor reforms urging permanent wartime prohibition.
A woman scolds William for waking her during an alarm. He confirms the clock struck ten but she heard it as two, revealing a tense domestic moment and miscommunication about the time.
The text urges individuals to value their unique talents and work diligently at their humble, fitting roles. It stresses that worth is not measured by status but by using one’s gifts well and doing essential, ordinary tasks with honesty and purpose.
A historical note discusses the sun clock as unreliable and four days yearly aligning at solar noon. It recalls Delambre and public clocks drifting, causing late appointments. the piece ends with a sales line for Holliayrays Corn Cure.
An English paper recalls a schoolmaster who punished late scholars by detaining them after school. A boy five minutes late faced ten minutes extra, with no proportional rule. One day the master, half an hour late himself, tells the class that they will stay to help him for an hour this afternoon, adding a twinkle about fate.
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